Immigration Act 2016

A Bill To make provision about the law on immigration and asylum; to make provisionabout access to services, facilities, licences and work by reference to immigrationstatus; to make provision about the Director of Labour Market Enforcement; to makeprovision about language requirements for public sector workers; to make provisionabout fees for passports and civil registration; and for connected purposes.

• Publication: Immigration Act 2016 c.19
  Immigration Act 2016: Immigration Act 2016 c.19
• Sitting: 12/05/2016
  Immigration Act 2016: Not assigned Royal Assent
• Publication: Royal Assent (Hansard)
  Immigration Act 2016: Royal Assent (Hansard)
• Publication: Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings)
  Immigration Act 2016: Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings)

Family

Family

• Court must consider pregnant mother's wishes and feelings before permitting termination (Court of Appeal)
  In Re AB (Termination of pregnancy) [2019] EWCA Civ 1215, the Court of Appeal reversed a decision to permit the termination of a pregnancy because the decision did not sufficiently evaluate the expecting mother's wishes and feelings, as well as her beliefs and values.
• Lack of child's consent does not prevent complaints investigation (LGO)
  The Local Government Ombudsman found the local authority at fault, when it did not progress an investigation into a parent's complaint because the child had not given their consent to the investigation.
• Family news round-up to 11 July 2019
  News stories of interest to family lawyers for the week to 11 July 2019.