‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge to Home Office rules for UK citizens who want their overseas spouses to live with them in Britain, affecting more than 3,600 families.’
The Guardian, 11th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The Home Office has suspended a passport official and ordered a disciplinary investigation after the employee subjected a gay father-of-two to a lengthy interrogation about his sexual history and the details of his adoptions in front of the man’s four-year-old son.’
The Guardian, 13th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has ruled that a system for fast-tracking asylum claims has “serious failings” and is being operated unlawfully by the Government.’
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The Independent, 9th July 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A family who endured a “living nightmare” at the hands of a stalker are to receive £130,000 because of Home Office failings.
BBC News, 8th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Group who paid £8,500 each to study in London say they are victims of failed deal between Glyndwr University and a private college.’
The Guardian, 8th July 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A family who endured a “living nightmare” at the hands of a violent criminal is to receive a £130,000 payout over Home Office failings.’
BBC News, 8th July 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This is a fascinating judicial review case. While the specific facts might only apply to a very few people, there is an interesting principle in it which may have wider application.’
NearlyLegal, 2nd July 2014
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The High Court recently gave judgement in Gudanaviciene & Ors v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin).’
Legal Aid Handbook, 1st July 2014
Source: www.legalaidhandbook.com
‘Depriving children of legal representation by introducing a residence test is in breach of their international rights, a parliamentary committee has warned.’
The Guardian, 30th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.’
Home Office, 26th June 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The number of suspected sham marriages being reported by registrars has doubled in four years, official Home Office figures show.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An inspection of the efficiency and effectiveness of the Home Office’s handling of this European casework by John Vine CBE QPM, Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration.’
Home Office, 19th June 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘The Lord Chancellor’s Exceptional Funding Guidance (Non-Inquests) issued under section 4 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, applied by the Legal Aid Agency in withholding legal aid in immigration cases, was unlawful in that it set too high a threshold.’
WLR Daily, 13th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The chief inspector of borders has warned of increasing abuse of overseas “proxy marriages”, at which neither party is present at the ceremony, as a way to subvert British immigration rules.’
The Guardian, 19th June 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v Bina [2014] WLR (D) 251
‘There was no limitation by which the offence of assisting unlawful immigration, contrary to section 25(1) of the Immigration Act 1971, was inapplicable in relation to asylum seekers. Further, section 25(3) of that Act was permissive only, so that a matter of foreign law might be proved by methods such as expert evidence or admission as well as by a government-issued certificate as set out in section 25(3).’
WLR Daily, 11th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Regina (Grace) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] WLR (D) 249
‘The proper test to be applied by the Administrative Court under CPR r 54.12(7) when considering certifying an application for permission to proceed with judicial review as “totally without merit” was whether the claim was bound to fail. There was no requirement that the claim be shown to be abusive or vexatious.’
WLR Daily, 9th June 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The statutory authority deriving from paragraph 2(1) and (3) of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 for detention pending removal of a person against whom a deportation order had been made in pursuance of a recommendation by a court was not unlimited and did not continue when there was no longer any prospect of deportation within a reasonable time.’
WLR Daily, 23rd May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Hines v Lambeth London Borough Council: [2014] EWCA Civ 660; [2014] WLR (D) 238
‘A person whose right to remain in the United Kingdom had expired and who sought housing assistance under the Housing Act 1996 on the basis of a derivative right of residence as a primary carer of her son, a British citizen, would be entitled to accommodation only if her son would be effectively compelled to leave the United Kingdom if she left.’
WLR Daily, 20th May 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Home Secretary, Theresa May, has been accused of acting unlawfully by forcing the removal of failed Somali asylum-seekers to Mogadishu where they fear they will be murdered by Islamic militants. In what is being seen as a test case affecting thousands of Somalis in Britain, a judge has granted an injunction at the last minute halting the removal of a 23-year-old man, identified only as Abdullah, who was due to be flown back to Mogadishu on Tuesday.’
The Independent, 3rd June 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Foreign criminal jailed for causing death of 10-month-old daughter overturns Home Office deportation bid by arguing it would breach her human rights.’
Daily Telegraph, 2nd June 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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