Court of Appeal dismisses Albanian woman’s asylum claim
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by an Albanian women in a protection claim where she initially succeeded in the First-tier Tribunal but
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by an Albanian women in a protection claim where she initially succeeded in the First-tier Tribunal but
Fee waivers (meaning that the application can be made without paying the fee) are available for people who are outside the UK and who are
A Sudanese refugee has succeeded in challenging a negative trafficking decision after he was wrongly criticised for a lack of detail and supporting evidence for
The Court of Appeal has rejected a student’s argument that the Home Secretary should have exercised discretion and considered his application to switch into the
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has completed its committee stage and a date for report stage has not yet been announced. The Bill
The Home Secretary has made a useful concession to the High Court, confirming that she has a discretion to grant indefinite leave to remain outside
This month Barry is away and so his colleague Andrew Jones has stepped up and stepped in to co-host with Sonia, and frankly made it
The Court of Appeal has given some guidance on the application of the exceptional assurance policy put in place during the pandemic and has concluded
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a decision by the Upper Tribunal that the First-tier Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to consider
This week marked ten years since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force. The trafficking statistics for October to December 2024 have been published,
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by an Albanian women in a protection claim where she initially succeeded in the First-tier Tribunal but that decision was later overturned by the Upper Tribunal. Her asylum claim was based on a risk on return from former clients of her husband’s...
Fee waivers (meaning that the application can be made without paying the fee) are available for people who are outside the UK and who are making certain types of entry clearance applications but cannot afford the fee. This is important as the fees are set at a level that is...
A Sudanese refugee has succeeded in challenging a negative trafficking decision after he was wrongly criticised for a lack of detail and supporting evidence for his claim. The case is R (Alnoor) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 922 (Admin). Background The claimant is a Sudanese...
The Court of Appeal has rejected a student’s argument that the Home Secretary should have exercised discretion and considered his application to switch into the skilled worker route, instead of rejecting it for not meeting the validity requirements after a rule change came into force prohibiting such a move. The...
The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill has completed its committee stage and a date for report stage has not yet been announced. The Bill as first introduced has had a couple of amendments at committee stage, both introduced by the government. The main changes relate to the EU Settlement...
The Home Secretary has made a useful concession to the High Court, confirming that she has a discretion to grant indefinite leave to remain outside the immigration rules without a fee being paid. The child claimant in the case successfully challenged the rejection of his application for indefinite leave to...
The Court of Appeal has given some guidance on the application of the exceptional assurance policy put in place during the pandemic and has concluded that it could not be relied on by the appellant, notwithstanding the fact that the Home Office had issued him with a letter granting a...
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against a decision by the Upper Tribunal that the First-tier Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to consider an appeal based on a grant of humanitarian protection that had not been made by the Home Secretary, on the grounds of a nationality that...
This week marked ten years since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force. The trafficking statistics for October to December 2024 have been published, meaning we now have a full year of data for 2024. In the statistics before these, for July to September 2024, I noted that positive...