Bojana Asanovic
Bojana's practice is primarily in immigration, asylum and human rights matters. She regularly represents claimants before the Tribunals as well as in the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal. She is an experienced litigant in the European Court of Human Rights.
Bojana's interests and strengths include claims involving sexual orientation and gender, EEA free movement and Turkish ECAA. Having practised in crime before re-focusing on immigration, Bojana is particularly well placed to deal with claims involving deportation and/or detention. Bojana acts in a full range of appeals and challenges of immigration and asylum decisions including business immigration issues such as points based system challenges.
Bojana has acted as a legal analyst in international election observation missions for OSCE ODIHR.
Bojana is an experienced trainer, including international judicial training in human rights instruments (ECHR and ICCPR) as well as ILPA.
Prior to coming to the English Bar Bojana was a current affairs journalist in former Yugoslavia.
2 Contributions by Bojana Asanovic
PRACTICE NOTES
Archived: UK exemptions from worker authorisation for Croatian nationals (until 30 June 2018): categories, definitions, documentation, fees and appeals
IMPORTANT NOTICE : THIS PRACTICE NOTE HAS NOW BEEN ARCHIVED.
This note reflects the law as at 30 June 2018. From 1 July 2018, restrictions on UK labour market access for Croatian nationals were removed, and therefore worker authorisation requirements and any exemptions ceased to apply from that date.
Croatia became a member of the EU on 1 July 2013. The Treaty of Accession of Croatia 2011 allowed the UK to limit Croatian nationals’ access to the labour market for up to seven years from accession, so long as the conditions were no more restrictive than those in force at the date the treaty was signed (9 December 2011). Moreover, if the UK later brought in relevant measures for non-EEA nationals that were more favourable than those at the signature date, these had to be extended to Croatian nationals. The UK elected to apply labour market restrictions, with the regime detailed in the Accession of Croatia (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations, SI 2013/1460 (the Croatian Worker Authorisation Regs 2013)...
Immigration
PRACTICE NOTES
Archived: UK worker authorisation for Croatian nationals (2013–2018)—requirements, exemptions, Tier 2/5 sponsorship, documentation, family members, appeals, and standstill clause/Alvi issues
IMPORTANT NOTICE : THIS PRACTICE NOTE HAS NOW BEEN ARCHIVED.
This note sets out the position as at 30 June 2018. From 1 July 2018, limits on Croatian nationals’ access to the UK labour market were removed; accordingly, worker authorisation rules, and any exemptions, no longer applied from that date.
On 1 July 2013, Croatia acceded to the EU and, by extension, to the European Economic Area (EEA). The treaty governing the Republic of Croatia’s accession to the EU (the Accession Treaty) was signed in Brussels on 9 December 2011 and was adopted in Brussels on 16 May 2012.
As with other EEA nationals, Croatian nationals do not need leave to enter or remain in the UK. Under the terms of the Accession Treaty, member states may depart from EU free movement rules to manage access by Croatian nationals to their domestic labour markets for up to five years, subject to a review after two years. A Member State may continue to impose labour market restrictions until the end of the seventh year following accession where there are serious disturbances to its labour market, or a threat of such disturbances...
Immigration
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