All Immigration articles – Page 12
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News'Activist lawyers' row: government silent on alleged knife attack
Sunday newspaper says a man allegedly threatened to kill an immigration solicitor last month.
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NewsBangladeshi solicitors shaken by 'lefty lawyers' attack
Lawyers from all jurisdictions denounce Priti Patel and Boris Johnson's attacks on profession.
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NewsLegal aid solicitors 'threatened' after Mail on Sunday article
Duncan Lewis says its lawyers are receiving threatening messages for simply trying to do their job.
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NewsWhat you may have missed from the magazine
A digest of important developments since our last print edition.
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News‘Activist’ tweet deleted - as Number 10 targets ‘loudmouthed lawyers’
Home Office permanent secretary accepts ‘activist lawyers’ phrase should not have been used.
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NewsHome Office accuses ‘activist lawyers’ of abusing immigration rules
Legal professionals outraged by video smearing immigration lawyers.
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News'No formal evaluation' of digital system for immigration appeals
Public Law Project report highlights concerns arising from the pilot.
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OpinionPLP research reveals challenges of online immigration appeals
Key issues with procedure include under-resourcing and insufficient consideration of how it interacts with existing justice system.
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NewsLord chancellor faced two JRs before immigration U-turn
Claimants in both challenges were told on 4 August that controversial legal aid regulations would be revoked.
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NewsGovernment U-turn over immigration fee reform
One of the country's biggest legal aid firms threatened to sue the lord chancellor over regulations introducing £627 fee.
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NewsGovernment u-turn on ‘racialising’ the courts
Controversial policy introduced as part of Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ regime is ditched.
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NewsHome Office removal window makes access to justice ‘practically impossible’
Court of Appeal hears challenge to policy that gives people between 72 hours and seven days’ notice.
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NewsMoJ promises full consultation on immigration fee reform
Labour's top justice figures say engagement with the profession on temporary changes has been insufficient.
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News‘Out of control’ firm collapsed with £1.1m debts and £12k assets
Former law firm manager fined after he allowed disbursement from public funds to be retained.
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NewsImmigration fixed fee an 'interim measure' - Buckland
Lord chancellor says more work being done after controversial reform came into force this week.
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NewsLabour makes bid to annul immigration fee reform
Shadow justice secretary David Lammy tables early day motion to overturn statutory instrument.
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NewsSolicitor in sham marriage TV sting loses strike-off appeal
High Court rules that tribunal had followed the correct process and came to the right conclusion.
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NewsLord chancellor could face JR over immigration fee change
Firm says government failed to make reasonable enquiries on the likely effects of the forthcoming regime.
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NewsGovernment criticised over new immigration fixed fee
Law Society says new regime does not reflect complexities of immigration fee structure.
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FeatureStaying powers
Marialuisa Taddia canvasses practitioners on coping with a dysfunctional immigration regime made worse by the pandemic.