New rules for migrant church weddings – Daily Telegraph
“The tradition of reading church banns is to be dropped for migrant weddings as part of a new drive to combat bogus marriages.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: immigration
LSB assumes an oversight role in the regulation of immigration advice and services –
“The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today (1 April) assumed a new responsibility under the Legal Services Act 2007. Commencement of Schedule 18 of the Act sees the LSB take on regulatory oversight for immigration advice and services provided by lawyers authorised by Approved Regulators.”
Legal Services Board, 1st April 2011
Source: www.legalservicesboard.org.uk
Uxbridge legal adviser is jailed over immigration fraud – UK Border Agency
“”An immigration advisor has been jailed for 6 years for helping submit fraudulent visa applications, following an investigation by the UK Border Agency’s West London immigration crime team.”
UK Border Agency, 31st March 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Mohammed and others v Home Office – WLR Daily
Mohammed and others v Home Office [2011] EWCA Civ 351; [2011] WLR (D) 112
“The Home Office did not owe a common law duty of care to claimants applying for indefinite leave to remain for maladministration.”
WLR Daily, 29th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Daniyal Shahzad to be deported to Pakistan after lies – BBC News
“A teenager will be deported to his home country of Pakistan after lying about his past in a bid for UK residency.”
BBC News, 30th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (MK (Tunisia)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“A claimant whose leave to remain in the country was cancelled while he was out of the country did not thereby lose his in-country right of appeal, and he could therefore return to exercise that right of appeal against the cancellation.”
WLR Daily, 25th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Sheffield wedding party sentenced – UK Border Agency
“A wedding party arrested in Sheffield city centre last September as part of a nationwide crackdown have been jailed.”
UK Border Agency, 22nd April 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Government outlines overhaul of student visas – UK Border Agency
“Tougher entrance criteria, limits on work entitlements and the closure of the post-study work route are among the changes to the student visa system announced today by Home Secretary Theresa May.”
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UK Border Agency, 22nd March 2011
Source: www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk
Regina (Parsipoor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Regina (Salih and another) v Same – WLR Daily
“A claimant in a claim for judicial review was entitled to an oral hearing even where the claims were academic.”
WLR Daily, 17th March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Government faces calls to overhaul visa rules for foreign performers – The Guardian
“The case of an American cellist, Kristin Ostling, who was sent back to Chicago by British immigration officials when she came to the UK to take part in an unpaid recital, has fuelled demands for an overhaul of the visa system for visiting artists and musicians.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government unveils new immigration rules – Law Society’s Gazette
“The government unveiled new immigration rules today that will give wealthy entrepreneurs a ‘fast-track’ route to settling in the UK.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th March 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Jack Straw calls for immigration hearing law change – BBC News
“Former Home Secretary Jack Straw has called for judges to be able to hear from victims in immigration hearings.”
BBC News, 4th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
LO (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
LO (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 164; [2011] WLR (D) 68
“The Court of Appeal had jurisdiction to hear a further appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission only when there had been a final determination of the appeal to the commission and it had issued a decision as to the disposition. Where an appeal to the commission was treated as withdrawn no such decision was made.”
WLR Daily, 2nd March 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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PO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
PO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 132; [2011] WLR (D) 61
“The current practice of producing a headnote of the determination of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in a country guidance case needed to be reviewed.”
WLR Daily, 25th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Guardian Focus podcast: The indefinite detention of foreign prisoners – The Guardian
“Hundreds of foreign prisoners are held indefinitely after they have served their criminal sentences. Harriet Grant investigates.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (Daley-Murdock) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“It was contrary to the policy and objects of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 to impose an obligation on the Secretary of State when refusing an overstayer’s application for leave to remain to make an appealable removal decision at the same time which would confer a right of appeal.”
WLR Daily, 24th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (Mirza and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The Home Secretary, when refusing to extend a foreign national’s leave to remain in the United Kingdom, ought at the same time or promptly thereafter make a removal decision which, if adverse, would enable the foreign national to appeal without breaking the law by overstaying.”
WLR Daily, 24th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Supreme Court ruling puts children first in immigration cases – Law Society’s Gazette
“A landmark Supreme Court ruling has put the ‘best interests of the child’ at the centre of decision-making in immigration cases involving the deportation or removal of their parents.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 10th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily
“The need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children who were in the United Kingdom was a primary consideration when immigration authorities were making a decision as to the deportation of a parent whose application for asylum in the United Kingdom had been refused. Once the children’s best interests had been identified, the authorities were then required to assess whether those interests were outweighed by any other considerations such as the need to maintain a proper and efficient system of immigration control. When the children had British citizenship that was of particular importance in assessing their best interests.”
WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Koran-protest US pastor Terry Jones banned from UK – Daily Telegraph
“The American pastor who sparked a global controversy when he threatened to burn the Koran has been banned from entering Britain by the Home Office.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th January
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
