New edition of ‘Gypsy and Traveller Law’ published by Legal Action Group
Monday 6 Jan 2020
…to secure their rights and challenge injustice. Other co-authors include Chris Johnson, Mike McIlvaney and Sharon Baxter of the Community Law Partnership, Timothy Jones of Number 5 Chambers and Dr Angus Murdoch. …
Kate Aubrey-Johnson
Call: 2001
Kate is a youth justice specialist barrister and mediator at Garden Court Chambers with experience as a criminal defence practitioner and public lawyer. Kate is co-author of the leading textbook…
Reported case: High Court orders release of vulnerable immigration detainee
Friday 21 Aug 2020
In R (on the application of Osadebay) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] 8 WLUK 80, Mr Justice Linden ordered the release of an immigration detainee following…
Refugee protection appeal allowed outright by the Court of Appeal
Wednesday 1 Mar 2023
In a highly unusual move, the Court of Appeal has set aside a decision from the Upper Tribunal dismissing a refugee protection appeal, and re-made the decision for itself, allowing…
Court of Appeal allows appeal against deportation order approved by Upper Tribunal on grounds of identifying procedural unfairness in decision making and findings of fact
Friday 10 Jul 2020
This important case concerned the lawfulness of a deportation order made in respect of an individual married to an EEA national in which the Home Office alleged A was the head…
Further Guidance from the Courts on Article 8 post Rhuppiah
Wednesday 6 Feb 2019
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment in SA (Afghanistan) [2019] EWCA Civ 53 on 5 February 2019. The ruling is significant for two reasons. First, whilst the Court appeared…
Important new ruling on access to British Passports for those subject to nationality deprivation proceedings
Monday 28 Jun 2021
In an important decision handed down on 2 June 2021, Mr Justice Morris clarified the circumstances in which it is permissible for the Home Office to decline to issue British…
Government’s planning definition of Gypsies and Travellers unlawfully discriminatory
Monday 7 Nov 2022
The Court of Appeal has held that the Government’s planning definition of “gypsies and travellers” in Planning policy for traveller sites (“PPTS 2015”) is unlawfully discriminatory with the result that…
