25 Jul, 2022 The Supreme Court explores the limits of diplomatic immunity in Basfar v Wong By Shanthi Sivakumaran The principle of legal immunity from civil and criminal suits for diplomatic agents is a long recognised and protected principle in...
11 Feb, 2022 Waiting in the wings: Zambrano carers to get EUSS re-think By Michael Spencer The Court of Appeal has dismissed the Home Secretary’s appeal in Akinsanya, confirming that she misinterpreted UK law when setting the...
09 Feb, 2022 Donnchadh Greene and Gabriel Tan: Statutory Interpretation and Citizenship: D4 v SSHD and PRCBC v SSHD – UK Constitutional Law Association By Donnchadh Greene This piece considers two recent decisions – one by the Court of Appeal (“CA”): D4 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022]...
19 Jan, 2022 Home Office acted unlawfully in detaining unaccompanied young people for age assessments at port in Kent By Shu Shin Luh Since September 2020, hundreds of unaccompanied young people arriving in Kent have been detained by the Home Secretary for the purposes...
22 Dec, 2021 Deportation order does not terminate EU right to reside By Agata Patyna Simon Cox In Silva v SSHD, 11 November 2021, the High Court declared that a decision to deport under the Immigration (European Economic Area)...
14 Jun, 2021 Citizens of somewhere: ‘Zambrano’ carers and the EU Settlement Scheme By Michael Spencer R (on the application of Akinsanya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1535 (Admin) What was this case about? The...
05 Mar, 2021 Fee waivers: Home Office defeated again By Alasdair Mackenzie In a fresh reversal for its long-standing practice of charging people large fees for various immigration-related processes, the Home...
25 Jul, 2020 Unfit for work? Fair trial rights means benefit pending review By Simon Cox Mr Connor, a litigant in person, yesterday persuaded the High Court to strike down a benefit review rule as a breach of Article 6 of the...
27 May, 2020 The new Immigration Bill-could it cause another Windrush Scandal? By Doughty Street Chambers Krishnendu Mukherjee This week the House of Commons heard the second reading of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020...
23 Apr, 2020 What is the Home Office not telling us? By Alasdair Mackenzie How can the Home Office be prevented from withholding important information in immigration appeals? In Nimo (appeals: duty of...
20 Apr, 2020 Children, parents & deportation: an update By Alasdair Mackenzie In an earlier post a couple of weeks ago I suggested a way through the increasingly severe approach in cases where parents of British or...
09 Apr, 2020 Oral hearings – who needs them? By Alasdair Mackenzie The Upper Tribunal’s ‘Presidential Guidance Note No 1 2020: Arrangements During The COVID-19 Pandemic’ envisages moving, in immigration...