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Nicholas Webb

Consultant with NLS Solicitors. Recognised as a leading Immigration Lawyer by The Legal 500 2019; described as ‘very reliable and professional’ and providing ‘real depth of knowledge and attention to detail’.Also does Crossfit; which along with Immigration Law provides two subjects to bore you with at dinner parties.

How to apply for leave to remain as a victim of domestic violence

Domestic violence is a serious infringement of someone’s rights. While most often perpetrated against women, it can affect people from any background and part of society. Migrants can be particularly […]

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15th February 2024
BY Nicholas Webb

Unlawful entrants can’t rely on domestic violence concession

The domestic violence concession allows victims of domestic abuse access to public funds while they make an application for settlement. The High Court has now made clear that this concession […]

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22nd January 2019
BY Nicholas Webb

Court of Appeal: a false document is one thing, deception another

In Chanda v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2424 the Court of Appeal grappled with paragraph 322(1A) of the Immigration Rules. The court looked briefly […]

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6th November 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

Home Office CAN speak to your persecutor without asking you

So says the Upper Tribunal in PA (Protection claim, Respondent’s enquiries, Bias) [2018] UKUT 337 (IAC); at least if your confidentiality is preserved. Officials checked Bangladeshi police records for evidence […]

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22nd October 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

How to apply for leave to remain as a bereaved partner

This post is about what happens to a migrant who is in the UK on a partner visa if their sponsor passes away. If their partner dies before the migrant […]

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11th October 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

Patience is a virtue, especially if you’ll meet the Immigration Rules in a couple of months

MS (Pakistan) TD and X (A Child) (Jamaica) [2018] EWCA Civ 1776, a case about the minimum income requirement for sponsoring a family member under the Immigration Rules, shows that sometimes […]

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16th August 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

Tribunal overturned for ignoring public interest in deportation

In a deeply unsurprising turn of events (see posts passim), the Court of Appeal has overturned a favourable deportation decision in Secretary of State for the Home Department v MR […]

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27th July 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

New Home Office “lines to take” in Sudanese asylum claims

The Home Office now believes that the Sudanese country guidance cases should no longer be followed, based on a change of country circumstances. Its “lines to take” now argue that […]

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17th July 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

President Lane denies tribunal operates on “unwritten rules”

The Upper Tribunal does not take kindly to the assertion that it operates “unwritten rules”, as was argued in the recent case of SS (Sri Lanka) [2018] EWCA Civ 1391. The […]

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10th July 2018
BY Nicholas Webb

Home Office policy on EU rough sleepers found unlawful

The High Court decided today that the Home Office’s policy of detaining and deporting rough sleepers from EU countries is unlawful. The case is R (Gureckis) v Secretary of State for […]

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14th December 2017
BY Nicholas Webb
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