The claimant said that she had been wrongfully removed to India, and sought damages. Held: Slade DBE J said: ‘On the evidence on which the immigration officers acted and that which would have been available to them at the time, I find that they were justified in detaining the Claimant for examining her on arrival … Continue reading Palisetty v Secretary of State for The Home Department: QBD 21 Jul 2014
The court considered the proper approach to be adopted, in light of new Immigration Rules promulgated in July 2012, to applications for leave to enter the United Kingdom by persons who are family members of someone already present here. Judges: Richards, Underhill, Sales LJJ Citations: [2015] EWCA Civ 387, [2015] WLR(D) 199, [2015] Imm AR … Continue reading The Secretary of State for The Home Department v SS (Congo) and Others: CA 23 Apr 2015
The court was asked as to the entitlement of the claimant to a British Passport by virtue of descent from the person he said was his father. Held: The decision of the IPS whether to issue or to withhold a British passport is one made under the Royal Prerogative which is subject to scrutiny on … Continue reading Ali, Regina (on The Application of) v The Secretary of State for The Home Department: Admn 27 Nov 2012
Sums of money had been found on a raid on factory premises where many illegal workers were found. The company appealed seizure of the money under the 2002 Act. Judges: Richards LJ, MacKay J Citations: [2008] EWHC 1651 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Crime, … Continue reading Greater Manchester Police, Regina (on the Application of) v City of Salford Magistrates Court: Admn 21 Jul 2008
Appeal against dismissal of claim for habeas corpus. The appellant was held in detention since August 2006 under Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971 on the order of the Secretary of State. Prior to that date he had been in detention serving a prison sentence. Citations: [2008] EWCA Civ 475 Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration … Continue reading Bosombi, Re: CA 11 Apr 2008
The claimant was a Zimbabwean National who was to be removed from the country. He was unlawfully held in detention pending removal. He sought damages for false imprisonment. He had been held over a long period pending decisions in the courts on the legality of returning failed asylum applicants to Zimbabwe. Held: Despite allegations of … Continue reading SK, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Admn 25 Jan 2008
Carnwath LJ said of the ‘near-miss’ argument: ‘This argument is, in my view, based on a misconception. The Secretary of State is of course entitled to have a policy. The promulgation of the policy normally creates a legitimate expectation that it will be applied to those falling within its scope unless there is good reason … Continue reading Rudi, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 14 Dec 2007
The claimants had been detained under the 1971 Act, after completing sentences of imprisonment pending their return to their home countries under deportations recommended by the judges at trial, or chosen by the respondent. They challenged as unlawful the respondent’s, at first unpublished, policy introduced in 2006, that by default, those awaiting deportation should be … Continue reading Lumba (WL) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 23 Mar 2011
The Home Secretary appealed from a finding that illegally entered asylum seekers had been unlawfully detained pending removal. The five claimants had travelled through other EU member states before entering the UK. The court considered inter alia whether damages for false imprisonment were allowable under Factortame. Held: The appeals failed. Chapter 55 of the EIG … Continue reading Hemmati and Others, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 27 Nov 2019
False Imprisonment Damages / Immigration Detention The respondent had held the claimant in custody, but had failed to follow its own procedures. The claimant appealed against the rejection of his claim of false imprisonment. He had overstayed his immigration leave, and after convictions had served a prison sentence. When about to be released, an order … Continue reading Kambadzi (previously referred to as SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 25 May 2011
The Home Secretary authorised certain officials in the immigration department of the Home Office to act on his behalf to decide whether to issue a notice of intention to deport persons under the Immigration Act 1971. Held: The court granted orders of certiorari to quash each of the decisions to deport the claimants on the … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Oladehinde: Admn 1990
