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Immigration & asylum report highlights poor quality advice plaguing cases

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)

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

    Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

    Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

    Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

    Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

    International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

    Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

    Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

    Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

    NEWS
    Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
    The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
    A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
    After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
    Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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