Lack of legal advice for immigration detainees held in prison has ruled discriminatory.
A decision from the High court rules such act to be discriminatory against immigration detainees held in prisons, see detail facts of the case in the link below.
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2021/418.html
£1000 fees for British Citizen Children declared unlawful by the Court of Appeal.
The court of Appeal upheld the landmark ruling which was decision was initially made at the High court. Currently the Home office charges £1012 for a child to register as British Citizens. However the process cost about a third of the fee charged {at £372}, the Home office says the profit is used to fund other areas of work. https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/193.html.
Tier 2 ICT cooling off period strapped: Applicant in this category are now able to stay beyond 5 years (before now applicant would have to have return to country of domicile and stay of the UK for 12 months). The Home office had stated that “We plan to replace the existing rules with a rule that more simply requires that an overseas intra-company transfer must not hold entry clearance or leave to enter or remain as an intra-company transferee for more than five years in any six-year period, except where they qualify to be granted up to nine years on the basis of their salary”.
“Corresponding Date Rule”
In accordance with section 207B of the Employment Rights Act 1996, the effect of a corresponding date rule is that a period, a month “from” or “after” a particular date ends on the corresponding date in the following month, it is therefore vital that the corresponding date is acknowledged when considering a prospective claim at the ET.
EU Child not entitled to 7 years Rules
The Upper Tribunal in MM (section 117B(6) – EU citizen child) Iran [2020] UKUT 224 (IAC) held that EU child is required to have lived in the UK for 7 years to qualify for this rule.
