Naturalisation Good Character Judicial Review Update – Home Office Withdrawal

Naturalisation Good Character Judicial Review Update – Home Office Withdrawal The Home Office has withdrawn the initial refusals of citizenship, and the reconsideration refusals, of claimants challenging the Good Character...

Returns to a safe 3rd country can breach Article 3 if it would significantly affect a claimant’s mental health On 10 Mar 2026, the Upper Tribunal ruled in R (FH...

Refusal of Afghan relocation application found unlawful

Following a hearing on 4 March 2026, the High Court ruled that the Secretary of State for Defence’s decision to refuse an application under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy...

New Case Law on Clear Grounds of Appeal

New Case Law on Clear Grounds of Appeal In the recent Court of Appeal case of AL v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 370, the importance...

Court of Appeal rules that non-authorised persons can conduct litigation, reversing Mazure

Court of Appeal rules that non-authorised persons can conduct litigation, reversing Mazure In a lengthy judgement given today, the Court of Appeal found that the High Court previously reached the...

Revocation of Deportation Order Case Fails in the Court of Appeal

Overview The Court of Appeal decision in Nguyen v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 1452 has clarified that Part 5A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum...

Adult Siblings in Gaza Case Fails to Establish Family Life Under Article 8

Overview The Court of Appeal decision in IA and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 1516 provides important clarification on the scope of “family life”...

Successful Challenge to Refusal of Indefinite Leave to Remain in a TOEIC Case

  Overview The unreported judicial review case of R (MD Shahadat Hossain) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JR-2024-LON-000328) is a significant recent example of how the Upper...

Jurisdiction and the Global Reach of London’s Family Courts

Potanin v Potanina UKSC – Jurisdiction and the Global Reach of London’s Family Courts Introduction The 2023 UK Supreme Court case of Potanin v Potanina UKSC 15 is a landmark...

Relocation, Relationships, and Jurisdiction Risk

MCB v NMF CSIH 25: Relocation, Relationships, and Jurisdiction Risk Introduction The 2018 Scottish Inner House of the Court of Session case, MCB v NMF CSIH 25, stands as a...