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  • The PM’s “foreign fighters” plan: probably lawful

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2014

    Chris Fleming | Creative CommonsOvernight in Australia,

    Tags: government, human rights, immigration, international, terrorism
  • Grieve: Counter-terrorism measures “probably getting to the right place”

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2014

    The former Attorney General Dominic Grieve appeared on Radio 4’s World at One Today to discuss the government’s new plan to “regulate” the return to the UK of those who, for instance, have gone to Syria […]

    Tags: Dominic Grieve, government, immigration, international, terrorism
  • Abu Qatada: a victory for pragmatism and the rule of law

    Carl Gardner
    July 8, 2013

    Photo: Home Office
    Photo: Home Office

    Only a matter of weeks ago, politicians were seriously discussing the possibility that the UK might need to withdraw from the […]

    Tags: attorney general, government, human rights, immigration, terrorism
  • Charon QC podcast: Abu Qatada

    Carl Gardner
    November 13, 2012

    I spoke to Charon QC earlier today, for the seventh report of his Law Tour. Unsurprisingly we spoke about Abu Qatada, the big legal story of the week and something that’s been on my mind since his […]

    Tags: human rights, immigration, podcasts, terrorism
  • The Tory legal bits

    Carl Gardner
    April 14, 2010

    Following my post on the “legal bits” of the Labour manifesto, here’s my analysis of the most important Conservative proposals of particular legal interest. I warn you: this is a long one, and needs sub-headings.

    Constitutional law

    On the constitution, the Tories […]

    Tags: crime, discrimination, education, employment, europe, government, house of lords, human rights, immigration, legislation, lisbon treaty
  • Unfair dismissal at Campsfield

    Carl Gardner
    August 13, 2009

    Having written about asylum detention yesterday, an interesting Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment caught my eye today. Father Seraphim Vänttinen-Newton, a Russian Orthodox priest, has won his appeal for unfair dismissal against GEO Group, the private firm that runs Campsfield House Immigration Detention Centre (or "removal centre", as the UK Borders Agency website calls it).

    Tags: asylum, detention, employment, freedom of expression, immigration, religion
  • The asylum detention problem

    Carl Gardner
    August 12, 2009

    It's frustrating and dispiriting to read the judgment in R (Rostami) v Home Secretary. And I think difficult to work out what you think about the problem of asylum detention generally.

    Tags: asylum, detention, health, human rights, immigration
  • Limbu and others v Home Secretary

    Carl Gardner
    October 1, 2008

    I’m speaking on a course this morning, so don’t have time to properly comment on yesterday’s judgment by Blake J. in favour of retired Gurkha servicemen wanting to settle in the UK. I thought you’d want to see […]

    Tags: armed forces, immigration
  • Hello, Hello… good to be back?

    Carl Gardner
    August 20, 2008

    Gary Glitter is I expect on his way back to Britain having served time for child sex offences in Vietnam. Some commenters at the Sun’s website have expressed the view that disgraced Glitter, as he’s now known, shouldn’t […]

    Tags: children, crime, immigration
  • Lords judgment: R (Baiai) v Home Secretary

    Carl Gardner
    July 31, 2008

    The other interesting judgment from the Lords in what Joshua Rozenberg thinks must have been a record output yesterday was in R (Baiai) v Home Secretary. This case is about section 19 of the Asylum […]

    Tags: house of lords, human rights, immigration, judicial review, marriage
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