James Bogle succeeds in contempt proceedings in the High Court acting for the Claimants
James Bogle, senior civil practitioner at 10 King's Bench Walk, succeeded in contempt proceedings in a commercial case in the High Court acting for the Claimants, led by Mark Heywood QC of 5 King's Bench Walk. The Respondent was found in breach of five court orders restraining, among other things,...
Ian Beeby Called to the Bar of Ireland
Chambers congratulates Ian Beeby on being called to the Bar of Ireland. Ian is now authorised to receive instructions and appear at hearings in Irish courts at every level.
Robert Parkin appears in Court of Appeal case on immigration appeal rights
Robert acted for the Claimant in the Court of Appeal challenging a decision by the First Tier Tribunal striking out an appeal against a decision of the Secretary of State refusing his Article 8 claim for lack of jurisdiction. The Claimant had made an out-of-time human rights claim no right...
Emma Harris Has Findings of Deception Set Aside in the Upper Tribunal
Emma Harris this week successfully had set aside and remade in the Appellant’s favour, the decision of a First-Tier Tribunal Judge who had wrongly found as a matter of fact that, as both parents of a child were Indian Nationals, it followed automatically that the two children born in the...
First-Tier Success for Emma Harris on behalf of an Adult Dependent Relative
An elderly Adult Dependent Relative represented by Emma Harris, instructed by Nag Law Solicitors, has been successful in her appeal against the refusal of her claim to join her son in the UK. In this case, perhaps unusually, it was possible to show that although the Appellant’s sponsor was capable...
Matt Jackson appears in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard the case of Royal Mail Group Ltd v Jhuti on 12th and 13th June 2019. Matt Jackson was junior counsel for the Appellant (Ms Jhuti) led by Seán Jones QC. The case related to the law of attribution, and when, in the context of unfair dismissal,...
Amarjit Seehra Successful in Judicial Review challenge against the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s decision
The Secretary of State’s decision was quashed where he failed to grant a Tier 1 Applicant indefinite leave to remain outside of the rules based upon the exceptional circumstances. The decision was held to be procedurally unfair and the Secretary of State applied the wrong test for exceptionality.
Amarjit Seehra granted permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has granted permission to appeal on a point of principle. Following the Supreme Court decision in Rhuppiah v SSHD [2018] UKSC 58, the Court is to reassess the extent of flexibility and approach in Article 8 cases where the Appellant has precarious immigration status. The Court...
Success in asking for costs in the First-tier Tribunal
In a direct access case where an application for leave to remain by parents and their teenage child who had been here for more than 7 years was initially refused and then granted just before the appeal Jonathan Martin assisted the family to make a costs application to the Court. The...
Permission to apply for JR in a domestic violence case
Jonathan Martin, instructed by Nag Law, was granted permission to seek Judicial Review for a male applicant who had applied for Indefinite Leave to Remain on the basis that his marriage had broken down owing to his partner's violence. It was found to be arguable that the Home Office had...
Post-Brexit arrangements for EU, EEA, Swiss, and Turkish nationals
The ultimate outcome of the negotiations surrounding the UK’s departure from the EU is still unclear. However, as things currently stand, it is the government’s intention that the current free movement rights will cease at some point on or around 31 December 2020. There are a number of persons who...
Temporary Worker Pilot Scheme
This is a trial scheme for a limited number of non-EU workers seeking short term employment in various agricultural industries. This is currently a very limited pilot confined to 2,500 applicants, and at the date of writing it appears that most or all of the places have been filled (but...