On 21 April 2020, the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in the case of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants - the so-called “right to rent” case. The Court unanimously agreed that the UK Government’s appeal against the High Court decision of 1 March 2019 should be upheld. As is now well known, the main question in the case is whether sections 20-37 of the Immigration Act 2014 (the “right to rent” provisions, referred

“[t]hose aboard the Windrush...felt they were answering a call from the ‘motherland’ to help her in her time of need after World War Two. They volunteered and left their homes behind to perform their duty with a sense of optimism and excitement” (Williams’ Review 2020, p. 31). Chief among the many lessons that the UK government needs to learn from the Windrush: Lessons Learned Review (Williams’ Review 2020) is how to appropriately treat individuals who provide the labour nee

The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 25 March (s. 87). For the next two years at least, it is likely to represent the UK Government’s main legal response to the coronavirus outbreak (s. 89(1) and s. 90). Like all legislative texts, the Coronavirus Act does not simply confer powers on some and impose obligations on others; it also constructs a narrative about why the society on which it will operate is in need of further ordering. Such narratives often highlight the