Category: ILPA documents

Job title: Immigration Advisor Organisation: Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (LRMN) Location: Lewisham, London Deadline for receipt of applications: 30th August at 9am Salary: £29,000 – £32,500 (pro-rata), depending on qualification + NI + 4% pension Contact about the role: Mark Housbymark.housby@lrmn.org.uk About the role and how to apply: 21 hours/week LRMN is recruiting an […]

The Strategic Legal Fund supports grantees to achieve successful strategic litigation and interventions with the aim to improve implementation and enforcement of policies for people discriminated or disadvantaged by their migration status. Grants awarded Migrant Legal Project (MLP) were awarded funding for pre-litigation evidence-gathering and advice from the Public Law Project on a potential legal […]

ILPA’s legal activities in July included submitting responses to two Tribunal Procedure Committee consultations: one on possible changes to rule 24 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, which can be read here, and another on Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014 and Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 in […]

Prepared by Rajwinder Sahota, Solicitor at Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre When the fog begins to disappear Hidden mostly behind her face covering, the client patiently listened and spoke with a resolve often born from adversity. The police officers made her feel like a criminal, she said, when they arrested her at work. She was […]

Prepared by Efi Stathopoulou – Coordinator of the Family Reunion from Europe project at Refugee Legal Support, Harry Harris – Casework Supervisor of the Family Reunion from Europe project at Refugee Legal Support, and Bella Mosselmans – Lawyer at Safe Passage Last year, Safe Passage (SPI) and Refugee Legal Support (RLS) wrote an article for […]

Prepared by Natasha Chell (Partner and Head of Risk and Compliance) and Clara Gautrais (Trainee Solicitor) of Laura Devine Immigration In order to prevent illegal working and establish a statutory excuse against liability for a civil penalty, UK employers must either conduct a physical document check or perform an online check to establish a prospective […]

Prepared by Beya Rivers, Solicitor at Hackney Community Law Centre On 9 June 2021 the High Court ruled that the Secretary of State for the Home Department (‘SSHD’) had misunderstood EU law: Zambrano carers’ rights to reside under EU law until 30 June 2021 were not affected by a grant of limited leave to remain, […]

Articles Zambrano carers and the EU Settlement Scheme – The judgment in R (Akinsanya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1535 (Admin) Right to work checks and challenges post-Brexit Family Reunification to the UK from Europe: the post-Brexit landscape Unmasking legal solutions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a collaborative approach Legal Update […]

Job title: Specialist Support Hub Lawyer Organisation: Public Law Project Location: London and homeworking Deadline for receipt of applications: 11th August 11.59pm Salary: £36,755.24 per annum, pro rata, up to 4 years qualified. Salary rises to £42,743.38 where over 4 years qualified. Contact about the role: Christian Davies – c.davies@publiclawproject.org.uk About the role and how […]