Author: Alex Schymyck

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Alex Schymyck

Alex is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers

In Oluponle v Home Office [2023] EWHC 3188 (KB), the claimant was awarded £20,000 for 60 days’ false imprisonment. Several helpful comments were made on various Home Office failings during […]

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4th January 2024
BY Alex Schymyck

A Youth Mobility visa enables people aged 18-30 to live and work in the UK, usually for up to two years. It used to be called the “working holiday-maker scheme” […]

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12th May 2023
BY Alex Schymyck

In a helpful judgment, the Upper Tribunal has awarded £10,500 to a child who was unlawfully prevented from entering the UK from Greece to be re-united with his cousin who […]

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25th April 2023
BY Alex Schymyck

The High Court has rejected a challenge to the Secretary of State’s decision to move a group of Afghan families rescued from the Taliban in 2021 from one temporary hotel […]

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4th April 2023
BY Alex Schymyck

The High Court has determined that there are no damages available for people who were subject to the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) policy in the case of Home […]

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10th February 2023
BY Alex Schymyck

In a powerful judgment given on 21 December 2022, the High Court ordered the Secretary of State for the Home Department to immediately increase the weekly support payments made to […]

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9th January 2023
BY Alex Schymyck

The Upper Tribunal has issued country guidance about the risk from gangs in El Salvador. In EMAP (Gang violence – Convention Reason) El Salvador CG [2022] UKUT 00335 (IAC), the […]

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20th December 2022
BY Alex Schymyck

The High Court has provided a warning to practitioners about the importance of pursuing negotiations in false imprisonment claims. The case of Moradi v The Home Office [2022] EWHC 3125 […]

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9th December 2022
BY Alex Schymyck

The High Court has quashed a decision to refuse entry to the children of an Afghan judge who was relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy. […]

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4th November 2022
BY Alex Schymyck

The European Court of Human Rights has handed down a significant judgment concerning the age-assessment process and rights of child asylum seekers. In Darboe and Camara v Italy (Application no. […]

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30th September 2022
BY Alex Schymyck
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