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27 July 2012
Issue: 7524 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Immigration

SG (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; OR (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 940, [2012] All ER (D) 146 (Jul)

In future, when a country guidance case was the subject of an application to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal, the Civil Appeals Office would seek to ensure that it was dealt with expeditiously. The application would not be referred to a Lord Justice for consideration on the papers. It would be listed as soon as practicable before one or more Lord Justices as an oral application for permission to appeal, on notice to the respondent. If permission was granted, the court would endeavour to make clear whether it is the whole of the guidance which would be reviewed on the hearing of the substantive appeal or only part of it. If the latter, the court would identify which part or parts, as was done by Carnwath LJ in PO (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] All ER (D) 240 (Feb), at [58]. That should assist the tribunals and practitioners in relation

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
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