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R (Greyhound Board of Great Britain Ltd) v Welsh Ministers [2026] EWHC 670 (Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling reinforces the constitutional divide between the courts and the legislature. It explains that the scheme and framework of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (GWA 2006) embody that separation of powers, and that any judicial attempt to recognise and enforce a common law obligation on Welsh Ministers to consult prior to introducing legislation in the Senedd would trespass upon that boundary. This is not a departure from established principle; case law has already upheld comparable rules for lawmakers in Scotland and at Westminster. However, this is the first express confirmation of the position for Welsh lawmakers, and the first time this dimension of the GWA 2006 has been analysed in such depth. The court examined earlier
The solution arrived through the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), a quasi‑judicial body handling mass claims, created under UN Security Council Resolution 687. By addressing environmental harm—most notably via its ‘F4’ claim class—the UNCC set a seminal benchmark shaping how international law and contemporary arbitral panels allocate financial responsibility for wartime ecological devastation. With present-day wars in areas such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East bringing dam breaches, strikes on chemical facilities, and the burning of farmland, the UNCC’s legacy endures as an essential reference point for states, global investors, and companies engaged in post‑conflict arbitration. The F4 claims: Quantifying the unquantifiable Prior to the 1990s, mechanisms in international law for war reparations overwhelmingly favoured property loss, foregone earnings, and bodily injury. The natural world was commonly treated as a mute, non-compensable victim of armed hostilities...
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At the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, the SRA alleged that Muhammad Nazar Hayat sought to participate in a plan to mislead the Home Office by counselling covert journalists, posing as a prospective client and his family, to file a bogus asylum claim. Hayat was a solicitor and had formerly managed Lincoln Lawrence, a law firm in the west London borough of Hounslow. In July 2023, the SRA shut down Lincoln Lawrence, one of three practices closed after being named in a Daily Mail investigation into immigration services. Hayat rejects the SRA’s allegations, contending that translated transcripts of the exchange—conducted partly in Punjabi and partly in English—were inaccurate. He insists he did not advise the undercover reporters to provide false evidence in support of a fabricated asylum application. The Daily Mail asserted that lawyers at the......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working British citizenship and the right of abode Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming changes of interest to business immigration advisers... UK immigration control: how it works Fees to be increased again, and new airside transit ETA exemption The Home Office has presented to Parliament the draft Immigration and Nationality ( Fees) Order 2025, which will amend the Immigration and Nationality ( Fees) Order 2016, SI 2016/177. Once approved, it will raise the upper limits for a range of specified immigration and nationality charges. After it takes effect, the Immigration and Nationality ( Fees)...
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Work sponsorship: sponsors Business, investment and non-sponsored work Family routes Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar outlines upcoming changes of relevance to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works AJC opens Call for Evidence on tribunal digital reform and disadvantage The Administrative Justice Council has begun a Call for Evidence, open until 17:00 on 10 February 2025, to gather perspectives on the impact of tribunal digital reforms and on disadvantage within the administrative justice system. The exercise will underpin two working group reports and seeks submissions from...
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R ( Here for Good) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2817 ( Admin) What are the practical implications of this case? There is a continuing pattern of the Home Office shifting matters practitioners might previously have expected under eligibility into the gateway validity rules. As this case makes clear, that approach allows an application to be refused at the outset without detailed scrutiny and without any right of appeal. In crucial immigration decisions—sometimes taken by relatively junior civil servants—the appeal route can act as a vital safeguard. The result of this case therefore increases reliance on judicial review, which is a more intricate and costlier route. For EUSS matters in particular, the two‑stage assessment for late applications remains in place, with acceptance or refusal determined at an initial validity stage. What was the...
In this issue Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment and non-sponsored work Preventing illegal working Family routes Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement International Daily and weekly news alerts Immigration Highlights 2024/2025 New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming changes for business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works UKICE comment on Home Office delay on e Visa implementation amid widespread concerns Professor Catherine Barnard and Fiona Costello, writing for UK in a Changing Europe ( UKICE), examine difficulties with the e Visa rollout. They note the government has deferred the 31 December 2024 deadline for moving to a fully digital...
