Court of Appeal provides important guidance as to the correct approach to be used by the Competent Authority when deciding whether an individual is a victim of trafficking
Monday 21 Dec 2020
…decision making to ensure expert evidence is properly taken into account and change her practice of regularly employing stock answers with little application to the actual case. [1] https://gardencourtchambers.co.uk/news/kv-sri-lanka-v-sshd-helen-bamber-foundation-freedom-from-torture-and-medical-justice-intervening-uksc-2017-0124 [2]…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 277 – 20 August 2012
Monday 20 Aug 2012
The Latest Housing Law News Homelessness: on 16 August 2012 the UK Government published the latest statistics on homelessness prevention in England. They show that, in 2011-12, 174,800 cases of…
Issue 164 – 30th November 2009
Monday 30 Nov 2009
News The Ministry of Justice has announced the appointment of the Honourable Mr Justice Blake to be the President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal with…
Issue 88 – 12th May 2008
Monday 12 May 2008
News The Home Office published proposals for much tighter skilled and temporary worker tiers of its new Points Based System (PBS). The schemes – known as Tier 2 and Tier…
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 288 – 20 August 2012
Monday 20 Aug 2012
News HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a report into the Dover Immigration Removal Centre. For a copy of the report click here. There has been a third roof…
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 227 – 17 May 2011
Tuesday 17 May 2011
News Activist wins legal aid battle in the High Court against legal aid cuts. To read more, click here. Noam Chomsky: My reaction to Osama Bin Laden’s death. 6 May…
KM – the case that never was.
Tuesday 12 Jun 2012
…judgment suggests a more carefully nuanced approach to community care decisions in the future – welcome news for applicants, not of any concern for councils who make careful and sensitive…
Immigration Law Bulletin – Issue 348 – 11 November 2013
Monday 11 Nov 2013
Immigration Law News New immigration rules for the armed forces took effect on 8 November 2013 requiring that members of HM Forces have to meet a minimum income threshold before…
Housing Law Bulletin – Issue 276 – 13 August 2012
Monday 13 Aug 2012
The Latest Housing Law News Mortgage default: on 9 August 2012 the Council of Mortgage Lenders published its latest figures for properties repossessed by its members. They show that 8,500…
Issue 163 – 24th November 2009
Tuesday 24 Nov 2009
News 1.Over 950,000 passengers have used state of the art facial recognition at border controls in the UK. Passengers use the self service gates which takes seconds to scan each…
