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- LIBOR: The Final Nail in the Coffin?
- Banking and Misconduct: A Critique of the Cure of Culture
- Court of Appeal Opens the Door to LIBOR and Benchmark Misrepresentation Claims
- Habib Bank Expelled From New York
- Supreme Court: Equity’s Darling and Guidance on Enforceability of Trusts where the Institution is Unknown
- Conduct Costs on the Rise (2012-2016): No End in Sight
- Supreme Court Clarifies the Law on Security and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitration Awards
- FSMA and Third Party Rights: Victory for FCA in Supreme Court
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- Shabana Mahmood hints she could water down plans on leave to remain
- Shabana Mahmood says Labour party wants to create ‘fairness in our immigration system’ – UK politics live
- Three people dead, including a child, in attempt to cross Channel to UK
- UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
- Facing up to the threat that Reform poses to our democracy | Letters
- UK politics live: Pat McFadden tells Labour activists they should not defend benefits system ‘status quo’ because it ‘writes off’ claimants
- ‘We’ve done everything by the book’: EU citizens left in limbo after UK government strips post-Brexit residency status
- Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference
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Category Archives: ECtHR
SSHD victorious against Albanian national in Supreme Court
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Kolicaj [2025] UKSC 49 (18 December 2025) This case involved the deprivation of citizenship because of a criminal conviction of conspiracy to remove the proceeds of crime from England. Addressing multiple issues, … Continue reading
Posted in Albania, Citizenship and Nationality, Court of Appeal, Deprivation of Citizenship, ECtHR, UKSC
Tagged Albania, BNA 1981, Deprivation, Spouses, UK Supreme Court
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Court of Appeal laments remitting human rights case back to FTT for a third time
AA (Morocco) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 144 (18 February 2025) In considering whether the Upper Tribunal had erred in law in its decision to remit to the First Tier Tribunal a Moroccan national’s … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Article 8, Asylum, Court of Appeal, ECHR, ECtHR, Human Rights, Immigration Rules, Tribunals, UKSC
Tagged Article 3, Article 8, Asylum, Case Law, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court, Upper Tribunal
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Home Office wins in Supreme Court against Belarusian man with “limbo” status
R (AM (Belarus)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] UKSC 13 (24 April 2024) The Supreme Court has allowed the Home Office’s appeal in the case of AM who was a Belarusian who stayed in “limbo” by … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Asylum, Crime, Deportation, ECHR, ECtHR, False Statements, Hostile Environment, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Public Interest, Statelessness, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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Trafficking plea fails Shamima Begum in Court of Appeal
Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 152 (23 February 2024) The Court of Appeal has held that the SSHD had not erred in depriving Shamima Begum of her British citizenship pursuant to section 40(2), on … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Bangladesh, Children, Court of Appeal, Deprivation of Citizenship, ECAT, ECHR, ECtHR, Fairness, Human Trafficking, ISIS/ISIL, Muslims, Proportionality, SIAC, Statelessness, Syria, Terrorism, UKSC
Tagged British Citizenship, Case Law, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Human Trafficking, Statelessness, UK Supreme Court
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KO (Nigeria) judgment does not set out a ‘notional comparator’ baseline test
HA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 22 (20 July 2022) The three respondents—HA (an Iraqi), RA (an Iraqi) and AA (a Nigerian)—were “foreign criminals” for the purposes of section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007 and … Continue reading
Upper Tribunal: Guidance on mental health experts
HA (expert evidence, mental health) Sri Lanka [2022] UKUT 111 (IAC) (25 March 2022) This important guidance concerned the correct approach to be adopted in a human rights appeal in which it is argued that removing an individual from, or … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 3, Asylum, ECHR, ECtHR, Expert Evidence, Human Rights Act, Sri Lanka
Tagged Asylum, Case Law, ECHR, Psychiatric Reports, Sri Lanka, Tribunals
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Guantánamo Bay detainee wins in Court of Appeal
Zubaydah v Foreign And Commonwealth Office & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 334 (16 March 2022) Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian born in Saudi Arabia, is detained in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He was captured in March 2002 in Pakistan. He claims that … Continue reading
Supreme Court dismisses deportation appeal of settled Iranian national who lawfully entered the UK as a child
Sanambar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 30 (16 July 2021) The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Mr Sanambar’s appeal and held that the Upper Tribunal correctly approached the balancing exercise required by article 8 of the ECHR and it … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Asylum, Automatic Deportation, Deportation, ECHR, ECtHR, Families, Immigration Act 2014, Immigration Rules, Iran, Public Interest, Removals, Settlement, Tribunals, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Üner, Case Law, Court of Appeal, Immigration Rules, Maslov, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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Extortionist visa application fees caused “colossal interference” with Windrush victim’s right to family life
Mahabir & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1177 (Admin) (06 May 2021) Mrs Lynda Mahabir came to the UK as a baby aged two months in 1969. She lived in the UK until 1977 … Continue reading
The “good character” requirement for Windrush naturalisation applicants was unlawful
R (Howard, Deceased) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1023 (Admin) (23 April 2021) Mr Justice Swift held in these proceedings that the government’s decision in early May 2018 to continue to apply the existing good … Continue reading
Upper Tribunal: Tanveer Ahmed remains good law
QC (verification of documents; Mibanga duty) [2021] UKUT 33 (IAC) (12 January 2021) In a panel consisting of President Lane and Vice President Ockelton, the Upper Tribunal has held as to verification of documents that the case of Tanveer Ahmed … Continue reading
Posted in Adjournment, Appeals, Article 3, Asylum, China, Court of Appeal, Credibility, ECtHR, Mibanga Duty, Pakistan, Politics, Refugee Convention, Tibetan Buddhism, Tribunals
Tagged Arrest Warrant, Asylum, China, Documents, FIR, Forgery, Pakistan, Scotland, Tanveer Ahmed, Upper Tribunal, Verification
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Strasbourg finds Nigerian man’s deportation violated article 8
Unuane v United Kingdom – 80343/17 [2020] ECHR 832 (24 November 2020) In the case of Mr Unuane, a Nigerian national, who had been deported from the UK after a conviction for offences relating to falsification of immigration documents, the … Continue reading
