Government to be challenged in High Court over ‘discriminatory’ PCSC Act
Tuesday 16 Jan 2024
…Families and Travellers said: “We welcome the positive news that a judge sitting in the High Court believes there is a case to be made against the PCSC Act’s extreme approach…
Tom Wainwright represents protestor acquitted of abusing and insulting Iain Duncan Smith
Wednesday 16 Nov 2022
…speech, he could not, therefore, be satisfied that her behaviour was unreasonable, and so duly acquitted Ms Wood of intentionally causing harassment alarm or distress. See BBC News Coverage here….
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 290 – 3 September 2012
Monday 3 Sep 2012
News The withdrawal of the sponsor licence of London Metropolitan University left 2,000 students facing an uncertain future in the United Kingdom. UKBA has put specific guidance online. Click here…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 219 – 31 May 2011
Tuesday 31 May 2011
The Latest Housing Law News Possession claims and Human Rights defences: the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is handling a backlog of complaints from UK residents who were…
Issue 21 – 10th July 2006
Monday 10 Jul 2006
News MEPs have adopted two non-binding reports on asylum and immigration. The first report is on mutual information procedure in the areas of asylum and immigration and the second report…
2012 04 Welfare Benefits
Tuesday 1 May 2012
…legal aid for domestic violence’ (click here) or the BBC News: ‘MPs vote to reverse Lords’ changes to legal aid bill’ (click here). On Monday 23 April 2012 Lord Bach…
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 229 – 31 May 2011
Tuesday 31 May 2011
News S.19 of the UK Borders Act 007 came into force on the 23rd May 2011. For further details, click here. The European Commission last week published its annual report…
Issue 165 – 10th December 2009
Friday 11 Dec 2009
News The Royal Colleges of Paediatrics and Child Health, GPs, Psychiatrists and the UK Faculty of Public Health, have said detention of children and their families in removal centres for…
Issue 96 – 19th May 2008
Monday 19 May 2008
The Latest Housing Law News Another Housing Bill and another Housing Green Paper: The Government’s Draft Legislative Programme for the Parliamentary Session 2008/2009 was published on 14 May 2008. The…
2014 06 Welfare Benefits
Tuesday 1 Jul 2014
News Implementation of PIP On 20 June 2014, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said that the failure to pilot the personal independence payment (PIP) scheme properly has resulted in significant…