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UKVI News and Updates- Guidance: Iraq: country policy and information notes December 9, 2016
- Guidance: Algeria: country policy and information notes December 9, 2016
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: students November 13, 2013
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workers November 13, 2013
- Collection: Archive: Immigration Rules January 22, 2014
- Policy paper: Immigration Rules archive: 1 May 2017 to 9 August 2017 September 21, 2017
- Guidance: Sponsor guidance appendix F: Tier 5 (International Agreement) April 6, 2013
- Guidance: Bangladesh: country policy and information notes December 9, 2016
- Collection: Detention and reporting (asylum instructions) June 11, 2014
- Guidance: Asylum claims in detention September 19, 2017
UK Immigration Law Blog
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- Integration is Multidimensional: ‘Generic Factors’ Count in Calculating Integrative Links in Deportation Cases
- Statelessness: Ethnic Cleansing and the Rohingya
- The Bad Citizen and EU Law
- Zambrano Carers: ‘Benefits Tourism’ and EU Law
- The Home Office Must Prove Abuse Of EU Law Rights
- Aligning the Immigration Rules with MM (Lebanon)
- Off the Hook: New Guidance on HOPOs and WCOs
- Inherent Jurisdiction: Article 8 and Adoption
- Case Preview: Sadovska and another (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) (Scotland)
- ‘Human Marketplace’: New Libya Country Guidance
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- Global Corporate Law
- Habib Bank Expelled From New York September 9, 2017 mkp
- Supreme Court: Equity’s Darling and Guidance on Enforceability of Trusts where the Institution is Unknown September 3, 2017 mkp
- Conduct Costs on the Rise (2012-2016): No End in Sight August 25, 2017 mkp
- Supreme Court Clarifies the Law on Security and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards August 21, 2017 mkp
- FSMA and Third Party Rights: Victory for FCA in Supreme Court August 17, 2017 mkp
- Andrew Bailey on the Death of LIBOR August 2, 2017 mkp
- Early Redemption of ‘Cocos’: Win for LBG in Supreme Court June 26, 2016 mkp
- “Land Banks” and Collective Investment Schemes: Supreme Court on s.235, FSMA May 6, 2016 mkp
- Supreme Court on the ‘Houdini Taxpayer’ April 24, 2016 mkp
- Catalyst for Change: Towards a Model of Conduct Costs in Pakistan April 24, 2016 mkp
- Pakistan Horizon
- Seven Decades of Publishing September 22, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- The Rohingya Tragedy September 22, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- Who Am I: Understanding Pakistan’s Political Dynamics? September 21, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- A Change of Approach is Needed in the Study of Indo-Pak Relations September 3, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam September 3, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- The Indus Waters Treaty and the Need to Broaden its Scope to Mitigate Climate Change and Global Warming August 28, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- Panama Papers Scandal: Disqualifying Nawaz Sharif for Deception is Fair July 30, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- Dr. Muhammad Reza Kazimi: U.S. – Pakistan Relations: The Downside July 29, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- M.A. Shiwani: Democratic Witch Hunts July 24, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- M.A. Shiwani: A New Weapon to Fight the War on Terror July 19, 2017 pakistanhorizon
- Law and Democracy Blog
- Dr Masuma Hasan: In Memory of the Legendary Fatehyab Ali Khan, Federal Urdu University, 30 September 2015 October 15, 2015 mkp
- Honouring Fatehyab Ali Khan: The 2015 Debate September 28, 2015 mkp
- Happy Birthday Fatehyab Ali Khan May 19, 2015 mkp
- Voices of Resistance and Dissent in the Politics of Pakistan April 10, 2015 mkp
- Mahmood Shaam Remembers Fatehyab March 1, 2015 mkp
- Dr Masuma Hasan: In Memory of Fatehyab Ali Khan: I.A. Rehman’s Address on ‘The Politics of Dissent’ January 27, 2015 mkp
- State’s Anti-India Posture Caused Gradual Transfer of Power to Military January 26, 2015 mkp
- Objectives Resolution Bade Farewell To Quaid’s Ideals: I.A. Rehman January 26, 2015 mkp
- In Memory of Fatehyab Ali Khan: ‘The Politics of Dissent in Pakistan’ January 26, 2015 mkp
- Elite Pakistani Judiciary Unapproachable For Common Man February 26, 2014 mkp
UK Immigration Law Blog
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- Illegal immigration? Banks don’t even tackle slavery and trafficking | Prem Sikka September 23, 2017 Prem Sikka
- Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck review – humanising migration September 23, 2017 Eileen Battersby
- Head of G4S detention centre quits after abuse allegations September 22, 2017 Caroline Davies
- Brexit talks: how things stand after May's Florence speech September 22, 2017 Seán Clarke
- Home Office wrongly denying people bank accounts in 10% of cases September 22, 2017 Alan Travis Home affairs editor
- UK banks to check 70m bank accounts in search for illegal immigrants September 21, 2017 Alan Travis Home affairs editor
- More than a million of Europe's asylum seekers left in limbo September 20, 2017 Jon Henley European affairs correspondent
- Dubs scheme refugee children left on hold for a year in Greece September 20, 2017 Amelia Gentleman
- If Amber Rudd can’t explain why she defied the courts, she should go | Charles Falconer September 19, 2017 Charles Falconer
- Asylum seeker thanks judges after return to UK from illegal deportation September 18, 2017 Diane Taylor
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Tag Archives: Constitution
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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Case Comment: SSHD v Anastasia Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719
Departing from the tier system’s continuous 3 month £800 maintenance requirement English judges certainly know how to pronounce judgments without fear of reprisal from the executive branch of government. The reason for this might be that in England to remove … Continue reading
Posted in AP (Russia), Article 8, Cases, Constitution, Court of Appeal, Immigration Rules, Pankina, PBS, Post Study Work, Russia, Tier 1, UKBA
Tagged Case Law, Constitution, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Pankina, Points Based System, Russia
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