What is the background to the new guidance? A person is treated as lacking mental capacity when, because of an impairment of the mind or brain, they are unable to make the relevant decision. In some situations, decision-making can be delegated to a third party through a Lasting Power of Attorney or by appointment of the Court of Protection, while in court proceedings the court may appoint a litigation friend who must be competent and free from conflicts of interest. The power to appoint a litigation friend for appellants without litigation capacity in immigration appeals has been recognised since R ( C) v FTT [2016] EWHC 707 and AM ( Afghanistan) v SSHD [2017] EWCA Civ 1123. This role is often taken by a family member or friend. Following a threatened legal challenge by Migrants Organise, the Official Solicitor now also acts as...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Family routes EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& As Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights forthcoming milestones relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works e Visa holders should obtain sharecodes before travel The Home Office’s ‘ Entering the UK guidance’ has been revised following the 4 December 2024 statement by the Minister for Migration and Citizenship, Seema Malhotra MP. The announcement confirmed that carriers may accept Biometric Residence Permits ( BRPs) and EU Settlement Scheme Biometric Residence Cards ( BRCs) with expiry dates on or after 31 December 2024 as valid proof for travel until at least 31 March 2025....
Margaret Beels, director of Labour Market Enforcement, and Elysia Mc Caffrey, chief executive at the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority ( GLAA), are set to see their organisations wound up once the new agency is created. Even so, both praised the government’s pledge to form a single enforcer for employment rights—an idea many in the profession have backed for years. The body will not be up and running before 2026 at the earliest. Meanwhile, those tasked with folding multiple regulators into a lead authority remain unclear about its operation, its priorities, and whether resources will match ministers’ ambitions. “ What I’ve been told is, ‘ It’s about investment, not cost-cutting,’” said Mc Caffrey. “ But we’ve had no further detail on funding or headcount.” The Fair Work Agency ( FWA) will unite current enforcement of labour standards, employment agencies, and the minimum wage. It will also...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Visitors Sponsored work EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar outlines key upcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Home Office announces expired BRPs can be used for travel after 31 December 2024 In a written statement, the Minister for Migration and Citizenship, Seema Malhotra MP, confirmed that carriers may accept Biometric Residence Permits ( BRPs) and EU Settlement Scheme Biometric Residence Cards ( BRCs) with expiry dates on or after 31 December 2024 as valid evidence for travel until at least 31...
What is the background? After Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine escalated on 24 February 2022, the EU stated on 28 February 2022 that Ukrainians would be granted temporary protection. Under strong public pressure, the UK government introduced three visa routes for Ukrainians, collectively known as the ‘ Ukraine Scheme’. Ukraine Family Scheme: opened on 4 March 2022 as a concession and incorporated into the Immigration Rules from 30 March 2022; it closed on 19 February 2024. It allowed Ukrainians to apply from overseas or switch in-country to join a UK‑based sponsor who was British, settled, an EEA national with pre‑settled status, or a person with refugee status or humanitarian protection. Applicants could join family members and include extended relatives and those relatives’ immediate family, so the relationship criteria were broadly drawn. Home Office visa statistics record 108,300 applications to the Ukraine Family Scheme, with most...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme International Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Note that our Immigration calendar sets out key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works UK Judiciary releases Senior President of Tribunals' annual report for 2024 The Right Honourable Sir Keith Lindblom, the Senior President of Tribunals, has issued his 2024 annual report, charting a demanding year for the tribunal system. It reviews the effects of policy and legislative change across multiple chambers, together with rising caseloads. In his final year in post, Sir Keith considers progress towards the strategic goals set in 2020, stressing the tribunals’ ongoing commitment to access to...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Students Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Preventing illegal working Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights forthcoming developments of relevance to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Government publishes new Attorney General’s legal risk guidance The Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC, has released updated guidance for government lawyers on assessing legal risk. Mirroring the position he outlined in last month’s Bingham lecture, the revision gives greater prominence to the rule of law within government and to international law. Aimed at lawyers advising across government, the October update is intended to raise the bar for judging legality, encouraging the thousands of talented lawyers...
