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19.05.2020 - Home Office to issue woman with British passport after 18 year battle
Even by Home Office standards, the decision to defend the case of R (Nmai) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWHC 1139 (Admin) looks particularly pointless. The claimant had an incredibly strong case and the judge allowed the claim with little hesitation. By allowing it to get to a final hearing the Home Office wasted the time and resources of everyone involved.
The case was about the department’s longstanding refusal to issue the claimant with a British passport. Since 2002, officials had denied the identity of the claimant and refused to accept that she has British national...
19.05.2020 - The UK government introduces Insolvency Bill to Help Covid-Hit Companies
20 May The UK government introduced the Corporate Governance and Insolvency Bill in Parliament, which will put in place a series of measures to amend insolvency and company law to support business to address the challenges resulting from the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).
New insolvency legislation temporarily bans landlords from making legal claims for rent owed by businesses hit by COVID-19. The move, described by Colin Haig, president of restructuring trade body R3, as the biggest shake-up of insolvency laws for two decades, is designed to head off a rash of coronavirus-induced bankruptc...
18.05.2020 - UK sets out new post-Brexit tariff regime
Today, 19 May, The Government has announced the UK’s new MFN (most-favoured-nation) tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGT). This will replace the EU’s Common External Tariff on 1 January 2021 at the end of the Transition Period.
The new tariff is a simpler, easier to use and lower tariff regime than the EU’s Common External Tariff (EU CET) and will be in pounds (£), not euros.
The international trade secretary, Elizabeth Truss, said: “For the first time in 50 years we are able to set our own tariff regime that is tailored to the UK economy.
“Our new global tariff will benefit UK consumers ...
17.05.2020 - It just got more difficult for Europeans to become British citizens
The Home Office has decided to make it more difficult for European residents to become British citizens. EU citizens with settled status who apply for naturalisation now have to provide evidence that they have been living in the UK legally, according an update to government nationality policy released on 15 May 2020.
One of the requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen is to have lived in the UK for five years (or three years if married to a British national). Time living here in breach of UK immigration law does not count. The Home Office has long taken the view that EU citizens ph...
17.05.2020 - Historic Immigration Bill returns to Parliament (after it was initially abandoned and put on the shelf)
The bill takes back control of UK borders and paves the way for a new points-based immigration system.
The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill 2020 introduced on 5 March will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons today, 18 Мау, just 6 months since the British people voted to introduce a points-based immigration system.
This represents an important milestone in paving the way for the new immigration system that will deliver for the UK for years to come and puts an end to the European Union’s rules on free movement.
The bill signals the government’s commi...
14.05.2020 - Coronavirus and the UK immigration system (as of 15 May 2020)
Travel to the UK
Compulsory quarantine
The government’s “COVID-19 recovery strategy”, last updated on 12 May, says that people travelling to the UK will soon be asked to go into quarantine for two weeks after they arrive. The document states:
… the Government will require all international arrivals not on a short list of exemptions to self-isolate in their accommodation for fourteen days on arrival into the UK. Where international travellers are unable to demonstrate where they would self-isolate, they will be required to do so in accommodation arranged by the Government.
There will be some ex...
13.05.2020 - THE STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN IMMIGRATION RULES PRESENTED TO PARLIAMENT ON 14 MAY 2020
Coming into force
The changes to Appendix EU and to Appendix EU (Family Permit) relating to access to the EU Settlement Scheme, and to the EU Settlement Scheme family permit and travel permit, for family members of the people of Northern Ireland shall take effect on 24 August 2020.
The other changes set out in this statement shall take effect on 4 June 2020.
Changes to the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
The main changes in respect of the EUSS and the EUSS family permit and travel permit are as follows:
- Eligible family members of the people of Northern Ireland will be able to apply for UK imm...
13.05.2020 - European Commission accuses UK government of violating EU citizens’ rights
The European Commission has formally accused the UK government of breaching EU law on free movement of people. Brussels today launched “infringement proceedings” against the UK, the process used to force EU member countries to comply with their legal obligations.
The UK is no longer a member of the EU, but the Commission press release points out that “EU law on free movement of persons continues to apply to and in the United Kingdom as if it were still an EU Member State during the transition period”.
While the EU free movement law mentioned is set to be repealed after the Brexit transition p...
12.05.2020 - Self Employment Income Support Scheme is now open for applications
The Treasury said that from 8am this morning, 13.05.2020, self-employed individuals or members of partnerships whose business had been adversely affected by coronavirus would be able to apply for the grants - worth 80% of their average monthly trading profits.
The Self Employed Income Support Scheme is designed to match the support being given to furloughed employees.
Payments, it was explained, would cover three months of lost income and be paid in a single instalment, capped at £7,500, within six working days of the claim being agreed, the process will be run by HM Revenue & Customs.
Those i...
12.05.2020 - Tribunal: nullified nullification no barrier to deprivation of British citizenship
Taking away people’s citizenship became a popular pastime for Home Secretary Theresa May.
One way in which British citizens are stripped of their status is called citizenship “deprivation”, which is a process defined by statute and with the safeguard of an appeal provided by Parliament. Citizenship deprivation can be on grounds of public good, as in cases such as that of Shamima Begum, or on the basis that the person deceived the authorities in order to acquire citizenship. The person’s citizenship is recognised as having been granted but is then taken away again.
The other way is “nullificati...
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