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UKVI News and Updates- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: students
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workers
- Policy paper: Immigration Rules archive: 22 April 2019 to 5 July 2019
- Check if you need a UK visa
- Guidance: Afghanistan: country policy and information notes
- Guidance: Jamaica: country policy and information notes
- Guidance: Studying under Tier 4 of the points-based system
- Guidance: Processing children's asylum claims
- Guidance: Ethiopia: country policy and information notes
- Guidance: Iran: country policy and information notes
- Promotional material: EU Settlement Scheme: employer toolkit
- Promotional material: EU Settlement Scheme: community leader toolkit
- 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
- Ban the detention of pregnant women | Letter August 20, 2019 Letters
- EU citizens in UK demand clarification of status as no deal looms August 20, 2019 Amelia Gentleman
- 'Windrush on steroids': Corbyn decries plan to end free movement August 20, 2019 Rowena Mason and Jessica Elgot
- Asylum seekers crammed into rat-infested rooms August 20, 2019 Diane Taylor
- Being an EU citizen in the UK was hard enough. Now Priti Patel has made it worse | Marie Le Conte August 20, 2019 Marie Le Conte
- 'Reckless' plan to cut off free movement alarms EU nationals August 19, 2019 Amelia Gentleman, Mattha Busby and Rajeev Syal
- Unlawfully detained woman who miscarried receives £50k payout August 19, 2019 Diane Taylor
- Threat to end freedom of movement overnight is reckless, say EU citizens August 19, 2019 Mattha Busby
- 'Authorities say my 15-year-old client is 27 and want to deport him': my job as a legal aid lawyer August 19, 2019 Laura Gibbons
- No-deal Brexit: key points of Operation Yellowhammer report August 18, 2019 Rowena Mason Deputy political editor
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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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