UK Supreme Court

The UKSC Blog interviews Lord Leggatt
On 27 September 2021, Adam Kosmalski and James Warshaw, two editors of the UKSC Blog, met with Lord Leggatt to…
New Judgment: A Local Authority v JB (by his Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) [2021] UKSC 52
On appeal from: [2020] EWCA Civ 735 The Respondent commenced proceedings in the Court of Protection seeking declarations under the…
This Week In the Supreme Court – w/c 22nd November 2021
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Wednesday 24th November, the Court will…
Case Comment: Kabab-Ji Sal (Lebanon) v Kout Food Group (Kuwait) [2021] UKSC 48
In this post, Richard Bamforth, Jessica Foley, and Julia Czaplinska-Pakowska of CMS comment on the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Kabab-Ji Sal…
This Week In the Supreme Court – w/c 15th November 2021
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Thursday 18th November, the Supreme Court…
Case Comment: Reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland in relation to two Bills passed by the Scottish Parliament- United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill and Reference by the Attorney General and the Advocate General for Scotland – European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill [2021] UKSC 42
In this article Joanna Clark, a Professional Support Lawyer at CMS, comments on the recent UK Supreme Court’s decision…
New Judgment: Alize 1954 and another v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and others [2021] UKSC 51
On appeal from [2020] EWCA Civ 293 This appeal concerned the scope of a shipowner’s obligation to exercise due diligence…
New Judgment: Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 The question raised by this appeal is whether the Respondent can bring a…
Case Comment: Anwar v The Advocate General (representing the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy) [2021] UKSC 44
In this post, Mitchell Abbott, an Associate in the Disputes team at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in…
This Week In the Supreme Court – w/c 8th November 2021
Hearings in the Supreme Court are now shown live on the Court’s website. On Tuesday 9th November, the Court…

UK Immigration

Brook House Inquiry hears from Panorama whistleblower
We are now in the second week of the public inquiry investigating the abuse of Brook House immigration removal centre residents in 2017. This week the inquiry will hear evidence from whistleblower Callum Tulley, whose undercover footage exposed a culture of violence and racist abuse by staff, as seen on BBC’s Panorama investigation. The inquiry […]
It is time to think about rejoining the EU’s Dublin asylum system
The “Dublin system” is the process within the European Union for allocating which country is responsible for deciding asylum applications. Its purpose is, essentially, to force refugees back to their point of entry into the EU, usually Greece, Hungary or Italy. The system began as the Dublin Convention in 1995 but was later incorporated into […]
Cessation, Article 3 and removing refugees from the UK
In the case of PS (cessation principles) Zimbabwe [2021] UKUT 283 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal has reiterated the correct approach to cessation of refugee status. The case is also a helpful reminder of when a serious criminal offence can and cannot lead to refugees being removed from the UK. Background The appellant, PS, is a […]
The meaning of “admissible” in statelessness cases
In R (AZ) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (statelessness “admissible”) [2021] UKUT 284 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal addressed the issue of admissibility to the country of former habitual residence in the context of statelessness applications under Part 14 of the Immigration Rules. In particular, it considered whether the word “admissible” in paragraph […]
EU law still applies in legacy appeals under the EEA Regulations
Geci (EEA Regs: transitional provisions, appeal rights) Albania [2021] UKUT 285 (IAC) is another appeal under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, but with “highly unusual” facts. Mr Geci had returned to the UK in breach of a deportation order (twice). Rather than seeking to enforce the deportation order, the Home Office decided to […]
Court of Appeal tells SIAC to pay more respect to Home Office on national security
Secretary of State for the Home Department v P3 [2021] EWCA Civ 1642 is about how much SIAC should defer to the Home Secretary’s view about national security concerns. The answer is quite a lot, but not too much. The background to this case is the Supreme Court decision in Begum, which was decided after […]
Record number of Global Talent visas awarded
Record numbers of people have been getting their hands on a Global Talent visa in recent months. Almost 700 were issued in the third quarter of 2021 alone, excluding dependants — more than the annual total in many previous years. Brexit can skew such comparisons. Top EU scientists, techies etc who could previously come to […]

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