In May 2020, the Court of Appeal revisited the tension between the wish of a transgender person to have their legal gender recognised on their child’s birth certificate and the right of the child to discover the identity of their biological mother. Alfred McConnell is legally recognised as male, as confirmed by a Gender Recognition … Continue reading R (McConnell and YY) v Registrar General [2020] EWCA Civ 559
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Islam, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2939 (Admin)
It had not been accepted that the Claimant was the nephew of an EEA national and therefore acknowledged that he was a "family member" for the purposes of Section 92(4)(b) of the 2002 Act. The Claimant is not a "family member" unless and until he satisfied all of the conditions in Regs 7(3) and 8 … Continue reading Islam, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2939 (Admin)
Levakovic v. Denmark (App no. 7841/14)
This case concerned a decision to expel the applicant to Croatia, with which he had no ties apart from nationality, after he was tried and convicted for crimes committed in Denmark, where he had lived most of his life. In its Chamber judgment in the case the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that … Continue reading Levakovic v. Denmark (App no. 7841/14)
Tikka v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018]
In this appeal the Appellant's leave was curtailed under paragraphs 322(5) and (5A) and 323(i) of the Immigration Rules whilst trying to remain in the UK as a spouse of a person present and settled in the UK. Paragraph 322(1C) concerns particularly serious offences into which the Appellant's offence did not fall, however, the Secretary … Continue reading Tikka v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018]
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