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Category Archives: Deception
Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to citizenship deprivation by dishonest Albanian who told “a lie on every page”
Onuzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1337 (21 October 2025) This appeal turned on the question of the circumstances in which a naturalised British citizen may be deprived of his citizenship on the ground … Continue reading
Court of Appeal: Ciceri and Chimi should not be followed
Chaudhry v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 16 (17 January 2025) In this case, the Court of Appeal imparted guidance on the approach to be adopted on an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal from a … Continue reading
Court of Appeal: Deprivation decision judged consistent with Nationality Instructions on practising deceit
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Daci [2025] EWCA Civ 18 (17 January 2025) In this case, Underhill, Dingemans and Edis LJJ held that the Upper Tribunal had erred in finding that the appellant SSHD’s decision to deprive … Continue reading
False representations made in pending application don’t ‘simply disappear’ by varying it to an ILR application
Al-Azad v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 407 (25 April 2024) The Court of Appeal has rejected the argument that the SSHD should not have refused Mr MN Wohhab Al-Azad’s application for indefinite leave to … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Bangladesh, Court of Appeal, Deception, Entrepreneurs, False Statements and Misrepresentations, Immigration Rules, Long Residence, Paragraph 322(5), Proportionality, Section 3C Leave, Tier 1, Tribunals
Tagged Case Law, Court of Appeal, Deception, False Representations, ILR, Immigration Rules, Long Residence, Settlement, Tier 1, Tribunals
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Court of Appeal quashes Upper Tribunal’s article 8 decision in deception case
Kaur v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 1353 (17 November 2023) In this case, the Court of Appeal remitted to the Upper Tribunal an Indian national’s claim based on the right to respect for family … Continue reading
Winning for JO: An Afghani ADR case
Obtaining entry clearance for an Adult Dependant Relative (ADR) is a difficult task these days. The rules are stringent and applications are routinely refused and appeals take ages to get heard. But in credible cases it is possible to secure … Continue reading
Posted in ADR, Afghanistan, Appendix FM, Article 8, Court of Appeal, Deception, ECHR, ECOs, Immigration Rules, Pakistan, Proportionality, Public Interest, Tribunals
Tagged ADR, Afghanistan, Article 8, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Tribunals
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UK government’s inaction allows fraudulent Albanian to keep British citizenship
Laci (Albania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 769 (20 May 2021) In these proceedings, the Court of Appeal held that the FTT had not erred in finding that there were exceptional circumstances to justify … Continue reading
Home Office sticks to its guns on paragraph 322(5)
In Balajigari [2019] EWCA Civ 673 (discussed here), the Court of Appeal held that the use of paragraph 322(5) of the Immigration Rules in the cases of highly skilled Tier 1 (General) migrants (T1GMs) was “legally flawed” because SSHD decision-makers … Continue reading
Court of Appeal takes a strict stance on adducing new evidence to the Upper Tribunal
Kabir v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1162 (09 July 2019) On the topic of fresh evidence (in the context of deception, false documents, bank statements) the Court of Appeal has held that the … Continue reading
Seven Year Rule: Child-Centred Decision By Supreme Court
KO (Nigeria) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2018] UKSC 53 (24 October 2018) The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed these appeals. But thankfully Lord Carnwath’s meticulous judgment clarified wide-ranging misconceptions in the courts below regarding … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Children, Court of Appeal, Deception, ECHR, Families, Immigration Act 2014, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Proportionality, Public Interest, Removals, s 55 BCIA, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Children, Criminal Offences, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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Deceptive Criminal from Sierra Leone Triumphs on Citizens’ Directive in Court of Appeal
R (Decker) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1752 (03 November 2017) These judicial review proceedings relate to the refusal of a residence card and the right approach to the validity of deportation … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Asylum, Citizens Directive, Deception, Deportation, Detention, Entry Clearance, European Union, False Statements and Misrepresentations, Judicial Review, OFMs, UKSC
Tagged 2004/38/EC, Asylum, Court of Appeal, Criminal Offences, Deception, European Union, Free Movement, Judicial Review, Spouses, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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