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Immigration Tribunal Appeals - A Practical Guide (3)
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

We recently examined in parts one and two of this practical guide how and on what basis you might lodge an immigration appeal. In this third post, we examine the starting point for an immigration appeal and the...

 legal considerations when appealing against an immigration decision. The factors and considerations below cannot be considered an exhaustive list. The approach to an immigration appeal will depend on the...

Immigration Tribunal Appeals: A Practical Guide (2)
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

We recently examined immigration appeals in the context of the new digital MyHMCTS system and in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. We considered what immigration decisions you may appeal against in Part One,...

 what is a human rights claim and claims certified as clearly unfounded. This is the second of four posts to our Knowledge Centre that considers what happens if you receive a visa or immigration refusal...

Immigration Tribunal Appeals: A Practical Guide (1)
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

We recently examined immigration appeals in the context of the new digital MyHMCTS system and in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. This is the first of four posts that considers what happens if your visa...

 or immigration application is refused and you wish to appeal the refusal decision. The factors and considerations below cannot be considered an exhaustive list. The approach to an immigration appeal will depend...

Immigration Appeals - Updated Procedure
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In our earlier post in our Knowledge Centre, we examined Immigration Appeals and the Covid-19 Pandemic. The article can be accessed here. On 11 June 2020, Presidential Practice Statement No 2 of 2020: Arrangements...

 during the Covid-19 pandemic was published, revoking Practice Statement No 1.  From then, all immigration appeals to the First-tier Tribunal had to be started using the reformed online procedure accessed...

Proposed Judicial Review Reform and Immigration Law
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In July 2020, the Government launched the Independent Review of Administrative Law (“IRAL”), a panel of experts with the task of considering “whether the right balance is being struck between the...

 rights of citizens to challenge executive decisions and the need for effective and efficient government.” The Government’s pre-existing view on this matter is not difficult to deduce given the contents of its...

Immigration Appeals and the Covid-19 Pandemic
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

As many readers will be aware, over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused substantial disruption to the immigration appeal process in the UK. This blog post will address the measures that have been put...

 in place over the last year, and those currently in force. On 19 March 2020, the Senior President of the Tribunals, Sir Ernest Ryder published a Pilot Practice Direction: Contingency Arrangements in the...

What is a Pre-Action Protocol Letter?
By Caspar Latham - Legal Associate

Pre-action protocol is the conduct that the court expects both parties to undertake before commencing proceedings, as set out in the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). A pre-action protocol letter, or PAP, is a...

 legal letter written to the Home Office in order to try and resolve a dispute before court proceedings are commenced. It is sometimes also referred to as a ‘letter before claim’ or ‘letter before action’....

Changes to the General Grounds for Refusal
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

The Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules (HC 813) published on 22 October 2020 signalled a major overhaul of the UK immigration system, with the introduction of the new Points-Based Immigration System in a...

 document comprising 510 pages. However, there are additional revisions with wide-reaching effect: Part 9 of the Immigration Rules, containing the grounds for the refusal or cancellation of entry clearance,...

Court of Appeal rules Home Office removal window policy unlawful
By Elana Kaymer - Legal Associate

On 21/10/2020, in R ((1) FB (Afghanistan) (2) Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1338, the Court of Appeal unanimously declared that the Home Office’s removal window policy...

 (“the Policy”) unlawfully created a real risk of preventing migrants from access to justice.  Background Section 10(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 as amended by the Immigration Act 2014...

Section 3C Leave Explained: All You Need To Know
By Zoe Bantleman - Immigration Barrister

What is section 3C leave? When does section 3C leave apply? Does section 3C extend leave to remain in the UK? When and how does section 3C leave end? Can section 3C leave be cancelled? These are just some of the...

 questions asked by our clients who are concerned about how section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 may impact on their immigration status. Section 3C Leave Explained: All You Need To Know In association with...

New Guidance on Implementing Allowed Immigration Appeals
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

On 04 August 2020, the Implementing allowed appeals Guidance, Version 1.0  was published for Home Office staff.  The 18 page document applies to “anyone responsible for implementing an allowed appeal  (including...

 litigation caseworkers dealing with judicial reviews related to implementing allowed appeals and Border Force Officers dealing with those returning to the UK after an allowed appeal)”. Implementation...

Senior President of Tribunals’ Annual Report 2020
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

Sir Ernest Ryder, the Senior President of Tribunals, published his annual report for 2020 on 29 July 2020.  This is the sixth report and the last of the Senior President’s tenure. The 142 page report can be found:...

 here Senior President’s Introduction In the introduction, the report acknowledges the challenges faced during the Covid-19 Pandemic: “The national emergency of COVID-19 has provided a backdrop for...
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