Asylum & Immigration

Articles

Restoring control over the immigration system: the government’s White Paper

Liz Barratt, Partner and Head of the Immigration Team at Bindmans, dissects the government’s White Paper on immigration

Raising the bar: what the UK’s new English language rules mean for migrants

Ashley Stothard assesses the likely impact of the new English language requirements for migrants

Will legal aid, as with so many other public services, simply be co-opted into a system of managed decline?

Daniel Newman, Professor in Law at Cardiff University, Emma Cooke, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent, and Jess Mant, a Senior Research Fellow...

Civil legal aid reform: restoring access to justice or running out of time?

Sonia Kalsi, an Associate Professor (Teaching) at the Faculty of Laws at University College London and Deputy Director (Teaching & Learning) of the Faculty’s Centre...

Mind the language gap: are friends and family the best interpreters?

Matt Taylor, CEO at language services provider Dals, says there are good reasons most NHS trusts advise against the use of friends and family as...

Legal aid: the need to re-grow from the desert

Dr Jo Wilding, a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, discusses the legal aid crisis in the UK and possible solutions to...

Why are there still no safe routes to the UK for Gazan civilians trying to join their families here?

Liz Barratt, a Partner, and solicitors Elisabeth Attwood and Jenni Whitaker, from Bindmans LLP, share their thoughts on the government’s inaction in response to the...

The Safety of Rwanda Act: an act of cruelty

Liz Barratt from Bindmans shares her thoughts on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act and its implications