Category: Key document

Key document | Legal Aid

Legal Aid Agency: Contract Management Immigration Strategy 2025/26 (March 2025)

Please see the below note from the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) regarding their contract management strategy for immigration in 2025/26.
Key document | Family and Personal Migration

DHSC Guide for International Care Workers

The Department of Health and Social Care has produced the below guide for international recruits working in the adult social care sector in the UK whose visa sponsor has had […]
Key document | Courts and Tribunals

Minutes of the UTIAC Practitioners Liaison Group Meeting on 20 November 2024

Please see below the minutes of the UTIAC Practitioners User Group meeting on 1 May 2024.
Key document | Family and Personal Migration

‘Children: the hidden victims of harsh family migration rules’ (11 December 2024)

Please see the below press release issued by Reunite Families UK, in which Reunite Families UK, Coram Children’s Legal Centre and ILPA urge the Migration Advisory Committee ‘to put at […]
Key document

Human Rights Day 2024: An Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Political Leaders

We are pleased to have signed the below letter, co-ordinated by the British Institute of Human Rights, sent to the Prime Minister and political leaders on Human Rights Day, 10 […]
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Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules: HC 334 (26 November 2024)

A Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC 334) was published on 26 November 2024 and can be read here, alongside an Explanatory Memorandum.  The below changes have taken […]
Key document | Courts and Tribunals

Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal (published 1 November 2024)

The Practice Direction of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal published on 1 November 2024 introduces several significant new and formal requirements which appellants and their representatives […]
Key document | Legal Aid

Legal Aid Agency Consultation on proposed changes to 2024 Standard Civil Contract (October 2024)

Please see the below contract consultation documents from the Legal Aid Agency. Please note that these documents must not be shared beyond the ILPA membership. Please send any comments to legal@ilpa.org.uk no […]
Key document | Refugee

Export Report on the Legal Status of Traditional Marriage in Timor-Leste (March 2024)

Please see the below expert report on the legal status of traditional marriage in Timor-Leste which was produced in response to a letter of instruction from Asylum Welcome. Our thanks […]