Immigration Law and Practice, 4th Edition

David Jackson, George Warr, Julia Onslow-Cole and Joseph Middleton

Reverting to hardback format, the fourth edition of this clear and practical book has been thoroughly updated by a team of specialist practitioners. It deals comprehensively with immigration law procedure and practice, covering European and human rights law, deportation, asylum and onward appeals.

Important new content
In this continually evolving area of law, this new edition takes into account all recent major legislation changes and developments, relevant case law and policies since the last edition, including:

• The introduction of an Australian style “points based” system
• The Refugee or Person in Need of International Protection (Qualification) Regulations 2006
• The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
• An important amendment to the power of the Tribunal to award legal aid costs
• The UK Borders Act 2007
• The Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008
• The proposals for incorporating the Tribunal into the new Tribunal structure set up by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
• Qualification directive – points based system – Beoku-Betts (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 39 – Chikwamba (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 40 – (N [2005] UKHL 31; N v United Kingdom [2008] ECHR 453)

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