Detention of families with children ruled unlawful The High Court ruled on 11 January 2011 that the detention of three children with their mothers, whose applications for asylum had been rejected, was unlawful. The ruling entitled them to receive financial compensation. Reetha Suppiad and her two sons (age 2 and 11), and Sakinat Bello and […]
Month: January 2011
Law Commission Publishes Marital Property Agreements Consultation Tuesday 11 January 2011 In recent years there has been strong support for a change in the law calling for pre-nuptial agreements to be made legally binding. The Law Commission has today launched a consultation paper, asking for views on a range of potential options for reforming the law […]
Law Commission proposes ‘gold digger’ divorce law change? Tuesday 11th January 2011 The Law Commission has put forward a proposal that could end “gold-digging” divorces. One of Britain’s leading family lawyers, Baroness Deech, says that assets built up before a marriage should be excluded from divorce settlements. Baroness Deech, the chairwoman of the Bar Standards Board, […]
Immigration Arrest Teams Operational Guidance and Rules The UK Border Agency has teams of Immigration Officers (IO’s) who are trained to raid premises and arrest suspected immigration offenders as well as illegal immigrants. These Immigration Officers are at the forefront of the detection of immigration offences as well as enforcement. They have an integral role […]
Challenging or Appealing Consent Orders We are regularly asked whether a Consent Order (which is a court order that couples voluntarily agreed to) can be challenged. Clearly it’s a contradiction in terms – because you want to appeal an agreement, which you yourself signed up to in the first place! However; there can be many […]
