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Duncan Bain fears the hostile environment for the Windrush generation has wider repercussions

Lawyers highlight lack of access to legal help & shocking rise in litigants in person

Relatives of European Economic Area (EEA) nationals concerned about their immigration status post-Brexit have received some reassurance from a landmark Court of Appeal judgment.

R (on the application of FT) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (‘rolling review’; challenging leave granted) [2017] UKUT 331 (IAC), [2017] All ER (D) 53 (Aug)

Those who have chosen to make the UK their home deserve greater transparency about their position, as Katie Newbury explains

Katie Newbury reflects on the impact of the UK’s recent & future hostile migration environment

    How will UK-based EU citizens fare in the event of a full Brexit? Kate Beaumont gets an expert opinion from Tim Eicke QC

    R (on the application of SF) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2705 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 03 (Oct)

    Thomas Garner examines the possibility of closed material procedures in extradition proceedings

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

    Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

    Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England

    Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

    Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

    Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

    Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London

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    Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
    After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
    The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
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