Welcome to the Gherson Blog

gherson blog

Material on our Website

The material on our Website is for general information only, it is current as at the stated date of publication, but does not constitute legal advice. You must take appropriate professional advice before taking or refraining from action based on any material on our Website. Gherson accepts no liability whatsoever for any reliance upon the contents of this Website. Whilst you may access other websites from our Website, and our Website may refer to other websites, Gherson accepts no liability in connection with any other website.

Subscribe to this feed

Posts Tagged 'Upper Tier Tribunal'

MS (Uganda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 33

Background Information The appellant is a citizen of Uganda who was granted limited leave to remain in the United Kingdom as a student on 27 September 2010 lasting until 30 April 2012. Before his leave had expired he made an asylum claim and on 7 February 2012 the Secretary of State rejected the claim. Therefore when his asylum claim was refused the appellant had only 11 weeks remaining of his student leave. During his appeals the Upper Tribunal and the Court of Appeal both... Read more »

Posted: Yesterday | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

AGE ASSESSMENT CHALLENGE REQUIRES SUBMITTING TO DEMANDS OF THE ASSESSOR

The Court of Appeal has ruled in London Borough of Croydon v Y [ 2016] EWCA Civ 398 that in challenging an age assessment a claimant may need to agree to further age assessments being carried out in order to proceed with the claim. The Appellant in the proceedings, known as "Y", was a Nigerian national who claimed that he had been a victim of physical and sexual abuse in Nigeria and that he was trafficked to the UK. In November 2014 he was detained under the asylum... Read more »

Posted: 23 May 2016 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (0)

A step in the right direction for UKBA but further regulation required

Gherson has represented many clients in appeals to the First-tier and Upper Immigration Tribunals . Recently we have started to see a worrying trend in withdrawals of the UKBA decision days or minutes prior to the hearing. We have been told that the Home Office Presenting Officer's unit that represents the UK Border Agency at appeals has a new policy that, where they consider the refusal to be indefensible, they withdraw the decision and refer the matter back to the British... Read more »

Posted: 18 January 2013 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (5)

Another Gherson success at Upper Tribunal

In late March 2012 Gherson represented a citizen of Tanzania in a successful appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the entry clearance officer (ECO), Nairobi. The appellant was an elderly lady whose original appeal against the decision of the ECO to refuse her and her brother’s leave to enter as dependent relatives of their nephew (their brother’s son) was heard in the First-tier Tribunal (the ‘FTT’). Her brother’s appeal was allowed by the... Read more »

Posted: 06 June 2012 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (1)

Gherson success at Upper Tribunal

In January 2012 Gherson represented a citizen of the Russian Federation in a successful appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO), Moscow. The appellant had appealed against the decision of the ECO to refuse her a visa to visit the UK in February 2011. There had been a mandatory refusal by the ECO under paragraph 320(7A) of the Immigration Rules which applies where false representations have been made or material facts... Read more »

Posted: 29 March 2012 | Author: Gherson Immigration | Comments (2)

Gherson successful appeal against family visa refusal

In November 2011 Gherson represented a citizen of the Russian Federation in a successful appeal to the Upper Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the entry clearance officer, Moscow. The appeal was against the refusal of a family visit visa to allow a father to join his wife and son in the UK. The visa was refused on the grounds of deception; the applicant had not disclosed in an earlier application for a visit visa to the UK that he had previously been refused... Read more »

Posted: 02 March 2012 | Author: | Comments (0)

Records per page: