Sandra Akinbolu
Practice Profile:
Immigration, Asylum and Human Rights.
Sandra acts for clients at all stages, from the advisory stage through to appeals before the Court of Appeal, dealing with all aspects of public and private immigration work. She regularly appears in asylum and deportation appeals at those levels and advises throughout proceedings. She lectures on all aspects of immigration law, recent lectures include the impact of the changes in the Points-Based system, and developments in EEA law.
Public.
Sandra has a flourishing judicial review practice, advising and appearing on fresh claim refusals, unlawful detention, and injunctive relief for removals and administrative, amongst others.
Family.
Sandra has a burgeoning family practice. She represents and advises both privately and publicly funded clients on all aspects of family and child law, at all levels. Recent cases have involved contested residency proceedings and large-scale care hearings.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Membership
- Sandra is a member of ALBA, ILPA, and Liberty
Qualification
- Public Access qualified
Education
- LLM International Human Rights Law - University of Essex 2000
- LLB European Law - University of Essex 1998
- BVC - University of the West of England 2002
- Languages: English, French and Spanish
5 Contributions by Sandra Akinbolu
PRACTICE NOTES
EEA nationals in UK law (Archived): exclusion, expulsion and deportation: grounds, misuse of rights, public policy and security, appeals and time-limited orders under the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016
ARCHIVED
This Practice Note is no longer updated, as it addressed the application of EU free movement law in the UK before IP completion day, when domestic legislation implementing EU free movement was revoked, subject to certain savings and adjustments. For further information, including the relevant savings and the status of CJEU case law, see Practice Note: Brexit and the end of EU free movement law in the UK. The Note is preserved in archived form for historical interest, since EU law as it previously operated in the UK remains pertinent in some limited circumstances. For historical versions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1052, including the iteration immediately before revocation, see Legislation.gov.uk. For ongoing developments in EU free movement within EU Member States, see: Immigration, employment & share incentives (EU Law)—overview. This Practice Note considers the permitted grounds for the exclusion and expulsion of European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and their family members. Throughout this section, the term ‘EEA nationals’ means nationals of EEA countries other than the UK, as well as Switzerland...
Immigration
PRACTICE NOTES
EU/EEA Citizens’ Directive: durable partners and other family members—definitions, evidential criteria, facilitation duties, and rights of entry and residence
Under Directive 2004/38/EC, the Citizens’ Directive
Nationals of the European Economic Area (EEA)—which includes the EU Member States, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein—benefit from EU free movement law. In this Practice Note, references to ‘EU citizens’, meaning nationals of EU Member States, are understood to include EEA nationals.
The Citizens’ Directive identifies two additional categories of relatives of EU nationals who are exercising treaty rights in another Member State, beyond those classed as direct ‘family members’:
those in a ‘durable relationship’ with an EU national, which is ‘duly attested’; or
‘other family members’, who:
were dependants of the EU national, or members of the EU national’s household, before the EU national came to the host Member State; or
have serious health grounds that strictly require their personal care by the EU national
See Practice Note: Family members of EU nationals—definitions and rights of entry and residence for the definition of primary family members.
Non-EU nationals within these two additional groups do not possess an automatic entitlement to accompany or join their EU national family member who has moved, or is moving, to another Member State. Instead, the host...
EU Law
PRACTICE NOTES
Pre-Brexit UK: retained and derivative residence rights for family members under the EEA Regulations 2016; death, departure, divorce; children in education; Chen/Teixeira/Ibrahim and Zambrano carers [Archived]
ARCHIVED
This Practice Note is no longer updated as it addressed the UK’s implementation of EU free movement rules before IP completion day, when domestic enactments giving effect to those rules were revoked, subject to specified savings and modifications. For more detail, including the applicable savings and the status of CJEU case law, see Practice Note: Brexit and the end of EU free movement law in the UK. It is preserved in archive for historical reference, since EU law as formerly applied in the UK remains relevant in limited circumstances. For earlier versions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1052—including the text immediately before revocation—see Legislation.gov.uk. For developments in EU free movement law across EU Member States, see: Immigration, employment & share incentives (EU Law)—overview.
Introduction
Important note on implications of Brexit
This Practice Note considers the requirements for securing retained and derived rights of residence under EU free movement law, as it was implemented in the UK up to the close of the Brexit transition period (31 December 2020) by the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 (EEA Regs 2016), SI 2016/1052...
Immigration
PRACTICE NOTES
UK exclusion and deportation of EEA nationals and family members: case law on public policy/security thresholds, imprisonment, rehabilitation, and certification under the pre-Brexit free movement regime (archived)
ARCHIVED : this Practice Note is not maintained, as it concerns the application of EU free movement law in the UK before IP completion day, on which date domestic legislation giving effect to EU free movement was revoked, subject to specified savings and modifications. For more details, including the relevant savings and the status of CJEU case law, see Practice Note: Brexit and the end of EU free movement law in the UK. The Practice Note has been kept in archived form for historical interest, because EU law as formerly implemented in the UK remains pertinent in certain limited situations. For historical versions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1052, including immediately prior to revocation, see Legislation.gov.uk. For the continuing development of EU free movement law in EU Member States, see: Immigration, employment & share incentives (EU Law)—overview. This Practice Note examines EU and domestic case law on the circumstances in which European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and their family members may be refused entry or expelled (deported) from the UK. Throughout this Practice Note, the term ‘EEA nationals’ will be used to mean nationals of EEA countries (other than the UK) and as described in this...
Immigration
PRACTICE NOTES
UK pre-Brexit extended family members (durable partners and other relatives) of EEA nationals—definitions, dependency, entry/residence, EEA Regulations 2016, EU Settlement Scheme, returning British citizens (archived)
ARCHIVED :
This Practice Note is no longer updated as it addresses the implementation of EU free movement law in the UK before IP completion day, when domestic legislation giving effect to EU free movement law was revoked, subject to specified savings and modifications. For more detail, including the relevant savings and the status of CJEU case law, see Practice Note: Brexit and the end of EU free movement law in the UK. The Practice Note is kept in an archived state for historical interest, since EU law as formerly implemented in the UK still has relevance in certain narrow circumstances. For historic versions of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1052, including the iteration immediately before revocation, consult Legislation.gov.uk. For developments in EU free movement law across EU Member States, see: Immigration, employment & share incentives (EU Law)—overview. Directive 2004/38/EC (the Citizens’ Directive) also sets out two further categories of family members of EEA nationals who are exercising treaty rights in another Member State...
Immigration
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