UK IMMIGRATION NEWS & UPDATES
UK Visas and Immigration – Activity on GOV.UK
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: workersList of organisations licensed to sponsor workers on the Worker and Temporary Worker immigration routes.
- Guidance: Register of licensed sponsors: studentsList of institutions licensed to sponsor migrant students under the Student and Child Student routes.
- Guidance: El Salvador: country policy and information notesGuidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
- Guidance: Failure to produce immigration document: caseworker guidanceImmigration staff guidance on the offence a person commits if they do not have a valid passport or travel document.
- Guidance: Eritrea: country policy and information notesGuidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
- Check if you can get an electronic travel authorisation (ETA)List of nationalities that can apply for an ETA.
- Guidance: UK visa requirements: list for carriersInformation for international carriers about visa requirements for passengers travelling to the UK.
- Guidance: Vietnam: tuberculosis test clinics for a UK visaWhere to get tested for tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam for your UK visa application.
- Guidance: Failure to provide required information and attend interview: caseworker guidanceImmigration staff guidance on whether to refuse an application where a person fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a requirement to provide information.
- Guidance: Additional grounds for cancellation of entry clearance: caseworker guidanceImmigration staff guidance on addressing cancelling leave in line with Section 5 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules.
COURT AND TRIBUNAL JUDICIARY JUDGEMENTS
Judgments Archive – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
- Places for People Pension Trustee Limited -v- Places for People Group Limited and others (privacy order)Claim number: PE-2025-000003 In the High Court of JusticeBusiness and Property Courts of England and WalesBusiness List (Chd)Pensions 11 December 2025 Before: Mr Justice Richards Between: Places for People Pension Trustee Limited(Claimant) -v- (1) Places for People Group Limited(2) Places for People Homes Limited(3) Susan Parkinson (as a member and the proposed representative beneficiary ofthe […]
- Rex -v- Sean Reay and othersCase number: 11WW0083925 In the Crown Court at Teesside 11 December 2025 Before: The Honourable Mr Justice Cotter Between: Rex -v- (1) Sean Reay(2) Kelvin Craig Lawson(3) Thomas Lee Sterling(4) Kevin Dorward(5) Keith Dorward(6) Michaela Hetherington Sentencing remarks The post Rex -v- Sean Reay and others appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- Sakeem Gordon -v- The KingNeutral citation number: [2025] EWCA Crim 1611 Case number: 202302678 B5202302729 B5 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION)ON APPEAL FROM THE CROWN COURT AT ST ALBANSHis Honour Richard FosterT20227033 T20227022 11 December 2025 Before : LORD JUSTICE EDIS,MR JUSTICE SAINIandHIS HONOUR JUDGE HIRST(Honorary Recorder of Lincoln, sitting as a judge of the Court of […]
- Re: E (A Child) (Complex Fact-Finding: Allegations of Domestic Abuse and Alienating Behaviours)This judgment was handed down remotely at 10am on 16 April 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail. The judgment is published by circulation to the National Archives at 10:30am on 5 December 2025, having awaited the judgment of the Court of Appeal in [2025] EWCA Civ 1563, published on 2 […]
- D (A Child) (Recusal)Neutral citation number: [2025] EWCA Civ 1570 Case numbers: CA-2025-001870CA-2025-002532FA-2025-000238 IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)ON APPEAL FROM THE FAMILY COURT AT MANCHESTERHH Judge Greensmith and District Judge HattonMA23P000980 and MA25P00009 9 December 2025 Before : LORD JUSTICE BAKERLORD JUSTICE COBBandLORD JUSTICE MILES _______ D (A CHILD) (RECUSAL) The post D (A Child) (Recusal) […]
- Sofian Majera -v- The Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentNeutral citation number: [2025] EWCA Civ 1597 Case number: CA-2024-001652 BCA-2024-001652 C IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)ON APPEAL FROM THE UPPER TRIBUNAL(IMMIGRATION & ASYLUM CHAMBER)Upper Tribunal Judge Jackson Upper Tribunal Judge MandaliaUI-2022-006280 9 December 2025 Before : LORD JUSTICE BEAN(Vice-President of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division)LADY JUSTICE KINGandLORD JUSTICE WARBY Between: […]
