Matthew Evans

Solicitor, The AIRE Centre

Matthew Evans is Director of the AIRE Centre whose mission is to promote awareness of European law rights and assist individuals and those in vulnerable circumstances to assert those rights. Prior to joining the AIRE Centre, he was Managing Solicitor at the Prisoners Advice Service for 6 years.

Matthew studied law and holds Masters degrees from the London School of Economics (where he was awarded the Delia Ashworth prize), and Southampton University. He completed a postgraduate qualification in Voluntary Sector Management from the CASS Business School.

Following training at Alexander and Partners in Harlesden London, Matthew qualified as a Solicitor in 1995. He has since worked at a number of legal aid firms including TV Edwards, Hickman and Rose and Hodge Jones and Allen.

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Abuse of rights in EU free movement law—the UK’s concerns and responses [Archived]

Practice notes

This Practice Note looks at the principle of abuse of rights in EU free movement law, in situations other than alleged ‘marriages of convenience’. It examines briefly the rights that migrants enjoy and at what moment member states can question who is admitted to their territory in the context of possible abuses of these rights (including whether measures can be taken on the basis of alleged systematic abuse). It also looks at the legislative responses by the UK government to perceived abuse of rights (including provisions in relation to Surinder Singh cases and the verification of a right to reside). The Practice Note does not cover the separate but related issue of fraud.

Immigration