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UKVI News and Updates- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: students
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workers
- Guidance: Single protection interview: caseworker guidance
- Guidance: Information booklet for asylum applications
- Prove your English language abilities with a secure English language test (SELT)
- Guidance: Pakistan: country policy and information notes
- Migration transparency data
- Form: Information for your immigration bail reporting appointment
- Guidance: Document checks and charges for carriers
- Guidance: Sponsor a seasonal worker
- Global Corporate Law
- Key Features of the Singapore Convention on Mediation
- What is the test for a ‘one man company’?
- 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
- Immigration News
- 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
- Ukrainians in UK fear homelessness over host scheme funding cuts
- Londoners get £3bn a year subsidy because structure of council tax biased against north, says thinktank – UK politics live
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Tag Archives: Economy
“Open for business”: Analysis of the UK’s new PBS
An “Australian-style points-based system” (new PBS) to control immigration was one of six guarantees given by Boris Johnson to “get Brexit done in January and unleash the potential of our whole country.” The new PBS is the cornerstone of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration … Continue reading
Posted in Appendix EU, Brexit, COVID-19, European Union, EUSS, Free Movement, Immigration Rules, Paragraph 322(5), PBS, Politics, Settlement, Students, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 4, UKSC
Tagged Coronavirus, Economy, European Union, Free Movement, Immigration Rules, Points Based System, UK Supreme Court
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Critical Perspectives on the EU Settlement Scheme
In London you constantly hear a foreign language in the background and foreign workers are in action everywhere. Most of all European people do jobs local people have little appetite for. Boris Johnson promised and guaranteed EU citizens “absolute certainty … Continue reading
Posted in Access to Justice, Appendix EU, Brexit, Citizens Directive, CJEU, Enforcement, European Union, EUSS, Free Movement, Hostile Environment, Immigration Rules, Karachi, Netherlands, Permanent Residence, Politics, Settlement, Somalia
Tagged Brexit, Economy, European Union, EUSS, Free Movement, Immigration Rules, Removals
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Court of Appeal holds that a ‘director’s loan’ does not have a specialist meaning in Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applications
R (Sajjad) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 720 (17 April 2019) In a Pakistani businessman’s appeal against the dismissal of his application for judicial review against the refusal of his application for further leave … Continue reading
An Alternative to Brexit: The Judgment in Wightman
Wightman and Others v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (C-621/18, EU:C:2018:999, 10 December 2018) Brexit is a big mess. It is “a powerful acid” and is a huge economic and bureaucratic nightmare. Going through with it in … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Cases, CJEU, European Union, Free Movement, Judicial Review, Scotland, UKSC
Tagged Brexit, Case Law, Economy, European Union, Judicial Review, Migrant Workers, UK Supreme Court
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Analysis of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
The crushing defeat suffered by Theresa May because of the rejection her Brexit Deal has left the UK in utter chaos. Uncertainty looms large in all spheres of UK life but the government is determined to carry through with Brexit … Continue reading
Brexit and the UK’s future immigration system
The spectre of crashing out of the EU without a deal is sending jitters across the UK. Events have clearly shown that holding a snap poll on immigration failed to do justice to the true merits of EU membership. Last … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Brexit, Citizens Directive, CJEU, ECHR, European Union, Immigration Rules, Politics, Tier 1, Tier 2, UKSC, Windrush, Working
Tagged 2004/38/EC, Article 8, Brexit, Criminal Offences, ECHR, Economy, European Union, Free Movement, Immigration Rules, Migrant Workers, Points Based System, Refugee Convention
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Upper Tribunal gives important guidance on discretion and exceptional circumstances
R (Prathipati) v SSHD (Discretion – Exceptional Circumstances) [2018] UKUT 427 (IAC) (26 October 2018) A self-representing applicant for judicial review who in the Upper Tribunal’s view “represented herself with eloquence and courtesy”, Mrs Prathipati triumphed against the government’s junior counsel … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Proportionality, Tier 2, Tier 4
Tagged Case Law, Economy, Immigration Rules, UK Supreme Court
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New Perspectives on Paragraph 322(5) and ILR
R (Khan) v SSHD (Dishonesty, Tax Return, Paragraph 322(5)) [2018] UKUT 384 (IAC) (3 May 2018) Migrants in the defunct Tier 1 (General) category used to be a viable source of highly skilled workers for the UK. Since the route … Continue reading
Tier 1 (General): Perspectives on Paragraph 322(5) and ILR
Cases in the Tier 1 (General) category present an outrage because we would not really expect highly skilled migrants to be punished for being honest by paying their taxes. Similarly, we would also not expect migrants who add value to … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Cases, ECHR, False Statements and Misrepresentations, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Misconduct, Pakistan, Paragraph 322(5), PBS, Post Study Work, Proportionality, Public Interest, Tier 1, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, ECHR, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Points Based System, Spouses, Tribunals
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Brexit: The Miller Judgment
R (Miller & Anor) v The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 Miller is considered to be the most important constitutional case for a generation. The lead claimant Gina Miller means different things to different people. … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Cases, CJEU, Constitution, Economy, European Union, Free Movement, International Law, Judicial Review, Miller, Politics, Rule of law, UKSC, Women
Tagged Brexit, Economy, European Union, Judicial Review, UK Supreme Court
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The Sick Man of Europe: Can Theresa May Save the UK?
