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07 October 2022
Issue: 7997 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law Digests: 7 October 2022

Immigration

R (on the application of ALO and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 2380 (Admin), [2022] All ER (D) 34 (Sep)

The Administrative Court allowed in part the claimants’ judicial review claim regarding the first claimant’s application for Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP). He was eligible for relocation to the UK; however, his presence had been assessed as not conducive to the public good on grounds of national security due to his conduct, character, and associations. The first claimant argued that the defendant Secretary of State had, in making that decision: (i) failed to give reasons; (ii) failed to meet the requirements of Art 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights; (iii) there was ‘no minded’ to process, and (iv) the State’s assessment of the ‘not conducive to the public good’ issue was flawed. The court held, among other things, that for grounds (i) and (iii) there was no general duty to give reasons. However, the claimant was successful on ground (iv) on the

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’ 
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