SSHD v William George [2024] EWCA Civ 1192 What are the practical implications of this case? The ruling has practical consequences for deportation of EEA nationals who have lived in the UK for over ten years. It confirms that deportation under the Immigration ( European Economic Area) Regulations 2016 ( EEA Regs 2016), SI 2016/1052, reg 27(4) hinges on the high threshold of 'imperative grounds of public security', meaning a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat to the fundamental interests of society. That demanding standard narrows the SSHD’s ability to rely on the seriousness of past criminality alone and requires proof of an ongoing risk. It emphasises the vital difference between action taken on 'public policy' grounds and that based on 'public security', with the latter involving a more rigorous appraisal. The SSHD’s reliance on Bouchereau was held to be misplaced because that authority concerns 'public...
Previous position Processes in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chambers (‘the FTT’) are set out in the Tribunal Procedure ( First-tier Tribunal) ( Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 ( SI 2014/2604). From time to time, case law and Presidential Guidance notes provide clarification on how the Tribunal operates. What is changing On 13 May 2022, a Practice Direction and a Practice Statement were issued to outline what the Tribunal expects from parties. With effect from 1 November 2024, a further Practice Direction has been introduced, replacing the guidance dated 13 May 2022. It relates to appeals only, excluding bail applications. The new Practice Direction represents a significant departure overall......
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Students Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Lex Talk®Immigration: a Lexis®Nexis community Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content New Q& As Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Our Immigration calendar highlights key forthcoming changes relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works New e Visa travel guidance published, including a ‘ Recover your UKVI account’ service A new Home Office guidance webpage outlines the steps recommended for overseas nationals with an e Visa to complete before travelling outside the UK. Individuals are advised to confirm their status using the View and Prove service, and to use the ‘update your UKVI account’ option to ensure their personal information is correct and that the passport they will use for travel is...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Key developments Key developments are summarised below, with further details in the announcements and allocations outlined. Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note that our Immigration calendar outlines the principal forthcoming developments of interest to business immigration advisers. Autumn Budget 2024—key Immigration announcements No fresh immigration or asylum policies were unveiled in the Autumn Budget 2024, released on 30 October 2024, but the paper does confirm a lower annual budget, partly reflecting savings from cancelling the Rwanda plan. It also sets out targeted extra spend, including investment of up to £74m in 2025–26 to accelerate processing of asylum appeals in the...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Business, investment, and non-sponsored work Long residence, discretion and human rights Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note, our Immigration calendar outlines key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works House of Commons briefing paper sets out UK armed forces nationality and immigration requirements The House of Commons Library has issued a briefing that sets out the nationality criteria for non- British nationals seeking to enlist in the UK’s armed forces. It also explores the immigration rules for non- British service members, and for the family members of British armed forces personnel, explaining how these apply while serving and after discharge. See: LNB News 23/10/2024 21. More community organisations to help with e Visa transition A further 69 community organisations have been added to the initial four on the...
CAO ( Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ( Appellant) ( Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 32 Background to the Appeal This appeal addresses the interpretation and effect of section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 ( BCIA 2009), the relationship between BCIA 2009, s 55 and article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights ( ECHR), and how decision-making in immigration matters operates for the Secretary of State for the Home Department ( SSHD) and for a tribunal determining an appeal from the SSHD. BCIA 2009, s 55 focuses on protecting and advancing the welfare of children, including when choices are made about their immigration position, and ECHR, art 8 may demand a comparable stance. Under BCIA 2009, s 55(1), the SSHD must put in place arrangements to ensure that all immigration functions are performed with proper regard to the need to...
In this issue: Key developments UK immigration control: how it works Sponsored work Work sponsorship: sponsors Family routes Long residence, discretion and human rights EU law rights and EU Settlement Scheme Challenging immigration decisions and enforcement Citizenship applications Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Latest Q& A Key developments Future developments— Immigration calendar Please note that our Immigration calendar outlines key forthcoming developments relevant to business immigration advisers. UK immigration control: how it works Updated guidance confirms 31 October 2024 as the date to cease issuing BRPs The Home Office has stated, via an update to its ‘ Online immigration status (e Visa)’ guidance page, that Biometric Residence Permits ( BRPs) will stop being issued from 31 October 2024. This message had previously been circulated by email to stakeholders on 26 September 2024, yet it was not made public on the GOV. UK website until 16 October 2024......
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