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Making refugee status temporary and subject to review every 30 months will put pressure on an ‘already overstretched’ justice system, the Law Society has warned

Tackling the backlogs of cases in the tribunals will be a priority this year, Lord Justice Dingemans, senior president of tribunals, has said

Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned

Legal aid lawyers have welcomed increased fees for criminal, housing and immigration work

Asylum seekers would be allowed ‘a single appeal’ at a new, independent appeals body staffed by adjudicators, in a substantial reform package on asylum

Victims of the Windrush scandal who request a review will be able to receive up to 75% of their compensation award in advance, the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced last week

A future Conservative government would abolish the Sentencing Council and Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) and sack judges who defended migrants’ rights, shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said

Judges have lifted an interim injunction on asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel, Epping, and held the Home Office and hotel owners can intervene in the case

A proposed £20m boost for housing and immigration legal aid practitioners has been confirmed

Aneurin Brewer sets out a practical guide to defending the pilots of small boats following the Nationality and Borders Act 2022

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Immigration & asylum

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar