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Judicial review in immigration law: The basics

Please note that this blog is part of series of blogs on judicial review in the context of immigration law What is Judicial review? Judicial review is the review of public authority decisions by the court. It...

Immigration Judicial Review: The Process

Please note that this is the final blog in a three-part series. You may wish to refer to the first blog, Judicial review: The basics and Preliminary steps for immigration judicial review  before reading...

Home Office Exercise of Discretion and Technical Errors

Is the Secretary of State under an obligation to consider whether to exercise his discretion outside of the Immigration Rules to grant leave to remain? Yes. Since R (Behary & Ullah) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 702,...

Dishonesty and deception in immigration cases

Paragraph 322 (1A)  of the Immigration Rules provides a mandatory ground for refusal in the following circumstance: “where false representations have been made or false documents or information have been submitted...

Court of Appeal upholds principle of exhaustion of alternative remedies in immigration judicial review

The Court of Appeal in Oyekan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 1352 has found that an application to seek judicial review of an immigration decision before all other remedies had been...