These days the British rule with two queens but they are still quite sick. Of course, the ills of their country are almost exclusively related to Brexit – a meaningless word not long ago. “Change is in the air” and … Continue reading
Analysis: Immigration Act 2016
A hostile environment hitting wrongdoing from every angle has been in the making for a long time. The Immigration Act 2016 builds on the foundations laid by the “flagship” Immigration Act 2014. The public tends to view foreigners as stealing local … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Brexit, Children, Deportation, ECHR, Economy, Employment, Enforcement, European Union, Fees, Immigration Act 2014, Immigration Act 2016, Islam, PBS, Public Interest, s 55 BCIA
Tagged 2004/38/EC, Asylum, Children, ECHR, Economy, European Union, Free Movement, Migrant Workers, Spouses
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MAC Skewers Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visas
The home secretary’s advisers – the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) – have found that the Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) visa route under the Points-Based System (PBS) is being used by “low quality businesses”. MAC, which consists of a publicly appointed chairman … Continue reading
Posted in Appendix FM, Economy, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Immigration Rules, PBS, Tier 1
Tagged Economy, Entrepreneurs, Immigration Rules, Investors, Migrant Workers, Points Based System
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Additional categories under Tier 1
The UKBA seems set to announce a new range of products under its Tier 1 umbrella. However, a new condition that the UKBA is unveiling for Tier 1 (General) migrants is that in future applicants who want to use the route … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration Rules, PBS, Tier 1, UKBA
Tagged Economy, Immigration Rules, Overseas Workers, Points Based System, UKBA
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Immigration cap faces judicial review challenge
The Coalition government introduced the immigration cap on 28 June 2010. The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has reported that it will challenge the cap in the High Court by way of JR proceedings. The JCWI’s response to the cap … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Business, Dependants, ECHR, Economy, Employment, Immigration Cap, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Overseas Clients, Overseas Workers, Pankina, PBS, Settlement, Tier 1, Tier 2, UKBA, Working
Tagged Article 8, Dependants, ECHR, Economy, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Judicial Review, Migrant Workers, Points Based System, UKBA
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Certificate of Approval fees refunds
In Baiai the House of Lords declared that the Certificate of Approval (COA) scheme was incompatible with article 8 of the ECHR as it disproportionately interfered with the fundamental right to marry. From 31 July 2009 applicants granted COAs between 2005 and 2009 … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Business, Cases, COA, Court of Appeal, Dependants, ECHR, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Overseas Workers, PBS, Post Study Work, Refugee Convention, Settlement, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tribunals, UKBA
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Case Law, Dependants, ECHR, Economy, Immigration Rules, Points Based System, Spouses, UKBA
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Law Society’s views on the immigration cap
One would have to be quite stubborn and ill advised not to take gravely seriously the opinion of the Law Society of England and Wales (the society) in a legal matter. Yet the government seems determined to do just that. … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Dependants, ECHR, Economy, Employment, Immigration Cap, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Law Society, Overseas Clients, Overseas Workers, Post Study Work, Settlement, Tier 1, Tier 2, UKBA, Uncategorized, Working
Tagged Article 8, Dependants, ECHR, Economy, Immigration, Immigration Cap, Immigration Rules, Law Society, Migrant Workers, Overseas Workers, UKBA
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Home Affairs Committee’s report on immigration cap
The chair of the Home Affairs Committee (HAC) the Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP has raised a multitude of concerns in his report about the Coalition government’s immigration cap. The terms of reference of the HAC were “to examine the expenditure, administration, … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Business, Citizenship and Nationality, Dependants, Economy, Education, Employment, Entrepreneurs, Immigration Law, Immigration Rules, Overseas Clients, Overseas Workers, PBS, Post Study Work, Settlement, Spouses, Tier 1, Tier 2, Uncategorized, Working
Tagged Article 8, Business, ECHR, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Immigration, Immigration Rules, Points Based System, Spouses, UKBA
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As if settlement applications aren’t hard enough already
Recently the Guardian newspaper reported on an exhibition entitled South Asians making Britain: 1858-1950 which featured a plethora of personalities from the colonies who contributed to Britain’s economy, society and politics. In the 1950s immigration from the Commonwealth was not only … Continue reading
