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UKVI News and Updates- Detailed guide: Windrush scheme
- Guidance: Offshore wind workers: Immigration Rules concession 2017
- Guidance: Biometric residence documents: information for financial providers
- Corporate report: Review into the requirement for DNA evidence to be provided in immigration cases
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workers
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: students
- Guidance: Libya: country policy and information notes
- Guidance: Detention case progression panels
- Guidance: Returns preparation
- Guidance: First-tier Tribunal bail
- Residence documents for foreign nationals in the UK
- Apply for a permanent residence document if you’re from the EU, EEA or Switzerland
- Global Corporate Law
- LIBOR: The Final Nail in the Coffin? August 8, 2018 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Banking and Misconduct: A Critique of the Cure of Culture March 28, 2018 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Court of Appeal Opens the Door to LIBOR and Benchmark Misrepresentation Claims March 21, 2018 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Habib Bank Expelled From New York September 9, 2017 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Supreme Court: Equity’s Darling and Guidance on Enforceability of Trusts where the Institution is Unknown September 3, 2017 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Conduct Costs on the Rise (2012-2016): No End in Sight August 25, 2017 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Supreme Court Clarifies the Law on Security and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards August 21, 2017 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- FSMA and Third Party Rights: Victory for FCA in Supreme Court August 17, 2017 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Andrew Bailey on the Death of LIBOR August 2, 2017 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Early Redemption of ‘Cocos’: Win for LBG in Supreme Court June 26, 2016 Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M
- Immigration News
- The Home Office is cruel and incompetent – it is time it was abolished | Owen Jones April 18, 2019 Owen Jones
- Windrush, asylum seekers and the UK | Letters April 18, 2019 Letters
- Upfront fees 'deterring immigrants from seeking NHS care' April 18, 2019 Chaminda Jayanetti
- Tom Watson calls for inquiry into Arron Banks and Leave.EU April 17, 2019 Peter Walker Political correspondent
- Shame on the Home Office for using the tax form to target migrants | Dick Taverne April 17, 2019 Dick Taverne
- Bureaucratic glitch: UK suspends visa enrolment for American citizens April 16, 2019 Julian Borger in Washington
- How Home Office used terror-related law on highly skilled migrants April 16, 2019 Amelia Hill
- Court castigates Home Office over misuse of immigration law April 16, 2019 Amelia Hill
- Child abuse offenders 'inadequately supervised' in detention centre April 15, 2019 Mattha Busby
- 'I'm struggling': Windrush victims say little has changed one year on April 15, 2019 Amelia Gentleman
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Tag Archives: Constitution
Pakistan and the Child Abduction Convention
Pakistan is notorious for child abduction. The UK has a large and vibrant British-Pakistani community of more than a million people making it the largest Pakistani population in Europe. On 22 December 2016, Pakistan deposited its instrument of accession to … Continue reading
Posted in Child Abduction, Children, Hague Convention, Human Rights, Pakistan, Women
Tagged Brexit, Children, Constitution, European Union, Pakistan, Spouses, Supreme Court of Pakistan
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Case Preview: Alvi and Munir in Supreme Court
The latest post on Alvi is available here. For the impact of Alvi on the Immigration Rules see post here. The latest post on Rahman, Munir and DP 5/96 is available here. Original post continues below. Writing last week on the … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Immigration Rules, Pankina, PBS, Sedley LJ, Settlement
Tagged Constitution, DP 5/96, Free Movement, Immigration Cap, UK Supreme Court, Zane Malik
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Constitutional cases in the points-based system
Although many facets of immigration control in the UK can be changed there are some matters of principle which executive power cannot vary without the consent of Parliament. Equally, the debate about the exercise of the home secretary’s discretionary powers … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Constitution, Court of Appeal, High Court, Immigration Law, PBS, Sedley LJ, UKSC
Tagged Constitution, ECHR, Pankina, Points Based System, UK Supreme Court
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The Coalition Government and Immigration’s New Clothes
It appears from the view taken by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) that the Points Based System introduced by the former Labour government is working. The system has had more success in controlling immigration than its introducing Labour … Continue reading
Pre-23 June Overseas Applications, the Pankina Judgment, and Judicial Review
The Pankina Policy: Reliefs and Exclusions Subsequent to the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719, the Points Based System Maintenance (Funds): Policy Document produced by the UKBA selectively … Continue reading
Posted in AP (Russia), Article 8, Cases, Constitution, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Pankina, PBS, Post Study Work, Tier 1, Tier 2, UKBA
Tagged AP (Russia), Constitution, ECHR, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Pankina, Points Based System
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Case Comment: TM (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 916
The present case from Zimbabwe is about refugee sur place activity. This is where persons who were not refugees when they left their countries of origin became refugees later because of intervening events. Refugees sur place may owe their fear … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Cases, Court of Appeal, Persecution, UKBA, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, Constitution, Immigration, Refugee Convention
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Pankina Reliefs
Pankina, or AP (Russia) was a landmark case and it has given rise to a multitude of new issues in immigration law. The case demonstrates that the Points Based System (“PBS”) is susceptible to legal challenges which are constitutionally well … Continue reading
Posted in AP (Russia), Article 8, Cases, Constitution, Consultation(s), ECHR, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Pankina, PBS, Post Study Work, Russia, Tier 1
Tagged AP (Russia), Constitution, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Pankina, Points Based System, Russia, UKBA
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