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The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal against deportation of a man with permanent residence inĀ Kamki v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1715. Mr Kamki had been seeking to prevent his removal to Cameroon following imprisonment for rape. UK residence and criminal conviction A Cameroon national, Mr Kamki moved …
Traditionally, administrative action in the UK has been subject to three grounds of review. Lord Diplock, in the GCHQ case, reiterated these and labeled them āprocedural improprietyā, āillegalityā and āirrationalityā.[1] The test to establish whether a decision was irrational had been subject to a particularly large amount of litigation and, consequently, debate. A definitive answer …
The Supreme Court will next week hand down an important judgment on the lawfulness of the regulations governing Zambrano carers and benefits. The case of R (on the application of HC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and others concerns an Algerian national (HC) who entered the UK lawfully, married a British citizen …
In Sleiman (deprivation of citizenship; conduct) [2017] UKUT 367 (IAC) the tribunal considered the question of how directly causative past deception must be of a subsequent grant of British citizenship in order for a person to be deprived of that citizenship on the basis of deception. The official headnote: In an appeal against a decision …
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With more and more people buying phones on 2-year contracts, the idea that your warantee only lasts 12 months might well be legal nonsense Your warantee might be more powerful than you think (Image: Rex Features) For the past few years I have been stressing the need for mobile phones to last at least as …
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