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- Protesters in London and Glasgow call for halt to Osime Brown deportation June 12, 2021 Diane Taylor
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- The Guardian view on migrant deaths: safe routes are essential | Editorial June 8, 2021 Editorial
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Tag Archives: Pakistan
Terror trio triumphant in citizenship deprivation appeal
In C3, C4 and C7 v SSHD, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) agreed with the point that C3, C4 and C7 had no other nationality other than that of the UK and so the SSHD was not able to … Continue reading
Upper Tribunal: Tanveer Ahmed remains good law
QC (verification of documents; Mibanga duty) [2021] UKUT 33 (IAC) (12 January 2021) In a panel consisting of President Lane and Vice President Ockelton, the Upper Tribunal has held as to verification of documents that the case of Tanveer Ahmed … Continue reading
Posted in Adjournment, Appeals, Article 3, Asylum, China, Court of Appeal, Credibility, ECtHR, Mibanga Duty, Pakistan, Politics, Refugee Convention, Tibetan Buddhism, Tribunals
Tagged Arrest Warrant, Asylum, China, Documents, FIR, Forgery, Pakistan, Scotland, Tanveer Ahmed, Upper Tribunal, Verification
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Procedural fairness fails entrepreneur in Court of Appeal
R (Taj) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 19 (20 January 2021) Genuineness of intention is a key part of obtaining a visa to the UK. This appeal related to the closed (in March 2019) Tier … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Court of Appeal, Fairness, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Pakistan, PBS, Tier 1, UKSC
Tagged Court of Appeal, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Pakistan, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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Pakistan and Child Abduction: Lahore High Court holds ‘Hague Convention is not an extradition treaty’
Pakistan is notorious for child abduction. In the case of Sumayyah Moses v SHO and Others (Writ Petition No. 74048 of 2019) PLD 2020 Lahore 716, the Lahore High Court explained that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International … Continue reading
Posted in Cases, Child Abduction, Children, Citizenship and Nationality, Court of Appeal, Expert Evidence, Extradition, Families, Family Court, Foreign law, Habitual Residence, Hague Convention, Inherent Jurisdiction, Islam, Judicial Review, Lahore High Court, Nationality, Pakistan, South Africa
Tagged Case Law, Child Abduction, Children, Court of Appeal, Hague Convention, Pakistan, Spouses
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Lahore High Court ruling on Pakistan and Child Abduction
In Abid Hussain (Petitioner) v Rukhsana Munir and others (Respondents) 2020 YLR 1533 Lahore, Miss Aalia Neelum J directed Pakistan’s police authorities to produce two Dutch girls of Pakistani origin, who had been abducted by their own mother and then taken … Continue reading
Posted in Child Abduction, Children, Citizenship and Nationality, Divorce, Families, Family Court, Habitual Residence, Hague Convention, Judicial Review, Lahore High Court, Netherlands, Pakistan
Tagged British Nationality, Case Law, Child Abduction, Children, Judicial Review, Pakistan, Removals
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Lahore High Court ruling on forced conversion to Islam
In Nasira v Judicial Magistrate and 5 others Writ Petition No. 45156 of 2019/PLD 2020 Lahore 489, the Lahore High Court granted a petition under Article 199 of the Constitution of Pakistan 1973 by a Christian woman called Nasira where she sought … Continue reading
Posted in Article 9, Asylum, Children, Conversion, ECHR, Families, Foreign law, Guardianship, India, Islam, Lahore High Court, Pakistan, Persecution, Tribunals
Tagged Asylum, Blasphemy, Children, Pakistan, Pakistani Christians, Persecution, Tribunals
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High Court of Sindh on Pakistan and the Hague Convention
The case of Mst Farhat (Petitioner) v Umair Hanif Ghanchi and Others (Respondents) 2019 CLC 1311 Sindh is an early example of the High Court of Sindh grappling with the issues connected to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of … Continue reading
Posted in Child Abduction, Children, Dubai, Family Court, Hague Convention, International Law, Interpol, Islam, Karachi, Pakistan, Spouses
Tagged Case Law, Children, Hague Convention, Interpol, Pakistan, Sindh High Court, Spouses
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Court of Appeal clarifies asylum bars in child abduction cases
G (A Child: Child Abduction) [2020] EWCA Civ 1185 (15 September 2020) The Court of Appeal has held that Lieven J (the High Court Judge) had been wrong to stay proceedings on the basis that there was a bar to … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Child Abduction, Children, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Families, Habitual Residence, Hague Convention, High Court, Immigration Rules, International Law, Lady Hale, Pakistan, Refugee Convention, Removals, South Africa, Spouses, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Brexit, Case Law, Children, Court of Appeal, Dependants, ECHR, Pakistan, Persecution, Spouses, UK Supreme Court
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Passports: Foreign law must be proved by expert evidence
Hussein and Another (Status of passports: foreign law) [2020] UKUT 250 (IAC) CMG Ockelton VP has explained that (i) a person who holds a genuine passport, apparently issued to him, and not falsified or altered, has to be regarded as … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Asylum, Dependants, ECHR, Kenya, Nationality, Refugee Convention, Somalia, Tanzania, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Expert Evidence, Experts, Kenya, Pakistan, Passports, Persecution, Removals, Tanzania, Tribunals
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Principles and practice of adoption law in Pakistan
Pakistan is not party to the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption 1993 and adopting a child in Pakistan is a long, difficult, and legally-complex process. Observably, the Guardians and Wards Act 1890 governs … Continue reading
How do Pakistani courts approach child abduction cases?
