- Deportation law up for MORE revision: Supreme Court to hear appeal in HA (Iraq) case
- The effect of deportation on children: Imran case reversed
- Reconciliation with victim a factor against deportation
- Deportation of father not “unduly harsh” on child in loving home
- Court of Appeal considers unduly harsh deportation test (again)
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Out of country appeals
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- First-tier Tribunal discourages oral evidence from abroad
- Upper Tribunal revisits issue of permission for video evidence from abroad
- Does every Zoom witness abroad need foreign state permission to dial in?
- With remote hearings now routine, are out-of-country appeals still unfair?
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Deportation law up for MORE revision: Supreme Court to hear appeal in HA (Iraq) case
The Supreme Court has circulated a list of cases that it has agreed to hear on appeal in the coming months. The list includes two liberalising deportation rulings from the Court of Appeal, HA (Iraq) and AA (Nigeria) which we hoped had finally put thi ...
21st December 2021What does the Human Rights Act consultation say about migrants’ rights?
The government has published its proposals for changing the Human Rights Act 1998. Not all the consultation questions will be of professional interest to immigration lawyers — for instance, there are sections on free speech and trial by jury ...
14th December 2021Man who has never left the UK avoids deportation after seven-year legal battle
A 38-year-old man born in the UK without British citizenship cannot be deported to a country he has never even been to, the Upper Tribunal has decided. The case is Akinyemi v Secretary of State for the Home Department (unreported, DA/00574/2014). Rem ...
7th December 2021The effect of deportation on children: Imran case reversed
In MI (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1711, the Court of Appeal continues to unpick pre-HA (Iraq) deportation jurisprudence, here reversing the Upper Tribunal decision of Imran (Section 117C(5); children, unduly ...
2nd December 2021Early guilty plea saves 75-year-old woman from deportation to USA
The seriousness of a criminal offence is a key factor in deportation cases. It is generally judged with reference to the sentence given by the criminal courts. But what happens when that sentence has been discounted due to an early guilty plea? Last y ...
22nd November 2021Reconciliation with victim a factor against deportation
In SM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1566, the Court of Appeal has reiterated the correct approach to deportation appeals involving the potential separation of children from their parents. This unusual appeal ...
9th November 2021