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The “sole responsibility” immigration test comes into play where one of the parents of a child is relocating to the United Kingdom and one parent remains abroad. The United Kingdom’s immigration rules effectively presume that a child should remain outside the country with the other parent, unless the parent moving...
BY Colin Yeo
Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Post Title: Senior Immigration Solicitor (Violence Against Women and Girls & Migrant Justice). Contract Type: Fixed Term (until March 2028 with a view to extend subject to funding). Hours: Full Time (35 hours per week). Salary:...
BY Free Movement
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the complexity of immigration law combined with the ongoing legal aid advice crisis mean that many people (both lawyers and migrants) are increasingly tempted to turn to generative artificial intelligence (I will just use “AI” here) as a possible solution. Personally, I don’t...
BY Sonia Lenegan
Welcome to the weekly Free Movement newsletter! First of all, huge congratulations to Doughty Street’s Alasdair Mackenzie, as it was announced last week that he has been appointed King’s Counsel following the 2025 competition. My personal favourite of Alasdair’s cases will always be the fee waiver case of Dzineku-Liggison. You...
BY Sonia Lenegan
The Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the High Court that a refusal to grant exceptional case funding for legal aid to a person applying to the Windrush compensation scheme was lawful. However the court also gave its non-binding view that a genuine dispute about eligibility for the...