What can be said about the approach taken by the Pakistani courts in child abduction cases? Little is known about this topic and of course since Pakistan is a new entrant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of … Continue reading
US accepts Pakistan’s accession to the Hague Convention
On 22 December 2016, Pakistan deposited its instrument of accession in relation to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980. This made Pakistan the 96th Contracting State to the Convention which entered into force for Pakistan … Continue reading
Posted in Child Abduction, Children, Family Court, Guardianship, Habitual Residence, Hague Convention, International Law, Lady Hale, Pakistan, UKSC, USSC
Tagged Case Law, Child Abduction, Children, Habitual Residence, Hague Convention, Pakistan, Spouses, UK Supreme Court, United States
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Pakistani with ‘sufficiently reprehensible conduct’ wins ILR
SSHD v MA Khan [2020] UKAITUR HU097412019 (12 March 2020) Appeals falling within the dreaded paragraph 322(5) genre are usually quite controversial as Tier 1 (General) migrants were seen as an asset to the UK’s economy but many of them cooked up tax … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Pakistan, Paragraph 322(5), Proportionality, Settlement, Tier 1, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Pakistan, Tribunals
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Court of Appeal holds paragraph 276B(ii) and paragraph 322(5) represent discrete tests for refusing ILR
Tahir Yaseen v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 157 (14 February 2020) The appellant, Mr Tahir Yaseen, a Pakistani national, failed to make timely tax returns for the years 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13. He filed … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Conduct/Character, Court of Appeal, False Statements and Misrepresentations, Hostile Environment, Immigration Rules, Pakistan, Paragraph 322(5), Public Interest, Tier 1, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Balajigari, Case Law, Court of Appeal, Criminal Offences, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Pakistan, Points Based System, Tribunals
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Ticking the Fee Box: Crucial Guidance on Authorising Payment and Validity of Immigration Applications
Kousar & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2462 (07 November 2018) Giving guidance on the scope of the earlier Basnet [2012] UKUT 113 (IAC) principle concerning the rejection of applications as invalid, the Court … Continue reading
Deprivation of Citizenship: Unnecessary to Conduct a Proleptic Analysis of Deportation
Aziz & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1884 (08 August 2018) Abdul Aziz, Abdul Rauf and Adil Khan – the appellants – were convicted in 2012 of the grooming, sexual exploitation and trafficking … Continue reading
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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High Court on British Citizenship and Fact Finding
R (Din) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 1046 (Admin) (04 May 2018) These judicial review proceedings arose out of a trio of refusals – dated 14 July 2016, 16 December 2016 and 22 September 2017 … Continue reading
Posted in Article 6, Cases, Citizenship and Nationality, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Entry Clearance, False Statements and Misrepresentations, High Court, Human Rights Act, India, Judicial Review, Nationality, Pakistan, Visitors, Women
Tagged Case Law, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Judicial Review, Marriage, Pakistan
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Curtailment and Entry Clearance: Interfaith Couple Wins on Chikwamba in Court of Appeal
Tikka v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 642 (28 March 2018) Qaisar Tikka entered as with student leave until September 2011. Subsequently, he met his British wife Josita Simta Rajoria and they married on 22 … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Families, Immigration Act 2014, Immigration Rules, India, Muslims, Pakistan, Persecution, Public Interest, Spouses, Students
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Court of Appeal, Criminal Offences, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Marriage, Pakistan, Spouses
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