No breaches of Article 3 of the ECHR where asylum seekers accommodated in a Glasgow hotel, staff and a police officer were subject to a violent attack by one of the residents.
Introduction
At a time when the government's Bill of Rights Bill seeks to weaken the protections offered by the…
Identity of one's self is important in almost every aspect of one's life. And this is also the case when it comes to trying to prove your identity in the legal sphere, namely, immigration. This pursuit of identity has been problematic for those children born out of wedlock in countries…
Marepally v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 855 (24 June 2022)
In this appeal involving indefinite leave to remain (ILR) on the basis of 10 years' continuous lawful residence and notices, the Court of Appeal held that Mr Marepally whose application for leave to…
The Conservative Party leadership contest has so far illustrated to the world that if you are a migrant, Britain is the place to be. The diversity of the candidates in the first round was noteworthy. Of the 11 who declared they would run, six were of black or Asian heritage.
Of those who…
Sir Mo Farah has bravely revealed that he was trafficked to the UK as a child, taken to a new country by a woman he didn't know and forced to work as a domestic servant.
Farah's story is harrowing and more common than many think. Modern slavery affects millions of people around the world…
At the end of June 2022 two new guidances were issued. The newly emerged guidance on private life which came into force on 20th June 2022 and a new policy guidance on relationships with a partner relating to Appendix relationships with partner.
What is new?
Under the new guidance on…
"The Home Secretary has carefully considered the Court of Appeal judgment and has decided that she no longer wishes that definition in Appendix EU to reflect the scope of the 2016 Regulations (which have now been revoked) but wishes it to reflect the scope of those who, by the end of the…
There is no specific visa requirement for anyone who wants to register a business in the UK. However, this is not the same as working for or on behalf of the business.
Ownership of a UK registered business does not give the owner residence rights and does not infer the right to work.…
The UK government's announcement of a new work visa option aimed at attracting top graduates has elicited some backlash because the list of eligible institutions features no universities from Africa, Latin America or South Asia. The Conversation Africa's Nontobeko Mtshali asked Orla…
In the case M.A.M. v. Switzerland, the ECtHR concluded that there would be a violation of Articles 2 and 3 of the ECHR if the applicant were returned to Pakistan in the absence of a thorough and rigorous ex nunc assessment by the Swiss authorities of the general situation of Christian…
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