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- Court of Appeal Opens the Door to LIBOR and Benchmark Misrepresentation Claims
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- Conduct Costs on the Rise (2012-2016): No End in Sight
- Supreme Court Clarifies the Law on Security and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards
- FSMA and Third Party Rights: Victory for FCA in Supreme Court
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- Home Office faces legal challenge over risk of lone children being sent to Rwanda
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- Revealed: thousands of ‘innocent and abandoned’ migrant care workers told to leave UK
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Tag Archives: Nigeria
“Unduly harsh” and “very compelling circumstances”: Court of Appeal signals simplified approach in deportation cases
AA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1296 (9 October 2020) The Court of Appeal has yet again examined KO (Nigeria) v SSHD [2018] UKSC 53, discussed here, and the meaning of “unduly harsh” and … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Court of Appeal, Deportation, ECHR, Families, Immigration Act 2014, Immigration Rules, Nigeria, Proportionality, Public Interest, Tribunals, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Children, Court of Appeal, Criminal Offences, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Nigeria, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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Scottish Perspectives on Paragraph 322(5) and ILR
Oji (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] CSOH 127 The petitioner, or claimant, Mr Collins Oji was a Nigerian national who applied for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) on 19 February 2016 along with his dependent … Continue reading
Overruling Kareem: Proxy Marriages and Recognition under European Union Law
Awuku v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 1303 (06 December 2016) see update here Questions about the validity of marriage have eternally dogged immigration law. Born in October 1973, and the holder of Ghanaian nationality, … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Citizens Directive, Citizenship and Nationality, ECHR, European Union, Public Interest, Spouses, Tribunals
Tagged 2004/38/EC, Article 8, Case Law, Dependants, ECHR, European Union, Free Movement, Nigeria, Spouses
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Court of Appeal Avoids Referring Zambrano Question to CJEU
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AQ (Nigeria) & Ors [2015] EWCA Civ 250 (25 March 2015) Apart from being legally complex, these cases are also factually controversial. AQ (Nigeria), TH (Bangladesh) and CD (Jamaica) were foreign criminals … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Children, CJEU, Immigration Rules, UKBA 2007
Tagged Criminal Offences, ECHR, European Union, Nigeria, Tribunals
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‘Messy’ Article 3 and the ‘Obscure Policy of Mercy’
SJ v BELGIUM 70055/10, Judgment (Struck out of the List), (Grand Chamber), 19/03/2015 When she was eight months pregnant, SJ (a Nigerian national born in 1989) claimed asylum in Belgium in July 2007. She contended that she had fled Nigeria because … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Article 8, Asylum, Belgium, CFR, CJEU, Court of Appeal, ECHR
Tagged ECHR, European Union, IACHR, Nigeria, Serious Illness
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The new rules: Article 8 and Judges
MF (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2012] UKUT 393 (IAC) (31 October 2012) – see previous post for facts and background. Despite commenting positively [29] on some aspects of the new rules, the UT still thought that it “would be … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, CJEU, Human Rights Act, Immigration Rules, Proportionality, UKBA 2007
Tagged Article 8, European Union, Nigeria, Tribunals
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New rules Not a Complete Code for Article 8
MF (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2012] UKUT 393 (IAC) (31 October 2012) The Convention that emerged from the ashes of war to protect people’s freedoms should not have been made a target for a party’s political designs. This … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Human Rights Act, Immigration Rules, Proportionality, Tribunals, UKBA 2007
Tagged Article 8, Children, ECHR, European Union, Nigeria
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Case Comment: SO (imprisonment breaks continuity of residence) Nigeria [2011] UKUT 164 (IAC)
In this case, the issue before the UTIAC was whether time spent in custody is to be counted in the five-year period which an applicant requires to qualify as the family member of an EEA national in order to acquire … Continue reading
Posted in Cases, Detention, European Union, Immigration Law, Nigeria, Sedley LJ, Tribunals
Tagged Detention, European Union, Nigeria, Sedley LJ, Tribunals
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Case Comment: FW v SSHD [2011] EWCA Civ 264
Lies and false statements in immigration applications are a common problem. Many a “clever” foreigner, often meritorious enough to qualify for the coveted Post Study Work visa, has fallen foul of the deception rules. It really isn’t a great idea … Continue reading
Case Comment: AA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 773
The rules A catchall by design paragraph 322(1A) of the immigration rules has required clarification from the courts time and time again. The approach adopted by the Court of Appeal in this case contrasts quite starkly with the harsh decision … Continue reading
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