Application for judicial review of the decision of an immigration officer declaring him to be an illegal entrant as defined by section 33(1) of the 1971 Act; that is a person who unlawfully entered in breach of the immigration laws. Judges: Dyson J Citations: [1994] EWHC 2 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 3391) … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for The Home Department, Ex Parte To-Ming Lam: Admn 24 Jan 1994
New evidence admitted by the tribunal had to be ‘relevant to the decision actually made’. Judges: C M G Ockelton, Deputy President of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, Warr, Batiste SIJJ Citations: [2007] UKAIT 00013 Links: Bailii Cited by: Cited – Patel and Others v Secretary of State for The Home Department SC 20-Nov-2013 The … Continue reading EA (Section 85, Explained) Nigeria: IAT 30 Jan 2007
A Bangladeshi woman entered into an arranged polygamous marriage in Bangladesh and many years later dishonestly (led by her husband) obtained entry clearance as a visitor before then unsuccessfully seeking leave to remain as being financially dependent upon a daughter settled here. She was anxious to continue enjoying access rights to her younger son here. … Continue reading SB (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 31 Jan 2007
Citations: [1827] EngR 467, (1827) 6 B and C 528, (1827) 108 ER 546 Links: Commonlii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: See Aslo – Berry v Adamson, Gent One, and C 18-Dec-1826 . . Cited by: Cited – Jalloh, Regina (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department SC 12-Feb-2020 Claim … Continue reading Berry v Adamson, Gent: 22 May 1827
Hong Kong. Held: The applicant could not invoke any right under the rule of international law which placed upon a state a duty to receive its own national, because that rule was inconsistent with the domestic law. In modern times the idea of even a Government ship being a ‘floating island,’ belonging to and retaining … Continue reading Chung Chi Cheung v The King: PC 2 Dec 1938
Laws LJ referred to the argument that the applicant could derive ‘analogical support’ from the Concession, even though it did not in terms apply to him as a ‘spurious’ argument. Judges: Ward, Laws, Smith LJJ Citations: [2005] EWCA Civ 751 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Patel and Others v Secretary … Continue reading Mongoto v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 19 May 2005
The applicant who had entered England hidden in a lorry, claimed asylum, and had his claim rejected. It was said that as an Iraqi Kurd, he would be safe in the Kurdish area of Iraq. No safe means had been found of ensuring his return over some four years, and there was no immediate prospect … Continue reading Khadir, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: HL 16 Jun 2005
Immigration – Detention – Illegal entrant – Illegal entrant not given leave to enter or remain in United Kingdom – Detention pending directions for removal – Persons entering United Kingdom and present there in breach of immigration laws – Commonwealth immigrant – Immigrant entering United Kingdom clandestinely in breach of laws relating to Commonwealth immigrants … Continue reading Azam and Others v Secretary of State for The Home Department and Another: HL 11 Jun 1973
HL Immigration – Statute controlling immigration – Retrospective operation – Penal provisions – Illegal entry – Possession of false passport – Whether statute creating offences in respect of acts performed before it came into force – Immigration Act 1971, ss 24(1)(a), 26(1)(d). Citations: [1974] UKHL 6, 138 JP 497, 59 Cr App Rep 149, [1974] … Continue reading Waddington v Miah: HL 1 May 1974
The claimant was imprisoned when he was refused permission by police officers, acting on behalf of his employers, to leave the room and go upstairs in his own house. Citations: [1858] EngR 358, (1858) 4 CB NS 180, (1858) 140 ER 1052 Links: Commonlii Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Cited – Jalloh, Regina (on … Continue reading Warner v Riddiford: 12 Feb 1858
The claimant alleged false imprisonment after his asylum application. Held: The court will assess the legality of a continued detention on an objective basis; but review is not restricted to a review of the Secretary of State’s decision on Wednesbury grounds. Judges: Field, The Honourable Mr Justice Field Citations: [2004] EWHC 1884 (QB) Links: Bailii … Continue reading Hani El Sayed Sabaei Youssef v The Home Office: QBD 30 Jul 2004
The respondent resisted a claim of unfair dismissal and race discrimination on the basis that the employment contract was illegal since the claimant was an immigrant and unable to work without a work permit. Held: The Court of Appeal upheld a defence of illegality to a teacher’s complaint against a school of unlawful discrimination by … Continue reading V v Addey and Stanhope School: CA 30 Jul 2004
