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Home Secretary Theresa May has accused judges of making the UK more dangerous by ignoring rules aimed at deporting more foreign criminals. Last year, MPs approved new guidance for judges making clear a criminal's right to a family life had limits. The guidance made clear the right to a family life - set out in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights - was only qualified. The change was designed to end a string of cases where it was used to justify granting foreign criminals... Read more »

In late March 2012 Gherson represented a citizen of Tanzania in a successful appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the entry clearance officer (ECO), Nairobi. The appellant was an elderly lady whose original appeal against the decision of the ECO to refuse her and her brother’s leave to enter as dependent relatives of their nephew (their brother’s son) was heard in the First-tier Tribunal (the ‘FTT’). Her brother’s appeal was allowed by the... Read more »

In January 2012 Gherson represented a citizen of the Russian Federation in a successful appeal to the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) against the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO), Moscow. The appellant had appealed against the decision of the ECO to refuse her a visa to visit the UK in February 2011. There had been a mandatory refusal by the ECO under paragraph 320(7A) of the Immigration Rules which applies where false representations have been made or material facts... Read more »