17th Jul 2025
The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has allowed an appeal against deportation brought by an appellant who had been convicted of serious drug offences committed as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking and enforced criminality. The case demonstrates the importance of contextualising criminal offending with expert evidence, and weight that confirmed […]
14th Jul 2025
The Georgian Bar Association warmly welcomed Anthony Metzer KC, David Giles, and Sarah Memmi in Tbilisi, Georgia at the English Law Forum, arranged by LexLaw Solicitors, London, to discuss judicial independence, jurisdictional and enforcement issues arising out of arbitration and well as money-laundering, fraud and corruption. The event, hosted by the Georgian Bar Association at […]
4th Jul 2025
Re C (A Child) (Appeal: Fact-finding: Domestic Abuse) [2025] EWHC 1648 (Fam) In this appeal judgment, the central issue was whether the trial judge had mischaracterised findings of fact regarding the father’s abusive behaviour toward the mother, particularly in the context of domestic abuse definitions under PD12J and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 [72, 84]. The mother […]
4th Jul 2025
Brenda Efurhievwe secured an urgent, out of hours stay on the imminent removal of her vulnerable client last Saturday. The Secretary of State for the Home Department was restrained from removing the client from the United Kingdom, pending further order. The urgent interim injunction enabled the client to issue an application for permission to judicially […]
