“The Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) today published its first Agency business plan alongside a report into the failure to consider some foreign national prisoners for deportation last year and an update on progress in deporting those 1013 foreign national prisoners from the UK.”
Home Office press release, 14th June 2007
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Gordon Brown is being urged to intervene to stop the Home Office banning a British resident from returning home after more than four years at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.”
The Independent, 15th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government breached anti-discrimination laws after controversial changes to its immigration programme for highly-skilled workers, the Commission for Racial Equality believes.”
The Guardian, 12th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The biggest overhaul of Britain’s immigration laws for more than 35 years is being planned by the Government, which has admitted that their complexity has undermined public confidence in the system.”
The Independent, 12th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Home Office Minister Liam Byrne, today launched proposals to simplify complex immigration and citizenship laws, delivering the commitment made by the Home Secretary last year.”
Simplifying Immigration Law: an initial consultation (PDF)
Border & Immigration Agency, 6th June 2007
Source: www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Home Office has reversed its decision to deny a visa to a former Gurkha decorated with the Victoria Cross, it was announced tonight.”
The Independent, 2nd June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
R (Baia and another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
“The statutory scheme requiring permission by the Home Office for marriage by people subject to immigration control or those who had entered the United Kingdom illegally contravened arts 12 and 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which guaranteed the right to marry and the right not to be discriminated against for reasons of nationality or religion.”
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Controversial immigration rules aimed at stopping sham marriages are unlawful, says the Court of Appeal.”
BBC News, 23rd May 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Room for caseworker’s discretion
Ishtiaq v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A caseworker in the Home Office had a discretion to decide what evidence an applicant had to produce when she sought indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom on the ground that her matrimonial relationship had permanently broken down.”
The Times, 22nd May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
Double jeopardy requires two sets of criminal proceedings
Regina v. IK; Regina v. AB; Regina v. KA
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“Double jeopardy was not available as a plea in bar unless both sets of proceedings were criminal and the Special Immigration Appeals Commission was not a criminal court.”
The Times, 16th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Employers could be obliged to make new staff produce a passport or birth certificate before they start work or face financial penalties, under new proposals to crack down on illegal immigration announced today.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office drive against illegal working moved forward today as talks began with industry on the implementation of tough new legislation designed to crackdown on bogus employees.”
Home Office press release, 15th May 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
“A Home Office plan to deport terror suspects back to Libya is in tatters today, after an immigration court ruled that they could face an unfair trial and even torture if sent home.”
The Times, 27th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Two Libyan terror suspects have won an appeal against deportation from the UK in a major defeat for the government.”
BBC News, 27th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A seven-year-old boy and his HIV-positive parents at the centre of a deportation battle have been granted a legal reprieve after coming within hours of being put on a plane to Malawi.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judicial review available as well as statutory review
Regina (AM (Cameroon)) v. Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
Court of Appeal
“In exceptional circumstances, judicial review was available to challenge an immigration judge’s decision even though a final statutory review procedure existed.”
The Times, 11th April 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“Six regional directors have been appointed to the new Border and Immigration Agency (BIA), which goes live today, the Home Office has announced. ”
Home Office press release, 2nd April 2007
Source: www.gnn.gov.uk
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