The Secretary of State’s published policy was that, if legal proceedings were initiated, removal would not be treated as imminent even if it otherwise was. The Secretary of State also had an unpublished policy, namely that information that proceedings were about to be initiated would be disregarded, however credible that information might be. Held: The … Continue reading Nadarajah and Amirhanathan v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 8 Dec 2003
The appellant, a Turkish citizen entered illegally and claimed asylum. He falsely said he had not sought asylum in another EC country. He had lived in Germany for eight years, and had twice unsuccessfully claimed asylum. Shortly after arrangements were made for his removal to Germany, he married a woman whom he had known in … Continue reading Ekinci, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 17 Jun 2003
If a magistrate’s warrant be shown by the constable who has the execution of it to the person charged with an offence, and he thereupon, without compulsion, attend the constable to the magistrate, and after examination be dismissed, it seems this is not suoh an arrest as will support trespass and false imprisonment. Citations: [1806] … Continue reading Arrowsmith v Le Mesurier: 13 Jun 1806
The applicant sought admission to the UK. In the past he had made utterances which were capable of being racist. He claimed to have recanted, and had given undertakings as to his behaviour. At first instance it was held that the Home Secretary had failed to demonstrate an objective reason for refusing admission. It was … Continue reading Farrakhan, Regina (on the Application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 30 Apr 2002
The applicant had married an English national. The marriage ended in divorce. She applied for indefinite leave to stay. Incorrect information from a Government department led to her application being dismissed. The adjudicator granted her application, but the Secretary of State, without appealing the adjudicator’s order, reconsidered and refused the application. Held: The finding of … Continue reading Regina (Boafo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 4 Feb 2002
Application for Judicial Review challenging the lawfulness of bail conditions (a curfew monitored by electronic tagging) imposed by the defendant during deportation proceedings under section 32(5) of the 2007 Act. Judges: Edis J Citations: [2015] EWHC 2786 (Admin), [2015] WLR(D) 405 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: UK Borders Act 2007 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: … Continue reading Gedi, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: Admn 9 Oct 2015
Claim for damages for false imprisonment brought in judicial review proceedings challenging the legality of a curfew imposed upon the claimant, purportedly under paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to the Immigration Act 1971. Held: The Court of Appeal in Austin and in Walker were right to say that there could be imprisonment at common law … Continue reading Jalloh, Regina (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: SC 12 Feb 2020
A section of public road (Hammersmith Bridge) was closed off to provide a vantage point for a boat race. The plaintiff refused to be excluded, and complained that he had not been allowed to use the public highway, and had therefore been imprisoned. Held: (majority) ‘there was no imprisonment. To call it so appears to … Continue reading Bird v Jones: QBD 11 Jan 1845
The Home Secretary appealed against a finding that a non-derogating control order was unlawful in that, in restricting the subject to an 18 hour curfew and otherwise severely limiting his social contacts, the order amounted to such a deprivation of liberty as to be unlawful. Held: The appeal failed. When looking at the lawfulness of … Continue reading Secretary of State for the Home Department v JJ and others: HL 31 Oct 2007
The applicant, a suspected Mafioso, had been detained in custody pending his trial. At the end of the maximum period of detention pending trial, he had been taken to an island where, he complained, he was unable to work, keep his family permanently with him, practise the Catholic religion or ensure his son’s education. Held: … Continue reading Guzzardi v Italy: ECHR 6 Nov 1980
An unconscious or drugged person may be detained. For the tort of false imprisonment there must be shown a complete restriction in fact on the plaintiff’s freedom to move: ‘any restraint within defined bounds which is a restraint in fact may be an imprisonment.’ The court distinguished between restraint upon the plaintiff’s liberty which is … Continue reading Meering v Grahame-White Aviation Co Ltd: CA 1919
The court considered the power of the Secretary of State for the Home Department and her immigration officials to impose conditions of curfew and electronic monitoring on those who have been released from immigration detention pending the conclusion of deportation proceedings. Held: Paragraph 2(5) of Schedule 3 to the 1971 Act did not empower the … Continue reading Gedi, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Home Department: CA 17 May 2016
