Judicial Review is an essential process of Administrative Law. Judicial Review is where an applicant (or Claimant) asks the Administrative Court (a division of the High Court) to rule on the legality or reasonableness of a decision by a public body. Judicial Review is a distinctive feature of English law and rarely seen in other […]
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Asylum Legacy Policy Update
UK Border Agency struggles to deal with asylum application backlog The Home Affairs Select Committee has published a new report on the work of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), pointing to the way how the agency deals with the backlog of approximately 450,000 unresolved asylum applications which was build up during 1990s and 2000s. The […]
What is public law? Public law is the law relating to the exercise of power by public bodies. It is a specialised area of the law. Almost everybody is affected by public law, whether or not they are aware of it. What are public bodies? There are many public bodies of various kinds. Public bodies make […]
SUMMARY OF THE UKBA’s NEW STUDENT POLICY The new Student Tier 4 Immigration policy became effective as of 22nd April 2011 and all application after that date must accord with the new policy. A summary of the new policy document is produced here for ease of reference. If you have a specific query about your […]
Immigration & Asylum Chamber – First Tier Tribunal On 15 February 2010, the Immigration and Asylum Chambers were established in both tiers of the Unified Tribunals framework created by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. The new chambers replace the former Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is an […]
