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16 December 2022
Issue: 8007 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Immigration & asylum
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NLJ this week: Deportation and persecution in the criminal courts

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In this week’s NLJ crime brief, David Walbank KC covers the deportation of convicted criminals and persecution of LGBTQ individuals in foreign states. 

He looks in particular at the case of SC, a man who came to the UK aged ten years old after his mother fled severe homophobic persecution in Jamaica. The case was recently heard at the Supreme Court.

Walbank writes: ‘The treatment of those who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or nonbinary arises with increasing frequency in the criminal courts, not least when it comes to the rights of individuals whom the government wishes to deport them to their countries of origin.’ 

Read the latest Crime Brief here.

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NEWS
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
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