High Court of Australia – The Plaintiff paid a penny on entering the wharf to stay there till the boat should start and then be taken by the boat to the other side. The Defendants were admittedly always ready and willing to carry out their part of this contract. Then the Plaintiff changed his mind, … Continue reading Robertson v The Balmain New Ferry Company Ltd: PC 10 Dec 1909
For the tort of false imprisonment to be committed, the deprivation of liberty must be actual, rather than potential: ‘Nothing short of actual detention and complete loss of freedom would support an action for false imprisonment.’ Judges: Lord Macnaghten Citations: (1903) 19 TLR 496, (1903) 30 Ind App 154 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Approved … Continue reading Syed Mahamad Yusuf-ud-Din v Secretary of State for India: 1903
(Admissibility) Whether a detention amounts to a deprivation of liberty depends upon all the facts and circumstances of the particular case Citations: [2002] ECHR 850, 45508/99, [2004] 40 EHRR 761 Links: Bailii Jurisdiction: Human Rights Citing: At HL – In Re L (By His Next Friend GE); Regina v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS … Continue reading HL v United Kingdom: ECHR 10 Sep 2002
The minimal extent of a person’s detention by a police officer who was not exercising the power of arrest would not prevent his detention from being unlawful and amounting to false imprisonment. It was held to be false imprisonment for a police officer to stand in the front doorway of a house so as to … Continue reading Walker v The Commissioner of The Police of The Metropolis: CA 1 Jul 2014
The defendant had surrendered to his bail at a Magistrates Court. There was no usher and no security staff. Following imposition of a custodial sentence, the defendant escaped through the public entrance. It was submitted on an appeal that the defendant was not under ‘direct’ control of anyone. Held: Buxton LJ dealt with this submission … Continue reading Regina v Rumble: CACD 2003
Misuse of Power for ulterior object D1 and D2 lent C 80 pounds repayable in 1837, secured by a mortgage on C’s vessel. C was to be free to continue to use the vessel in the interim but the law forbade its use if he were to cease to hold its register. In 1836 the … Continue reading Grainger v Hill: CEC 1838
An action for false imprisonment will not lie against a man for fastening one of two doors in a room in which A. is, though A. cannot go through the other without trespassing. A. has a chamber adjoining to the chamber of B. and has a door that opens into it,by which there is a … Continue reading Wright v Wilson: 1699
The claimants appealed dismissal of their claims for false imprisonment and unlawful detention by the respondent in his policing of a demonstration. They had been held within a police cordon in the streets for several hours to prevent the spread of violence. One claimant had been simply there on business. Held: The appeal failed. In … Continue reading Austin and Another v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis: CA 15 Oct 2007
The applicant was an adult autistic, unable to consent to medical treatment. Treatment was provided at a day centre. He had been detained informally under the Act and against the wishes of his carers, but the Court of Appeal decided he should have been formally detained. Held: The appeal succeeded. His detention had not been … Continue reading In Re L (By His Next Friend GE); Regina v Bournewood Community and Mental Health NHS Trust, Ex Parte L: HL 25 Jun 1998
The Union set a picket round a camp set up by anti-logging protesters to prevent the protesters getting out. The protesters could have asked the police to escort them out, but that did not mean that they were not imprisoned until they did so. But the protesters could also have escaped at any time along … Continue reading McFadzean and Others v Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union and Others: 13 Dec 2007
The applicant had appealed a refusal to grant her permanent residence. The adjudicator granted her appeal, but the Home Secretary had declined on the bass that the adjudicator’s decision had not been accompanied by directions. Held: The decision was binding on the Secretary of State. Whilst there are some circumstances which might allow a re-opening … Continue reading Regina (Linda Boafo) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Admn 6 Feb 2001
The Secretary appealed against a decision that the detention of certain asylum applicants was unlawful. The detention was for a limited period, but he had put forward no reason for the detentions of the individuals. Held: The Act authorised detention up to the point where a decision was made. The Act empowered detention not for … Continue reading Secretary of State for the Home Department v Saadi, Maged, Osman, Mohammed: CA 19 Oct 2001
