“12. To give you the opportunity to explain the above before we begin the revocation action, we are allowing you 20 working days to make representations, including submitting evidence, in response to the issues raised in this letter. If you fail to make representations or to adequately addressthe issues within this time, your licence will be revoked and you will no longer be able to sponsor employees.”
“You have now been given a third opportunity to address all our concerns. You have submitted no additional evidence to demonstrate [the Claimant] has addressed all the issues identified in our letter of 16 June, therefore the issues contained in this letter and the decision still apply.”
"It is essential that in exercising the very important jurisdiction to grant judicial review, the court should not intervene just because the reasons given, if strictly construed, may disclose an error of law. The jurisdiction to quash a decision only exists when there has in fact been an error of law. Moreover, the court should not approach decisions and reasons given by committees of laymen expecting the same accuracy in the use of language which a lawyer might be expected to adopt."
“15.2 You must give us when asked any documents relating to your sponsored migrants that we consider relevant. We might for example ask for details of your recruitment practices so that we can make sure that a resident labour market test was conducted correctly. 16.1 To comply with your duties, you must keep certain documents for each sponsored migrant. Appendix D lists these documents and says how long you must keep them. The documents can be kept in paper or electronic form. If kept electronically, you must make sure that all the relevant parts of the document are visible as described in Appendix D. 16.2 There is no prescribed method for storing the documents, but they must be available to us on request. If you fail to keep any documents specified in Appendix D and/or fail to give us any documents when we ask for them, we will take action against you.”
“[W]e may revoke your licence if:… (g) You fail to comply with any or all of your sponsor duties. (j) As a result of information available to our compliance officers, we are not satisfied that you are using processes or procedures necessary to fully comply with your sponsor duties.” (g) You fail to comply with any or all of your sponsor duties. (j) As a result of information available to our compliance officers, we are not satisfied that you are using processes or procedures necessary to fully comply with your sponsor duties.”
“It must be understood that the grant of [sponsor] status is a fragile gift, constant vigilance about compliance is a minimum standard required for such sponsors. The burden of playing an active role in the support of immigration control is a heavy one. The SSHD is entitled to review purported compliance with a cynical level of supervision.”