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Case Comment: Tinkler v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2021] UKSC 39
In this post, Tim Sales, a partner in the Dispute Resolution team at CMS, and Hannah Jones, who works in…
New Judgment: Pakistan International Airline Corporation v Times Travel (UK) Ltd [2021] UKSC 40
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 828 The issue in this appeal is whether, and if so in what circumstances,…
Case Comment: Okpabi and others v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another [2021] UKSC 3
In this post, Frances Gordon-Weeks and Kristyna Muhlfeitova from CMS comment on the decision of the UK Supreme Court in…
Case Comment – Triple Point Technology Inc v PTT Public Company Ltd [2021] UKSC 29
In this post, Shona McCusker and Amy Roberts, who work within the construction disputes team at CMS, review the appeal…
Case Comment: Matthew and others v Sedman and others [2021] UKSC 19
In this post, Max Eshraghi, an associate working within the insurance team at CMS, comments on the decision handed down by the…
New Judgment: Tinkler v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2021] UKSC 39
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 1392 The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed this appeal addressing whether a taxpayer is prevented from…
New Judgment: R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 872 The Supreme Court unanimously allowed this appeal concerning the legality of the Home…
New Judgment: R (on the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 37
On appeal from: [2016] EWCA Civ 597 The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning the standards to be…
New Judgment: CPRE Kent v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2021] UKSC 36
On appeal from: [2019] EWCA Civ 1230 The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning whether a claimant in statutory…
New Judgment: In the matter of T (A Child) [2021] UKSC 35
On appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 2136 The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed this appeal concerning two main issues: (i)…

UK Immigration

Immigration application made during visa expiry grace period is not “in time”
When is an immigration application made “in time”? Does it need to be submitted before the expiry of the applicant’s visa? Or is an application made after the visa expires, but within the grace period permitted under the Immigration Rules, also “in time”? This is the issue considered by the Court of Appeal in Secretary […]
Job ad: solicitor / caseworker / barrister, Migrants’ Law Project
Migrants’ Law Project (MLP) Solicitor/Caseworker/Barrister Salary Band £34,986 – £38,404A salary of up to £44,373 may be considered for those at Supervisor level with high levels of experience and expertise We are seeking a solicitor/caseworker/barrister to join our supportive, collaborative team. We will support you to develop a strategic legal practice, helping to secure justice for some of […]
Afghans barred from applying for resettlement in the UK
The Home Office has put out some details on the new Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). It is highly topical but arguably irrelevant from an immigration lawyer’s point of view, because immigration law runs on applications and you cannot apply for this scheme. The document confirms as much in paragraph 24: There will not be […]
New statement of changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 617
On 10 September 2021 the Home Office published a statement of changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 617). It is 183 pages long and makes adjustments in quite a number of areas. Some of the main changes are: Banning entry to the UK with an ID card rather than a passport (with exceptions for some […]
Only French cooperation can stop the Channel boats
The supposed “turn-around” policy for migrant boats is similar to previous reports of wave machines or floating fences. It sounds tough but will never be implemented. Policies aimed at the interception or interdiction of asylum seekers at sea are fairly common. Australia, the United States, Italy, Greece and Spain have all done it. It can […]
Immigration update podcast, episode 92
Welcome to episode 92 of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. This month we begin with EU citizens’ rights before moving to a couple of cases on Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights as it applies to migrants. We then discuss asylum, including a disappointing Supreme Court decision on age assessment, before […]
Can children be deported from the UK?
Yes. Children can be removed from the UK as part of a family. They can, on paper, also be deported in their own right for criminal offending: the Home Secretary’s power of deportation under the Immigration Act 1971 is not limited to under-18s, and the Home Office has specific guidance on applying that power to […]

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15th March 2021

British citizenship for minor children – the case of Child O and the Bill of Rights 1689

It’s probably fair to say that for UK residents, as British immigration law becomes more complicated, having or getting British citizenship becomes increasingly valuable. After all, […]

19th April 2021

Sponsoring a skilled worker to work in the UK – a guide for employers

Introduction Since December 2020, and the UK’s exit from the EU, new rules have come into force in relation to non-British citizens who wish to travel […]

19th May 2021

Naturalisation and criminality

Naturalisation and criminality The troubling case of R (ex parte Howard) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1023 (Admin). Mr Justice Swift […]