The applicant challenged the Home Secretary’s decision to exclude him from the UK, on the grounds that his presence would exacerbate tensions between the Jewish and Muslim communities. A balance is to be found between freedom of speech and the need for public order. He agreed to sign an undertaking in the form requested by … Continue reading Farrakhan v Secretary of State for the Home Department: QBD 1 Oct 2001
Two foreign nationals with leave to remain in this country committed serious crimes. The Secretary of State ordered their deportation. Held: Where the deportation of a foreigner following a conviction here, would conflict with his human rights, the court had to assess whether the, first, the objective could be achieved by some alternative, less interfering, … Continue reading Samaroo and Sezek v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 17 Jul 2001
The applicant applied for asylum, but suffered from schizophrenia. He had been refused entry and detained, and then his detention was transferred to a mental hospital by order of the Home Secretary, with a view to his return for treatment in Malta. The applicant alleged that the Secretary had no power to so order without … Continue reading X v Secretary of State for Home Department: CA 7 Dec 2000
The claimant had come to England as a child from Italy. As an adult, he was convicted of a sexual assault against his daughter, and after release from his prison sentence of five years, he now appealed against a deportation order, saying that the respondent had failed to take account of the length of time … Continue reading B v Secretary of State for Home Department: CA 18 May 2000
The court was asked whether the words ‘by reason of the appellant leaving the United Kingdom’ in section 33(4) Immigration Act 1971, as amended by paragraph 4(2) of schedule 2 to the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, mean that leaving the United Kingdom is merely permissive or presumptive of abandonment of an appeal, or whether … Continue reading Dupovac v Secretary of State for Home Department: CA 21 Jan 2000
Appeal against conviction for assisting unlawful immigration. Judges: Raffety LJ, Foskett J, Carey HHJ Citations: [2015] EWCA Crim 43 Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 25 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Crime Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.542249
The appellant challenged an order for his removal from the country made on the basis that his presence was not conducive to the public good. Judges: The Honourable Mr Justice Newman Citations: SC/29/2004 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 3(5) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.244427
The meaning of ‘foreign criminal’ is not consistent over the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and the UK Borders Act 2007. Section 32 of the 2007 Act creates a designated class of offender that is a foreign criminal and establishes the consequences of such designation. That is, for the purposes of section 3(5)(a) of … Continue reading Zulfiqar (‘Foreign Criminal’ : British Citizen) Pakistan: UTIAC 11 Sep 2020
Citations: [1999] EWHC Admin 222 Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Extradition Updated: 28 May 2022; Ref: scu.139486
Citations: [1998] EWHC Admin 542 Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 14(1) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 27 May 2022; Ref: scu.138663
The applicant sought judicial review of the immigration officer’s finding that he was an illegal immigrant within the section. He had failed to declare that after obtaining temporary permission to enter, he had got married. It was not suggested that he had acted with positive deceit but had failed to disclose the marriage. Held: The … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Cengiz Doldur: Admn 26 Jun 1997
A fresh refusal was to be given after an asylum application had been rejected to allow an appeal. Citations: Independent 30-Sep-1994 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 26 May 2022; Ref: scu.87765
Citations: [1997] EWHC Admin 326 Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Immigration Updated: 25 May 2022; Ref: scu.137271
An immigrant cannot be detained once he applies for political asylum. Citations: Times 25-Jan-1995 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 25 May 2022; Ref: scu.87762
A failure to appear at an earlier appeal which was through no fault of the appellant, should not be used by the Secretary as an excuse to defeat an appeal under the section. The Secretary of State should not treat the section as a safety net or fall back. It was in fact a secondary … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Yousaf Same v Same, Ex parte Jamil: CA 11 Jul 2000
The grant of temporary admission to the UK pending an decision on his asylum status, did not create a full ‘lawful presence’ in the UK. A person seeking to qualify for housing assistance had to be lawfully present within the UK, and temporary admission did not create a sufficient status by virtue of section 11. … Continue reading Murat Kaya v Haringey London Borough Council and Another: CA 14 Jun 2001
