Human Rights
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Comment: What is driving the Home Office fees increase?
the Home Office traditionally responds that the immigration system should be “funded by those who benefit from it”, in order to reduce taxpayer expense
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Long delays in Home Office provision of immigration bail accommodation are lawful
Where a detainee is held under immigration powers by the state, he or she has the right to apply to be released on bail to the First-tier Tribunal.
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High Court remedy for woman embroiled in disputed citizenship claim
Making it clear that individuals can pursue remedies in the High Court for declarations regarding citizenship.
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Legal aid would have prevented Windrush
On the plight of long-resident Commonwealth citizens, free legal advice used to be available for those making immigration applications. Now it is not.
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The Tragedy of Windrush
Several cases have come to light in recent weeks and months of the treatment of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Refusal overturned after failure to consider evidence
Should the Home Office read all of the supporting evidence sent in with an application?
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Edgewater Legal features in Private Eye
Edgewater Legal made a Freedom of Information request several months ago, asking the Ministry of Justice about the numbers of European nationals who are sentenced to longer than 12 months in prison each year.
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Edgewater Legal in the Guardian
Edgewater Legal was quoted in the Guardian last week following a request to comment on deportation letters sent to European nationals in error.
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EU deportation law: explainer
Whilst the UK remains a member of the EU, overarching principles of European law apply to deportation from the UK of European citizens.
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Explainer: deportation law
Deportation proceedings pit the rights of the individual against those of the state, appointed guardian of the public interest.
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Should refugees claim asylum upon arrival in their first ‘safe’ country?
“Why don’t asylum seekers stop before they get here?”
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When does asylum country guidance bind?
Is the First-Tier Tribunal (FTT) bound to take into account a Country Guidance (CG) case that is issued by the Upper Tribunal after the date of the FTT hearing, and after the date the FTT judge signs the determination, but before that determination is promulgated?
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