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Sunday Times: British bill of rights to allow judges to ignore European Court of Human Rights rulings
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Justice minister Michael Gove set to unveil plans to scrap the Human Rights Act
Court of Appeal rules Home Office acted unlawfully by detaining 16-year-old asylum seeker
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New judgment sets clear guidelines and provides important clarification on detaining children whose age may be disputed
Case Comment: Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 59
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Sean O'Beirne, UK Supreme Court Blog
Migration Advisory Committee releases comprehensive review of the Tier 1 Entrepreneur routes
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MAC recommends that the Government should substantially reform the visa route for entrepreneurs
Home Affairs Select Committee publishes latest report on the work of the Immigration Directorates
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Report raises concerns over backlog of cases and the continued detention of children
New Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules published
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HC535 makes a number of changes to asylum, settlement, family/private life, Tiers 1, 2 and 5 of points-based system
Medical Justice: Segregation being misused in immigration removal centres across the UK
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Report finds segregation used a form of punishment for immigration detainees, and to manage detainees with mental health disorders
The death of Basnet? Mitchell v SSHD
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Darren Stevenson, McGill & Co
Transparency International raises corruption concerns over Tier 1 Investor visas
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New report says Russian and Chinese Tier 1 investors highly likely to have laundered corrupt wealth into the UK
Immigration Act 2014's 'Right to Rent' scheme to be introduced across England in February 2016
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Immigration Minister James Brokenshire announces 'Right to Rent' will apply to whole of England from 1 February 2016
Government announces new Tech Nation Visa Scheme to make it easier to hire foreign IT specialists
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Government to relax the visa system for technology specialists amid a skills shortage
Evidential flexibility in immigration cases
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Nazmun Ismail
Supreme Court allows appeal against visa extension refusal
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Court rules Home Office acted unlawfully in refusing visa extension without following process instruction on evidential flexibility
Home Office wins key legal challenge on "deport first, appeal later" policy
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Lord Justice Richards rules foreign criminal offenders can be deported before their article 8 appeal rights are exhausted