by Shwan Sharif | Apr 11, 2022 | Caselaw, News
A mother with three children (anonymized as U3) has lost her appeal in a judgment of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) against her deprivation of British Citizenship. The case before the SIAC was the open judgment of U3 v The Secretary of State for the...
by Shwan Sharif | Feb 24, 2022 | Caselaw
YMKA & Ors (‘westernisation’) Iraq [2022] UKUT 16 (IAC) The Upper Tribunal in the case of YMKA & Ors came to a significant decision in attempting to define ‘westernisation’ and how it can relate to protection under the refugee convention. While the Refugee...
by Shwan Sharif | Feb 9, 2022 | Caselaw, News
In the reported case of Saeed (Deception – knowledge – marriage of convenience) [2022] UKUT 00018 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal clarified the distinction between a “sham marriage” and a “marriage of convenience”. The background and findings of the case are set out below:...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Caselaw
This case was heard in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (”UT”) before Upper Tribunal Judge Caravan on 07/02/19. It concerned whether the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) could lawfully refuse an application for a residence card on...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Caselaw
This case was heard in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (UT) before Upper Tribunal Judge Lane and concerned the importance of time limits for serving an acknowledgement of service in Judicial Review cases. Brief Facts The Applicant...
by admin | Dec 7, 2021 | Caselaw
R (Ellis) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (discretionary leave policy; supplementary reasons) [2020] UKUT 8 In this case, the Upper Tribunal ruled on whether the Home Office can depart from their discretionary leave policy guidance (which provides that...
