Home Office wrongly issued biometric residence permit to person refused asylum
21 August 2025
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The First-tier Tribunal will re-hear the appeal of a man who received a letter from the Home Office refusing his asylum, and then a few
The First-tier Tribunal will re-hear the appeal of a man who received a letter from the Home Office refusing his asylum, and then a few
Epping Council has succeeded in obtaining an interim injunction to prevent the use of the Bell Hotel as asylum accommodation pending the final outcome of
The High Court has agreed with the Home Secretary in a judicial review challenging a claimant’s deportation and detention on the grounds that he had
A 68 year old woman has been ordered to pay the Home Secretary’s costs after unsuccessfully challenging a refusal to grant her indefinite leave to
The Upper Tribunal has declined to decide a policy challenge to the ten day deadline, and “exceptional circumstances” requirement to extend it, to respond to
July was actually a fairly busy month! Join Sonia and Barry as they run you through what happened, including the changes to the skilled worker
This post has been updated with the latest developments on Thursday including the Home Office announcement on detentions and publication of the caseworker guidance applicable
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenging the Home Secretary’s failure to implement the recommendations of the Brook House inquiry. The judgment includes
A Palestinian family, including children aged nine and seven, have succeeded in a judicial review challenging the UK’s failure to provide them with consular assistance
A student and her husband have successfully challenged the Home Office’s decision to cancel their leave, with the result that their detention was also held
The First-tier Tribunal will re-hear the appeal of a man who received a letter from the Home Office refusing his asylum, and then a few days later a biometric resident permit reflecting a grant of refugee leave. The Upper Tribunal said that the biometric residence permit is not a grant...
Epping Council has succeeded in obtaining an interim injunction to prevent the use of the Bell Hotel as asylum accommodation pending the final outcome of the proceedings. The case is Epping Forest District Council v Somani Hotels Ltd [2025] EWHC 2183 (KB). This is a planning law case so don’t...
The High Court has agreed with the Home Secretary in a judicial review challenging a claimant’s deportation and detention on the grounds that he had an outstanding asylum claim. The High Court held that the implicit withdrawal of the asylum claim was lawful and accepted the Home Secretary’s argument that...
A 68 year old woman has been ordered to pay the Home Secretary’s costs after unsuccessfully challenging a refusal to grant her indefinite leave to remain. The woman became the primary carer for her British granddaughter after her daughter died of Covid in April 2020 and has been working as...
The Upper Tribunal has declined to decide a policy challenge to the ten day deadline, and “exceptional circumstances” requirement to extend it, to respond to a notification that the Home Secretary is considering excluding someone from trafficking protections under the public order disqualification. The challenge to the individual decision was...
July was actually a fairly busy month! Join Sonia and Barry as they run you through what happened, including the changes to the skilled worker route, everything that happened on Afghan resettlement, recent changes to the EU Settlement Scheme and the latest instalment in a far too long running Palestinian...
This post has been updated with the latest developments on Thursday including the Home Office announcement on detentions and publication of the caseworker guidance applicable to those applying to come to the UK. Applications have also opened for people to submit an expression of interest to come to the UK....
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review challenging the Home Secretary’s failure to implement the recommendations of the Brook House inquiry. The judgment includes a useful annex addressing an application made by the Home Secretary for an order preventing the claimants from relying on material subject to parliamentary privilege....
A Palestinian family, including children aged nine and seven, have succeeded in a judicial review challenging the UK’s failure to provide them with consular assistance to get them out of Gaza so that they can register their biometrics and come to the UK to join family. The case is R...
A student and her husband have successfully challenged the Home Office’s decision to cancel their leave, with the result that their detention was also held to be unlawful. The case is R (Manpreet Kaur & Anor) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 1942 (Admin). Background...