LORD DYSON MR
THE GLOBALISATION OF LAW
PILGRIM FATHERS LECTURE 2015
6 NOVEMBER 2015
(1) Introduction [1]
1. It is a great pleasure to have been asked to give the Pilgrim Fathers Lecture, particularly in a year so rich in anniversaries. This is a most prestigious annual lecture. The…
The Supreme Court considered whether the Secretary of State had acted unlawfully in refusing an application without following her published guidance.
Background
Mr Mandalia applied to extend his student visa on 7 February 2012. The rules in effect at the time required him to submit a…
The case of Basnet v SSHD is now nearly 4 years old. I know this well, since I represented the appellant, Mr Basnet, at the Upper Tribunal in Edinburgh just a week before the birth of my daughter, who is now almost 4.
Since then it is fair to say that a lot has changed. The case of…
Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 59
The issue of evidential flexibility in immigration cases has been the subject of intense debate and controversy since the Government was given permission to appeal out of time by the Court of Appeal against the decision…
The Immigration Bill 2015-16 arrived on September 17th (PDF here, HTML from here and explanatory notes here). The Bill's own summary says: "A Bill to make provision about the law on immigration and asylum; to make provision about access to services, facilities, licences and work…
By Joanna Wilding, University of Brighton via The Conversation,
As the refugee crisis continues to dominate headlines around the world, local authorities in Britain are in dispute with the government over the funding they receive for the care of unaccompanied children seeking asylum. They have understandable concerns – rules designed to protect…
Following hard on the heels of J's excellent post on the Immigration Bill, we now have further discussion of the EU right to reside rules by the CJEU in Jobcenter Berlin Neukolln v Alimanovic Case C-67/14 (to which I might say, good luck landlords). To say that the EU right to reside…
By Nick Gill, Rebecca Rotter, Andrew Burridge, Melanie Griffiths and Jennifer Allsopp,
From the September 2015 issue of Forced Migration Review:
New research findings indicate that factors such as the gender of the judge and of the appellant, and where the appellant lives, are influencing asylum appeal adjudication.
There is a widespread, and growing, expectation that no…
Those who think that irregular migrants have no rights because they have no papers are wrong. Everyone is a holder of human rights regardless of their status. It is easy to understand that the prohibition of torture protects all people but we should also be aware of the fact that basic…
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) launched a scathing attack on the government's detention policy and focused specifically on the plight of pregnant women detained in Yarl's Wood.
The Inspector said that Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre was 'a place of national concern'…
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