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UKBA Policies on Business Immigration Unlawful
...Immigration Unlawful The Supreme Court has ruled that aspects of UK Border Agency policies on business immigration are unlawful. In Alvi v SSHD it was argued before the Supreme Court that aspects of...
Mistreatment of Migrant Workers due to Immigration Status not Race Discrimination
...immigration status in the list of protected characteristics but had not done so. Immigration status is not so closely associated with nationality as to be indissociable from it. Immigration status i...
Dismissal: Dismissals linked to illegal working
...immigration issue being considered by the EAT. However, caution should be exercised in circumstances such as these, as these cases are likely to turn on the individual facts and the evidence as to imm...
Immigration: Dismissing employees with uncertain immigration status
...immigration team can advise you on any immigration issues and can be contacted by emailing immigration@doyleclayton.co.uk
Dismissal Fair Where Employer Genuinely and Reasonably Believed Employee Had No Right to Work in the UK
...immigration tribunal, his application returned to the Home Office for consideration and processing. Royal Mail’s policy in circumstances such as this was to carry out immigration checks every six mon...
Dismissals for failing to provide right to work documentation: illegality or SOSR?
...Immigration and Nationality Act 2006 relates to employing someone who does not have the right to live and work in the UK, which was not the case here. There is no legal obligation on an employer...
Illegal Worker Unable to Bring Race Discrimination Claim
Illegal Worker Unable to Bring Race Discrimination Claim An employee who was working illegally in the UK was barred from bringing a race discrimination claim. In Hounga v Allen, H worked as a live-in...
New High Court Judgment on Minimum Income Threshold for Family Migrants
...immigration rules are lawful, but the earnings threshold amounts to a disproportionate interference with family life. As a result of the judgment, the Home Office has paused decision-making on some s...
Court of Appeal Decision on Minimum Income Requirement for Partner Visas
Court of Appeal Decision on Minimum Income Requirement for Partner Visas On 9th July 2012 controversial changes were made to the Immigration Rules which created a requirement that a British citizen or...
Pro EU Citizen Rulings from Europe’s Top Court
...immigration status for their non-EEA national family members. Brexit implications Despite these favourable rulings for EU citizens’ rights emanating from the EU’s top court, the future rights of EU ...