Whether detention under the 1971 Act pending deportation had been unlawful. Judges: Mr Justice Mostyn Citations: [2020] EWHC 3289 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 19 May 2022; Ref: scu.656797
Bail conditions only after detention B had been held under immigration detention, but released by SIAC, purportedly in conditional bail, after they found there was no realistic prospect of his deportation because he had not disclosed his true identity. The court was asked ‘whether there exists a power under the 1971 Act to grant immigration … Continue reading B (Algeria) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 8 Feb 2018
The Refugee Convention had ‘indirectly’ been incorporated under English law. The court considered whether a person allowed entry by an immigration officer was lawfully here irrespective of other considerations. As to the case of Musis in the Bugdaycay case: ‘Each of the present applicants had only been granted temporary admission and they required, but had … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Singh: QBD 8 Jun 1987
The Home Secretary may evaluate fresh material himself under the section, without always referring the case back to the adjudicator. Citations: Times 03-Jan-1996 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 21 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Adopted – Regina v Home Secretary, Ex parte Bellow 25-May-1995 . . Adopted – Regina v Home Secretary, Ex parte Khaldoon 8-Nov-1995 … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex Parte Owalabi: QBD 3 Jan 1996
Genuine passport is to be taken as sufficient evidence of British citizenship and identity of holder. Citations: Times 06-May-1997 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 3(8) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 16 May 2022; Ref: scu.87936
The Home Secretary need not consider any risk of torture as an issue separate from that of persecution, when considering making an order for deportation. Citations: Ind Summary 05-Apr-1993 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 3(5)(b) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Cited by: Appeal from – Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Chahal … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department: ex parte Chahal: QBD 5 Apr 1993
The fact that an alien was detained under the Mental Health Acts did not mean that he could not be ordered to be removed and returned to his own country. The power given to the Secretary of State was discretionary, and though the treatment he might receive was of a lower standard, it was not … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex Parte Xuereb: QBD 14 Jun 2000
The claimant said that the 1987 Regulations were invalid, in making invalid any claim for benefits by an asylum seeker who had not made his application exactly upon entry to the UK. Held: The appeals were allowed. Section 11 of the 1971 Act is a highly technical provision which for the purposes of immigration control … Continue reading Kola and Another v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: HL 28 Nov 2007
Home Secretary may order deportation of a child’s guardian despite a pending appeal for residence order in favour of the applicant. Such a deportation would not be a contempt of court. Citations: Ind Summary 02-May-1994, Times 08-Apr-1994 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration, Children Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.89759
An asylum seeker had come to be detained under the Mental Health Act. The Home Secretary, having refused the asylum application, ordered him to be repatriated. Held: Though the Secretary of State could only exercise his powers of removal under section 86 of the MHA if it appeared to him to be in the patient’s … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte X: CA 9 Jan 2001
The applicant had entered the UK without leave, and then been detained for mental illness. The Secretary ordered him to be removed. He claimed that there was no power to remove him whilst the detention order was current, and that the order infringed his human rights. Held: The later Act had not revoked the earlier, … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte X: CA 22 Feb 2001
Citations: [2006] EWHC 539 (Admin) Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 24A(1) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration, Crime Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.240064
The defendant had been convicted of providing false information to the immigration authorities when applying for asylum. She appealed her sentence of nine months imprisonment. Held: She had been raped and beaten by soldiers in her own country and fled to England. She only claimed asylum three months after arriving, but said that she had … Continue reading Regina v Kishietine: CACD 29 Nov 2004
