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25 January 2007
Issue: 7257 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Immigration

DK (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1747, [2006] All ER (D) 312 (Dec)

The Court of Appeal gave guidance about the scope of a reconsideration by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal of its own decisions under s 103A of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, and the procedure to be adopted:

(i) It should normally be restricted to those grounds upon which the immigration judge ordered reconsideration, and any point which properly falls within the category of an obvious or manifest point of European Convention on Human Rights jurisprudence. It will be the exception, rather than the rule, that a tribunal will permit other grounds to be argued.

(ii) A body asked to reconsider a decision on the ground of any identified error of law approaches its reconsideration on the basis that any factual findings and conclusions arising from those findings which are
unaffected by the error of law need not be revisited.

(iii) Reconsideration should be dealt with at one hearing, unless good reason is shown to the contrary.

Issue: 7257 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Jean-François Le Gal

Penningtons Manches Cooper strengthens international disputes team with appointment of leading arbitration partner

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau—Aaron Sanders & Kate Saunders

Shakespeare Martineau strengthens trust and estates disputes team with new appointments

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law—Shannon Moore

Bellevue Law strengthens employment disputes and international advisory capability with senior associate appointment

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When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills
Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
The Thirlwall Inquiry has exposed a ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, but its recommendations must now be put into practice
MPs cannot simply resign their Commons seats. Instead, they take a nominal Crown office, usually the Chiltern Hundreds or Manor of Northstead, which disqualifies them from sitting
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