The latest quarterly immigration and asylum statistics have been published and nothing in them felt like much of a surprise really. We know that the
In our latest write up on the people seeking asylum who were on Diego Garcia there was mention of the case of KP, who was
The Home Secretary has succeeded in an appeal to the Court of Appeal where the First-tier Tribunal’s decision was overturned for a failure to provide
The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Home Secretary against an award of damages to a refugee in the amount of £98,757.04 in
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is
Sonia and Barry are back already to celebrate the end of January! There is a brief look back at 2024 and look forward to 2025
The Court of Appeal has allowed the Home Secretary’s appeal in a deprivation case involving the use of a false identity, but the appeal will
Applications to the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme, for those who hold leave under Appendix Ukraine Scheme that will expire soon, are open from 9am today.
The Home Secretary’s appeal in a deprivation case has seemingly backfired as the Court of Appeal has held that the deprivation process being operated, where
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal where it was argued that there had been procedural unfairness in a refusal of further leave to
The latest quarterly immigration and asylum statistics have been published and nothing in them felt like much of a surprise really. We know that the asylum grant rate has been dropping, the number of health and care visas dropping, student numbers dropping and we have seen these trends continue in...
In our latest write up on the people seeking asylum who were on Diego Garcia there was mention of the case of KP, who was excluded from the arrangements to bring most people to the UK as he had criminal convictions, although he had also been recognised as being in...
The Home Secretary has succeeded in an appeal to the Court of Appeal where the First-tier Tribunal’s decision was overturned for a failure to provide sufficient reasons for departing from a country guidance case, only for the Upper Tribunal to then fall into the same error. The case is Secretary...
The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Home Secretary against an award of damages to a refugee in the amount of £98,757.04 in respect of her unlawful detention and breach of article 8 relating to the delay in granting her status. The case is Secretary of State for...
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the potential to block a large number of refugees from naturalising as British citizens, effective immediately. This is described in the changes...
Sonia and Barry are back already to celebrate the end of January! There is a brief look back at 2024 and look forward to 2025 which of course now includes the new Bill (seriously what are we calling this thing for short? BSAIB just doesn’t work, as Barry ably demonstrates)....
The Court of Appeal has allowed the Home Secretary’s appeal in a deprivation case involving the use of a false identity, but the appeal will now return to the Upper Tribunal which had not considered the article 8 rights of the appellant. This is the third of the recent appeals...
Applications to the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme, for those who hold leave under Appendix Ukraine Scheme that will expire soon, are open from 9am today. It is important to note that extensions of leave are not automatic, people will need to apply before their current leave expires or else they...
The Home Secretary’s appeal in a deprivation case has seemingly backfired as the Court of Appeal has held that the deprivation process being operated, where the affected person is not given an opportunity to make representations against the decision, is procedurally unfair. The case is Secretary of State for the...
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal where it was argued that there had been procedural unfairness in a refusal of further leave to remain because the appellant had not been expressly told that his employer’s sponsor licence had been revoked. The appeal actually stemmed from refusal of a...
