"What if…?" These kinds of questions may now seem pointless in the aftermath of the victory of Leave in the EU Referendum. Instead we hear 'What's done is done', 'Leave means Leave', 'out is out', etc., etc., etc.
But one question has always…
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A series of articles by Matrix that will explore a number of legal topics surrounding the UK referendum on 23 June 2016.
Immigration and Brexit
Nick Armstrong is a member of the Matrix immigration team, and most of his EU work is that in that context. He…
When I attend a Tribunal hearing, I usually bring my laptop and charger. And I type almost all the time, religiously. Where possible I aim for a verbatim record, although that can be hard when people speak quickly or quietly or both. The longest note I have is over 300-pages – the…
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled (J.N. v. the United Kingdom, Application no. 37289/12, 19 May 2016) that the general system for detention of individuals prior to deportation in the United Kingdom, which lacks specific maximum time-limits, complies with Article 5, ECHR (Right…
As the government prepares to roll out new immigration enforcement measures under the Immigration Act 2016 Migrants' Rights Network (MRN) renews its call for a joint action plan to defend the rights of all migrants.
We never expected to win the battle against the Immigration Bill. In…
The law should not punish children for the sins of their parents. If anything it should shield them from the consequences, wherever possible.
But if the children belong to a 'foreign criminal', as defined by the UK's deportation regime, 'punish away' seems to be the…
By Matrix Legal Support Service, UK Supreme Court Blog,
R (O) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 19, on appeal from: [2014] EWCA Civ 990: The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the appeal concerning the appellant's challenge to her continued detention in Immigration Removal Centres which had resulted in her poor…
I’m on a packed Piccadilly Line train in rush hour. I’m going to provide moral support to a former member of the Write to Life Group, at her asylum appeal hearing at the First Tier Immigration Tribunal - somewhere near Heathrow Airport.
The TfL website gave me four different…
Torture is universally held in open contempt by the UK legal system. Except, of course, in national security cases, where the evidence of UK complicity in torture overseas may be kept secret, as the High Court case of Kamoka & Ors v The Security Service & Ors [2016] EWHC 769 (QB)…
Where a foreign national is convicted of an offence and sentenced to at least 4 years imprisonment, the government must make a deportation order against them.
If that person then appeals against the deportation order on the grounds that the decision breaches their rights to family and…
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