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By CJ McKinney on Dec 06, 2019 01:30 pm
 The secretive court that hears immigration and nationality cases with a national security element has hit out at lawyers for failing to follow its rules. A Special Immigration Appeals Commission practice note, published on 4 December, slams the work of immigration lawyers in national security cases as at times “unacceptable”. SIAC complains of a rise in the number of late and “improperly instituted” appeals, and warns that judges may start to demand more evidence that solicitors are actually acting in accordance with their clients’ wishes. Decisions to strip someone of their British citizenship or right to live in the UK will be certified as suitable for SIAC if the evidence against...
By John Vassiliou on Dec 06, 2019 11:05 am
 In a case that sent me googling the definition and pronunciation of Note Verbale (“a diplomatic communication prepared in the third person and unsigned: less formal than a note but more formal than an aide-mémoire”; pronounced nawt ver-bal), the Court of Appeal has issued a judgment that, at first blush, looks relevant to the highly publicised citizenship deprivation case of Shamima Begum. Secretary of State for the Home Department v E3 & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 2020 is a successful government appeal against a decision of the secretive Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The original SIAC case had arisen after the Secretary of State’s attempt to revoke the British citizenship of...
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