@aliromah
Barrister One Pump Court Chambers. Frome. London. Trustee of Kalayaan. Tweeting personal views on rule of law, nationality, immigration, asylum, Court of Protection, passion & whimsy. Views my own. Unafraid.
Mrs Justice Stacey DBE pulls no punches when describing the injustices the Chagosians have suffered but rules that the challenge in R (Pompe) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Affairs [2026] EWHC 529 (Admin) (10 March 2026) is unarguable www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
Adult safeguarding, Dame Louise Casey and gaps in the law
Dame Louise Casey, leading an independent commission into adult social care, has recently (3 March) written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, asking for immediate action on safeguarding, dementia and motor neurone…
V useful thread on Mahmood’s current changes to asylum support and refugee status (NB more to come, it seems)
Fascinating programme of Bach and Byrd by The Sixteen @wigmore-hall.org.uk An education.
Virtuoso performances @wigmore-hall.org.uk . Uplifting is indeed the word.
It was not clever of @gwr.com to delete all pre-existing bookings from the app when it upgraded its booking service this month, but hats on to staff on its helpline for their time and patience in retrieving bookings & reissuing tickets where I was unable to do so.
Thread on the amicus briefs focusing on #statelessness in the litigation before SCOTUS against the attack on birthright citizenship
Rachel Francis and Catherine Robinson’s practical guide on immigration law for family practitioners will be published in the February issue of Family Law.
Read the synopsis here: www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_com...
Family judges should not normally grant permission for expert evidence to be given in children proceedings by an expert ‘psychologist’ who is neither registered not chartered, the president of the High Court family division ruled in a judgment on Friday.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/a-busy-few...
We are hiring - Communications Officer!
Use your communication experience to build the migration justice movement’s defiance and strength at a pivotal moment.
Visit our webpage for more information about the role. Applications deadline: Monday 23rd March.
righttoremain.org.uk/job-vacancy-...
Exciting concert @wigmore-hall.org.uk
Includes discussion of COL v The United Arab Emirates, in which the High Court awarded more than £145,000 to a domestic worker the Philippines in a London diplomatic household who was found to have been the victim of 'modern' slavery.
Round-up of #citizenshipbyinvestment in Africa (and globallay) @techcabal.bsky.social
techcabal.com/2026/02/14/m...
On advance access: "Air Travel, Statelessness, and the Rights Claims of Ugandan Asians, c.1973"
by @riakapoor.bsky.social (@qmul.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Fascinating trial of AI legal bots by seeing how they deal with a concrete scenario (four out of five got the wrong answer and the fifth subsequently got the wrong answer when one element of the question was varied). Knowing the answer was wrong depended on knowing the right answer.
39 Essex Chambers February 2026 Mental Capacity Reports
The February 2026 Mental Capacity Reports are now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: two tributes following recent deaths of MCA champions, and best interests in the balance; (2)…
Huge congratulations to @biicl.bsky.social and to Sonya Sceats, who has done a wonderful job @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social
Overall, the developments in Hungary we document in our 2025 Rule of Law Report submission show a continued and serious disregard for EU values, EU law, and CJEU judgments. Read the full report: helsinki.hu/en/hungarian...
Advance decisions to refuse treatment – updated guidance note
I have updated my guidance note on advance decisions to refuse treatment under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to take account of cases since 2020. My shedinar on advance decision-making more broadly (and the related but entirely…
Well, some personal news
Congratulations! Great news.
Professor James Hathaway author of "The Rights of Refugees" and, with Michelle Foster, "The Law of Refugee Status" is made an honorary KC
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Hungary 12 April elections - @odihr.pl recommends an Election Observation Mission:
core team of analysts
+ request the secondment by OSCE States of 18 long-term observers
+ 200 short-term observers to follow
election day proceedings
+ media monitoring
odihr.osce.org/sites/defaul...
São Tomé #citizenshipbyinvestment programme launched last year: Russians 1st with 22 applications; Chinese 2nd with 17, while Germans (?!) 3rd with 15
www.imidaily.com/intelligence...
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
Sir Nicholas Mostyn's obituary of Sir James Munby for the Financial Remedies Journal,
Sir James Munby, former president of the High Court family division, died on New Year’s Day. He was 77.
“That he chose to spend the greater part of his career in family law was of great and long-lasting benefit," his successor Sir Andrew McFarlane said.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/sir-james-...
"The emphasis must be on sensible risk appraisal, not striving to avoid all risk, whatever the price, [ ] – in particular to achieve the vital good of the elderly or vulnerable person's happiness. What good is it making someone safer if it merely makes them miserable" Vale Sir James Munby.
The US is pulling out of the International Law Commission, the single most important UN organ (after the International Court of Justice) dealing with, well, international law (by the way, an Austrian and my former boss August Reinisch is a member)
