Legal News

Permission to Work

It has been some time since we first revealed the Court of Appeal decision granting permission to work for those who have been waiting more then 12 months for a decision on a fresh claim. Since this time a lot of people have made applications but few of these have been successful.
We felt that it was about time we brought you an update on this matter.

We are in the process of bringing a Judicial Review action to the court arguing that it is unreasonable for them to refuse to decide permission to work applications as any delay is compounding the unfairness which already exists. This Judicial Review is still in its early stages but we will keep people updated with our progress.

There has also been confirmation that any permission to work application refused, where a person has a genuine entitlement, can be appealed successfully. A new High Court case has been decided and we hope to bring full details of this shortly.