The court considered a provision requiring refusal of leave to enter if there was no entry clearance. Held: Such a mandatory rule was intra vires, the Secretary of State retaining a discretion outside the 1971 Act. Glidewell LJ said: ‘immigration was formerly covered by the royal prerogative and it was a matter which lay entirely … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Rajinder Kaur: CA 1987
A notice of intended prosecution was sent to the defendant in connection with an allegation of driving without due care and attention. When the matter came before the court, the defendant argued that the prosecution had failed to meet the requirements of section 241. Following a car acident the defendant had been unconscious in hospital. … Continue reading Hosier v Goodall: QBD 1962
(1) A person who has been deported under a deportation order that remains in force is a person who is liable to deportation within the meaning of section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971 and is therefore unable to bring himself within section 117B(6) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. (2) By the … Continue reading Williams (Scope of ‘Liable To Deportation’) Nigeria: UTIAC 2 Mar 2018
Section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007 impliedly amends section 3(5)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 by (a) removing the function of the Secretary of State of deeming a person’s deportation to be conducive to the public good, in the case of a foreign criminal within the meaning of the 2007 Act; and (b) … Continue reading Yussuf (Meaning of ‘Liable To Deportation’) Somalia: UTIAC 9 Mar 2018
A renewed application brought out of time for permission to seek judicial review of decisions of the Secretary of State 1) to decline to treat further material put before him in the case as a fresh claim to asylum and 2) to decline to refer the applicant’s case to a special adjudicator. Citations: [1999] EWCA … Continue reading Regina and Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Manneh: CA 21 Jul 1999
Where a citizen of a member state had been granted temporary admission, pending a final decision on whether she should be admitted or expelled, that decision was not one which could be classified as a ‘decision concerning entry,’ for the purposes of the directive, and by legal fiction the person was deemed to be out … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Yiadom Case C-357/98: ECJ 16 Nov 2000
A deportee after a marriage was to be treated in the same way as others despite desertion from ship. The application of the Home Secretary’s discretion under the Policy was in issue. The case ‘raises a novel question about the extent to which departmental policy is amenable to judicial review’. ‘these legal controls upon the … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex Parte Urmaza: QBD 23 Jul 1996
A court hearing a deportation review should see all the evidence, including hearsay evidence if necessary. Citations: Times 18-Jul-1996 Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Sch 2 Citing: Appealed to – Regina v Secretary of State for Home Department ex parte Rahman CA 11-Dec-1996 Hearsay evidence is admissible when considering whether an applicant is an illegal entrant. … Continue reading In Re Saidur Rahman: QBD 18 Jul 1996
(Northern Ireland) The claimant challenged the rules restricting payment of benefits to nationals from the 8 latest European Accession states to those with an unbroken 12 month working record. The applicant came from Poland and worked at two authorised employments but failed to find a third. She had left her partner because of his violence. … Continue reading Zalewska v Department for Social Development: HL 12 Nov 2008
Where a first instance judge is faced with a point on which there are two previous inconsistent decisions from judges of co-ordinate jurisdiction, then the second of those decisions should be followed in the absence of cogent reasons to the contrary Judges: Lord Neuberger MR, Hallett VP QBD, Stanley Burnton LJJ Citations: [2012] EWCA Civ … Continue reading Patel and Others v Secretary of State for The Home Department: CA 1 Jun 2012
The claimant had sought judicial review of the respondent’s refusal to him of extended leave to remain. The Upper Tribunal had rejected his claim for review saying that he had not taken the aveune of an appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal. Held: The appeal succeeded. The Upper Tribunal should have looked at the case on … Continue reading Khan v Secretary of State for The Home Department: CA 8 Jun 2017
Judges: Jonathan Swift QC Citations: [2017] EWHC 1012 (QB) Links: Bailii Statutes: Immigration Act 1971 Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration, Torts – Other Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.584209
