All Immigration articles – Page 10
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News
Solicitor jailed for immigration conspiracy struck off
Sheikh Muhammad Usman was jailed for seven years for his part in a scheme to falsify immigration documents.
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News
Merger takes historic firm to new horizons
Ellisons Solicitors aims to open international opportunities through link with immigration firm.
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News
Home Office refuses to end indefinite detention of immigrants
The government has been urged from all sides to change the UK’s ‘unfair and expensive’ detention system.
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Opinion
Tackle dysfunction in our immigration system
Assumptions about where someone was born are having a damaging effect when it comes to the right to live and work in the UK.
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Opinion
Committees are what we make them
When the Law Society puts its weight behind committees such as Immigration Law, they have significant influence.
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News
Government amends LASPO to extend immigration legal aid
Justice minister Paul Maynard says change will help separated migrant children access support more quickly.
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Law Report
Asylum seeker: detention of child
Guidance permitting refusal to accept boy’s assertion he was 18 was unlawful.
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Opinion
The draft Domestic Abuse Bill fails migrant victims
It does not acknowledge the obstacles faced by those vulnerable in our society.
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News
Immigration lawyer banned after sham marriage TV sting
Southall solicitor caught on camera urging client not to tell him if marriage was a sham.
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Feature
British MPs, drugs and the US
Can a foreign national travel to the US following an admission of prior drug use under the country’s immigration law?
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News
Legal Aid Agency audit triggered by £6.40 error
Report highlights multiple issues that have created immigration advice 'droughts'.
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News
Law centre JR prompts Home Office to clarify immigration support
Guidance and application form published a month before judicial review was due to be heard.
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News
Firm admits breach of duty - but court throws out £820k negligence claim
Manchester firm denies former clients suffered any loss as a result of failure to advise on limitation period.
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News
Franchisers tailored illegal scheme to bypass immigration rules
Trio set to be sentenced after scheme designed to circumvent immigration service commissioner regulations is exposed.
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News
Shamima Begum case pushes legal aid into national spotlight
Politicians and commentators have their say on whether teenager should get state funding.
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News
Immigration solicitor banned after sham marriage TV sting
Zulfiqar Ali was filmed for an ITV investigation talking about the options for someone wanting to stay in the UK.
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News
You don't need legal advice for immigration applications - Home Office
Government will reimburse certain legal costs under Windrush compensation scheme unveiled yesterday.
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Feature
Rights of passage
The Windrush scandal has cast a shadow over government attempts to alleviate the UK’s ‘callous’ immigration policies, undermining aspirations for a ‘Global Britain’. Grania Langdon-Down reports
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Opinion
Lessons must be learned from the Windrush scandal
Report recommendations need to be implemented to create an immigration system suitable for all.
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News
LAA criticised for £35 immigration fee as advice 'droughts' emerge
Forthcoming research says there is no meaningful access to advice.