- R -v- Jan Jahanzeb and Israr NiazalCase number: 23S51088125 Warwick Crown Court 8 December 2025 Before: Her Honour Judge de Bertodano Between: R -v- Jan JahanzebandIsrar Niazal Sentencing remarks The post R -v- Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- Lawrence, Sussex and others -v- Associated NewspapersNeutral citation number: [2025] EWHC 3207 (KB) Case number: KB-2022-003316KB-2022-003317KB-2022-003318KB-2022-003340KB-2022-003357KB-2022-003404 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEKING’S BENCH DIVISIONMEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS LIST 9 December 2025 Before: The Honourable Mr Justice Nicklin andSenior Master Cook Between: (1) Baroness Lawrence of Clarendon OBE(2) Elizabeth Hurley(3) Sir Elton John CH CBE(4) David Furnish(5) Sir Simon Hughes(6) Prince Harry, The […]
- Lawrence, Sussex and others -v- Associated Newspapers (transmission direction order)Claim numbers: KB-2022-003316KB-2022-003317KB-2022-003318KB-2022-003340KB-2022-003357KB-2022-003404 In the High Court of JusticeKing’s Bench DivisionMedia and Communications List 8 December 2025 Before: The Honourable Mr Justice Nicklin Between: (1) BARONESS LAWRENCE OF CLARENDON OBE(Claim No. KB-2022-003316)(2) ELIZABETH HURLEY(Claim No. KB-2022-003317)(3) SIR ELTON JOHN CH CBE(4) DAVID FURNISH(Claim No. KB-2022-003318)(5) SIR SIMON HUGHES(Claim No. KB-2022-003340)(6) PRINCE HARRY, THE DUKE OF […]
- Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary)Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board(First respondent) and Dr Beth Upton(Second Respondent) The post Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
COURT AND TRIBUNAL JUDICIARY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Appointments & Retirements Archive – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
- Appointment of two new Area CoronersFind out who the new appointees are and when they start their roles The post Appointment of two new Area Coroners appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary.
- Mr Justice Constable appointed Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction CourtThe President of the King’s Bench Division has appointed Mr Justice Constable as Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court. This is a two-year appointment that runs from 11 January 2026 to 10 January 2028. The post Mr Justice Constable appointed Judge in Charge of the Technology and Construction Court appeared first on […]
- Circuit Bench Retirement: HardyHis Honour Judge Andrew Hardy retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 6 December 2025. Background information His Honour Judge Hardy was admitted as a Solicitor in 1989. He was appointed a Deputy District Judge in 2005 and a District Judge in 2010. He was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2018. The post Circuit […]
- Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Retirement: FlowerJudge Angela Moira Flower retires with effect from 3 December 2025. Background information Judge Flower was admitted as a Solicitor in 1995. She was appointed a Fee-Paid Immigration Judge of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in 2006 and a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) in 2008. She was […]
- Regional Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber (Social Security and Child Support) Retirement: DunnRegional Judge Helen McCree Dunn retires with effect from 1 December 2025. Background information Regional Judge Dunn was admitted as a Solicitor in 1980. She was appointed as a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1999 and a District Tribunal Judge (now known as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)) […]
- Senior Circuit Judge Retirement: ThomasHer Honour Judge Sybil Thomas retires as a Senior Circuit Judge with effect from 29 November 2025. Background information Her Honour Judge Thomas was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1976 and was elected as a Bencher in 2016. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1993, a Recorder in 1997 and a Circuit […]
- Circuit Bench Retirement: Greenberg KCHer Honour Judge Joanna Elishever Gabrielle Greenberg KC retires as a Circuit Judge with effect from 29 November 2025. Background information Her Honour Judge Greenberg KC was called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) in 1972, took Silk in 1994 and was elected a Bencher in 2002. She was appointed an Assistant Recorder in 1992 and […]
- Circuit Judge Appointment: FelsteadThe King has appointed Christopher Felstead to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the Wales Circuit, based at Cardiff […]
- Appointment of Resident Judge at Basildon Crown CourtThe Lady Chief Justice is pleased to announce that, following an Expressions of Interest exercise, HHJ Samantha Cohen has been appointed as Resident Judge at Basildon Crown Court for a period of four years commencing from 15 December 2025. The Lady Chief Justice wishes HHJ Samantha Cohen well in her new role. The post Appointment […]
- Circuit Judge Appointment: FranklinThe King has appointed Edward Franklin to be a Circuit Judge on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, the Right Honourable David Lammy MP, and the Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the South Eastern Circuit, based at […]