Immigration

27 November 2015

Issue: 7678 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

R (on the application of Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of Bibi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Liberty Intervening) [2015] UKSC 68, [2015] All ER (D) 150 (Nov)

The Supreme Court held, among other things, that the rule requiring a foreign spouse or partner of a British citizen or a person settled in the UK to pass a test of competence in the English language before coming to live in the UK was not an unjustified interference with rights under Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Bloomsbury Square Employment Law—Donna Clancy

Employment law team strengthened with partner appointment

mfg Solicitors—Matt Smith

Corporate solicitor joins as partner in Birmingham

Freeths—Joe Lythgoe

Corporate director with expertise in creative industries joins mergers and acquisitions team

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NLJ this week: Human rights disputes push courts to redefine their role

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NLJ this week: Debarment orders—shortcut or minefield?

In this week's NLJ, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley examines how debarring orders, while attractive to claimants seeking swift resolution, can complicate trials—most notably in fraud cases requiring ‘particularly cogent’ proof

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Immigration

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bloomsbury Square Employment Law—Donna Clancy

mfg Solicitors—Matt Smith

Freeths—Joe Lythgoe