News UNHCR official has accused Greece of violating the Refugee Convention by routinely rejecting asylum claims by migrants from war-torn states like Afghanistan. Greece’s record on asylum is so bad that UNHCR has advised EU countries not to return asylum seekers there until conditions improve. More info More generally the UNHCR’s top protection official has […]
Legislation Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No 2) Order 2008, SI 2008/2497: brings into force, inter alia, certain provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 on 1 October 2008, establishing the Care Quality Commission and enabling the Care Quality Commission to take preparatory steps (such as the preparation of a programme […]
Latest Housing Law News New Housing Minister: The Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP has been appointed Minister of State (Housing) in the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). She replaces Caroline Flint MP who served as Housing Minister from January 2008. Former legal aid solicitor Sadiq Khan also joins the CLG in a ministerial […]
News Phil Woolas was appointed as successor to Liam Byrne as Immigration Minister, in last week’s reshuffle. Byrne’s tenure in the post was considered such a success, he has now been promoted to the Cabinet. Woolas, in his first interview, has said that he wants to further toughen the current legislation and expressed sympathy with […]
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Latest Housing Law News Tolerated trespassers: Before the relevant provisions of the Housing & Regeneration Act 2008 are brought into force, the Government needs to work out how they should be applied to those who were tolerated trespassers of local authorities when those councils sold their stock to housing associations. A consultation paper, inviting views […]
News The Home Secretary has announced the Government’s intention to lift the UK’s immigration reservation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The UK had initially entered its reservation when it ratified the Convention in 1991, restricting the rights of children who are subject to immigration control. More info The first […]
Latest Housing Law News Housing Reform Green Paper: in its response to the report The Supply of Rented Housing, produced by the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, the government has given more details on the content of the forthcoming Housing Reform Green Paper. That will now set out proposals "to provide housing services and […]
EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE Age Discrimination Age Concern England v UK Case C-388/07The Advocate General has decided that the UK government was not required to set out a specific list of the differences in treatment on the grounds of age which may be justified by reference to a legitimate aim under Regulation 3 Employment Equality […]
News The UK Border Agency has published its code of practice for Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers). Council of Europe’s anti-torture Committee has published its 18th General Report. Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria and Germany, have undertaken to review and improve the quality of their refugee status determination systems. Under a quality initiative […]
Latest Housing Law News Homelessness in England: the homelessness statistics for the second quarter of 2008 (April to June) were published on 11 September 2008. They show that although applications to local housing authorities dipped by 2% compared to the same quarter in 2007, acceptances were up 2%. For a copy of the statistical release […]
News On 11 September 2008 new versions of the guidance notes for Tier 1 (General), Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) and Tier 1 (Post-study Work) applications were released. A number of organisations and tests have been withdrawn from the list of approved English language test providers for tier 1 of the points-based system. More info. On 13 […]
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Latest Housing Law News Helping Mortgage Defaulters: the Government has released more details of the three new schemes to be operated by registered social landlords (RSLs) to help owners facing mortgage repossession claims. The web page Mortgage rescue measures outlines: the Shared equity scheme – the RSL provides an equity loan enabling the householders’ mortgage […]
EMPLOYMENT APPEAL TRIBUNAL Strike out Way v Powercraft Retail Ltd UKEAT/0217/08/MAAAn order striking out a claim or response cannot be made at a case management discussion. Waiver of privilege Tradition Securities & Futures SA v X & Y UKEAT/0202/08/MAAThe Tribunal had not erred in finding, in the context of an application to extend time for […]
News The Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is organising a hearing on "Private military and security firms and the erosion of the state monopoly on the use of force" in Paris on 10 September 2008 with the participation of parliamentarians from its 47 member states, experts and […]
Latest Housing Law News Housing Allocation: the long-delayed new statutory Code of Guidance on Social Housing Allocation has just been published under Housing Act 1996 section 169. This further guidance – Allocation of Accommodation: Choice Based Lettings – Code of Guidance for Local Housing Authorities – provides information about the factors that local housing authorities […]
