This week’s office talk was given by Rob Lyon about the Court of Appeal case of UG (Nepal), NT and RM (Nepal) and YP (Nepal) v Entry Clearance Officer.

The appeal followed the decisions of the Immigration First Tier and Upper Tribunals in three separate cases, each dealing with the refusal of entry clearance applications to the UK of adult dependants of Gurkhas granted indefinite leave to remain under the HM Forces rule and, by extension, other Commonwealth service personnel.

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The Mulberry Finch blog is not immune to the trappings of seasonal festivities and shall now be indulging in a little respite until the New Year. If one could digitalise chocolate, the blog would be feasting heartily upon it.

Wherever you may be, dear reader, or whatever your mode of celebration (or non-celebration), we thank you for your continued visits to these pages. We look forward to a new year of keeping you well and truly within the legal loop, and wish you all the best for the coming year.

A recent decision of the Immigration and Asylum (Upper Tribunal) gives hope to points based system (PBS) migrants seeking further leave to remain in the UK on the basis of an established private life in the UK where they are unable to satisfy the Immigration Rules.

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