JUSTICE

The Start-up route permits individuals with an endorsement issued before 13 April 2023 from a Home Office-approved endorsing body to establish and set up a business in the UK for the first time. This Practice Note outlines the eligibility requirements for making an application under the route, including the financial and English language requirements. It also looks at the suitability and validity requirements, period and conditions of permission, dependants, and switching to the Innovator route.

This Practice Note provides an overview of the principles which the courts have adopted on the effect of changes of law or policy on individual cases. It considers the presumption against the retrospective effect of legislation, the legal effects of changing or withdrawing a policy and the principle of legitimate expectation (including some examples in the immigration context).

This Practice Note will set out whether and when it is possible to lodge an immigration or asylum appeal and a judicial review claim against the same or a closely related decision. In order to answer this question, the distinct nature of the two jurisdictions is examined.There are a number of circumstances where a person may lodge a simultaneous appeal and judicial review, including:•challenging different aspects of the same Home Office decision, including an appeal to an individual Home Office decision alongside a judicial review of an underlying policy•where the judicial review is issued protectively pending clarification of appeal jurisdiction•an appeal against the principle decision and a judicial review of a separate but related Home Office decision, such as a refusal to suspend removal enforcement, or•where the judicial review is of an interlocutory or procedural decision, such as a refusal to consent to a new matter, in which case the judicial review challenge may be against

This Practice Note outlines the eligibility requirements for individuals applying to come to the UK under the Visitor immigration route, including those undertaking permitted paid engagements (PPE). It looks at the eligibility criteria, suitability and requirements, period and conditions of permission and any provisions for dependants.

This Practice Note outlines the prohibited and permitted activities for those applying to enter the UK under the visitor immigration route. It includes information on prohibited activities, which focus on certain types of work and self employment and also outlines the permitted activities of tourism and leisure, volunteering, training, study, medical treatment and permitted paid engagements.