The applicant first arrived from Mauritius in 1972, and was given limited leave to enter for a few months. He over-stayed until June 1974 when he paid a short visit to France. On return he was given one month’s leave to enter, but again overstayed. In 1978 he married a woman who was settled here … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Margueritte: CA 1982
Meaning and legal effect of section 3B of the Immigration Act 1971 Judges: Lord Justice Underhill (Vice-President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)) Lady Justice Asplin And Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing Citations: [2022] EWCA Civ 30 Links: Bailii, Judiciary Jurisdiction: England and Wales Immigration Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.671571
The respondent had arrived and claimed asylum. Three claims were rejected, two of which were fraudulent. She had two children by a UK citizen, and if deported the result would be (the father being unsuitable) that the children would have to return with her. Held: The mother’s appeal succeeded. The court had to consider the … Continue reading ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 1 Feb 2011
(1) If, on appeal, an issue arises as to whether the removal of a person (P) from the United Kingdom would be unlawful because P is a British citizen, the tribunal deciding the appeal must make a finding on P’s citizenship; just as the tribunal must do so where the consideration of the public interest … Continue reading MS (British Citizenship; EEA Appeals) Belgium: UTIAC 15 Oct 2019
(1) Notice of a decision (not falling within the Immigration (Notices) Regulations 2003) is ‘given’ for the purposes of s.4(1) of the Immigration Act 1971 when it is (a) ‘sent’ in accordance with Art 8ZA of the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000 (SI 2000/1161) as inserted by the Immigration (Leave to Enter … Continue reading Mahmood, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department (Effective Service – 2000 Order) (IJR): UTIAC 18 Jan 2016
UTIAC (1) As held in Deliallisi (British citizen: deprivation appeal: scope) [2013] UKUT 439 (IAC), in an appeal under section 40A of the British Nationality Act 1981 the Tribunal is required to determine the reasonably foreseeable consequences of deprivation. (2) Whilst the Tribunal considering a section 40A appeal cannot pre-judge the outcome of any future … Continue reading AB (British Citizenship: Deprivation; Deliallisi Considered) Nigeria: UTIAC 28 Sep 2016
AM claimed that she had been illegally detained, purportedly pursuant to paragraph 16(2) of the 1971 Act as an illegal immigrant pending removal. Rix, Moses LJJ, Briggs J [2012] EWCA Civ 521 Bailii Immigration Act 1971 16(2) England and Wales Cited by: Cited – KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for The Home Department … Continue reading AM, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: CA 26 Apr 2012
The appellant failed asylum seeker had been detained for three years pending deportation. She suffered a mental illness, and during her detention the medical advice that her condition could be coped with in the detention centre changed, recommending treatment in the community. She said that the Francis case was wrongly decided. Held: Her appeal failed. … Continue reading O, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 27 Apr 2016
The defendants appealed against convictions for documentation offences after having pleaded guilty. They were said to have used the ID of a deceased Euroean resident to obtain entry. It was acknowledged by the prosecutor that the wrong subsection had been used to base the charge. Held: The appeals succeeded in part. Some flaws were fundamental, … Continue reading Boateng v R: CACD 16 Mar 2016
Immigration — Limited leave to enter — Criminal proceedings — Information preferred more than three years after expiry of leave to remain — ‘Knowingly’ overstaying leave — Relevant date for ascertaining when time begins to run for bringing prosecution — Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), ss. 24 (1) (b) (i) (3), 28 (1) [1982] UKHL … Continue reading Grant v Borg: HL 22 Apr 1982
The respondent was arrested by a police officer who mistakenly believed that he was in unlawful possession of a car. He was taken to a police station for questioning but after he had been cleared of that suspicion the police officer told the respondent that he had reason to suspect that he was unlawfully resident … Continue reading Clarke, Regina v: HL 20 Jun 1985
Each of the four appellants is alleged to have steered a Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat (‘RHIB’) from France towards the United Kingdom, which was carrying migrants. There is no connection between them apart from the fact that they were all dealt with at the Canterbury Crown Court charged with an offence under the same provision. … Continue reading Bani v The Crown: CACD 21 Dec 2021
