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Welcome to the latest Bloomsbury Immigration Law Briefing which covers the period up to 20 September 2020. Read more

In 2015 Biffa Waste Services sent 175 tonnes of waste from its recycling plant in Edmonton, London destined for two reprocessing plants in China. Investigators stopped seven 25 tonne containers of... Read more

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Some definitions…. Terms such as ‘coercive control’ and ‘stranding’ are used increasingly freely by family lawyers. Most of us have a broad idea of what they mean, but what do they mean in law? Under... Read more

Legislative updates The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2020. Court updates Detention R (on the application of Humnyntskyi & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020]... Read more

The stand-out decision in August was the UK Supreme Court’s ruling in the Unwired Planet v Huawei and Conversant v Huawei/ZTE cases. In a unanimous judgment, the five judges dismissed the appeals and... Read more

The biggest challenge for foreign citizens is to find and secure a Tier 2 sponsoring job in the UK. If you wish to come to the UK for work, you must apply to companies that hold sponsor licenses for... Read more

Anonymity and non-parties Though parties to family proceedings, and perhaps their lay witnesses, are entitled to expect anonymity in first instance proceedings, professional witnesses do not have the... Read more

In Brief Bridgehouse (Bradford (No.2) Ltd v BAE [2020] EWCA Civ 759 [England and Wales] The Court of Appeal considered an appeal from the Chancery Division staying proceedings brought pursuant to... Read more

Case Summaries Re KN (A Child) (Art 15 Transfer) [2020] EWCA Civ 1002 (30 July 2020) – Appeal of mother of disturbed 13-year-old against order that the proceedings should be transferred to the French... Read more