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The modern slavery statutory guidance has been amended yesterday, following a grant of interim relief temporarily halting one man’s removal to France this week. Background The Home Office’s attempts to return people to France under the new treaty this week can at best be described as “shambolic”. This was entirely...

18th September 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

The Upper Tribunal has allowed a judicial review brought by a Palestinian man after a nightmare scenario where the Home Office withdrew the refusal of his asylum claim the day before his appeal hearing, indicating that refugee status would be granted, only to later to resile from that position following...

17th September 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter!  Last week saw further tragedy in the Channel with two separate incidents resulting in deaths. On Tuesday a woman died and a day later three people, including two children, died in an attempt to reach the UK. It is worth remembering that unaccompanied children are excluded from the new UK-France agreement. They cannot...

16th September 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

In a newly reported Hamid decision of the Upper Tribunal, a barrister has been referred to the Bar Standards Board for investigation following his use of a false citation generated by ChatGPT. The case is MS v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Professional Conduct: AI Generated Documents) Bangladesh...

16th September 2025
BY Sonia Lenegan

The government has proposed changes to the early removal scheme for foreign national offenders in what is possibly the most significant overhaul to the deportation process since the changes made in the wake of the foreign prisoner ‘scandal’ in 2006. It comes hot on the heels of the expansion of the...

15th September 2025
BY Nick Nason
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