Immigration

1 Mitre Court Buildings has a longstanding commitment to the rights of individuals seeking asylum, entry and settlement in the United Kingdom. From initial application through to appellate litigation, our team of dedicated immigration practitioners provides a high quality comprehensive service of advice, drafting and representation to all persons affected by immigration and nationality law.

Members of the immigration team have particular expertise across the following fields of immigration law:

  • Tier 1 - Highly skilled individuals, Investor, Entrepreneur, Post Study Work
  • Tier 2 - Sponsorship Licence, Certificate of Sponsorship, Ministers of Religion, Sports People
  • Tier 3 - Low skilled
  • Tier 4 - Students
  • Tier 5 - Youth Mobility Scheme, Temporary Workers, Charity Workers, Creative Workers
  • Domestic Workers
  • EC residence permit/document
  • EEA Family permit
  • Indefinite leave to remain based on marriage, residency and long residency concessions
  • Naturalisation and Registrations as a British citizen
  • Spouses, children, same sex partners and unmarried partners
  • UK ancestry
  • Visitor - all categories
  • Worker Registration
  • Deportation
  • Detention, bail and habeas corpus
  • Asylum
  • Administrative Review
  • Appeals and Advocacy
  • Assistance against removal proceedings
  • Exceptional/Discretionary leave to remain
  • Human Rights applications

All members of the immigration team regularly appear before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal. Individual practitioners also have experience of litigation before the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights.

Members' recent reported cases

  • ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4 (Best interests of the child must be primary consideration in immigration decision making)
  • MA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 953 (CA) (failure of Immigration Judge to consider the House of Lords decision in Chikwamba)
  • GOO & Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 747 (CA) (meaning of "satisfactory progress" in rule 60 (v) of the Immigration Rules HC395
  • Qaderi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA 1033 (Admin) (judicial review of unlawful detention)
  • FP (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 13 (vires of rule 19 of 2005 Procedure Rules/whether asylum applicant liable for solicitor error)
  • AL (Serbia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1619 (compatibility of family amnesty policy with Article 14 ECHR)
  • Cabo Verde v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1726 (admissibility of post-decision evidence)
  • KK IH HE (Palestinians – Lebanon – camps) Palestine CG [2004] UKIAT 00293
  • AH (Kurd-PKK-Risks in KDP area) Iraq [2004] UKIAT 00318
  • SA (GBTS Records) Turkey [2004] UKIAT 00229
  • DC (Non-traditional evangelical Group) Georgia [2004] UKIAT 00320
  • FM (IFA - Mixed Marriage - Albanian - Ashkaelian) Kosovo CG [2004] UKIAT 00081
  • MM (Article 3-Article 8-IFA) Algeria CG [2002] UKIAT 01327
  • Raheem v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] EWHC 601 (Admin): (extension of time limits for appealing to the AIT)

Team members are able to draw upon the knowledge and experience of non-immigration practitioners in Chambers in cases bridging immigration and other fields of law. These include social security, housing, mental health, crime, employment, education, children, extradition and prisoners' rights.

The immigration team is always happy to be approached in order to provide in-house training.