Rolls-Royce Phantom review by Jonathan Crouch

The eighth generation Rolls-Royce Phantom is quite an achievement. Ten Second Review The Rolls-Royce Phantom was the car that re-launched its brand in inimitable style and in this eighth generation form, it's still a super-luxury saloon that still commands the road like no other car on Earth. Massive in every respect and full of cutting-edge …

Risk of absconding is not a trump card in unlawful detention cases By Bilaal Shabbir

Credit: William Warby on Flickr Short and sweet is the best way to describe the High Court’s decision in BS v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 454 (Admin). It comes as a useful reminder that whether detention is “reasonable” depends on all the circumstances of the case. In particular, the risk of a …

Resistance Continues to End Child Marriage in Northern Nigeria by Chika Oduah

In a village in northern Nigeria, teen wives gather on mats spread out in the dirt just outside the chief imam’s home. They talk about their initial reactions to getting married. “I had no interest in it at the time. I was just doing my own thing. Marriage was not on my mind until when …

New guidance on family and private life applications: a harsher test for parents of British kids? By Nath Gbikpi

Credit: PublicDomainPictures On 23 February 2018, the Home Office issued new guidance on dealing with applications for leave to remain on the basis of family life as a partner or parent or on the basis of private life, on a ten-year route to settlement. Under the heading “changes from last version of this guidance”, it …

Nigerian Nation

The Nigerian nation is hungry for something. Betterment of our lives, realisation of our potential as a great nation, providing guiding light to other African nations in particular and to the black race in general. When other races and nations are being nasty to us, we intone, it's not your fault. If only Nigeria can …