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Jamil Dhanji appointed as Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal

Chambers is delighted to announce that Jamil Dhanji, a senior practitioner in the Immigration and Public Law team, has been appointed as a Judge of the First-tier Tribunal and has been assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Jamil will be leaving the Bar and will start his new full-time appointment on 1st August 2024. You […]

Lawrence Youssefian secures permission to appeal in Court of Appeal

Lawrence Youssefian, a senior practitioner in Chambers’ Immigration and Public Law team, has obtained permission to appeal in the Court of Appeal. When granting permission, Asplin LJ observed that there was a realistic prospect of success to argue that the Upper Tribunal (IAC) had been wrong to refuse permission to apply for judicial review at […]

Sarah Pinder appointed as Judge of the Upper Tribunal

Chambers is delighted to announce that Sarah Pinder, a senior practitioner in the Immigration and Public Law team, has been appointed as a Judge of the Upper Tribunal and has been assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. She will be leaving the Bar and will start her new full-time appointment on 2nd September 2024. […]

Sara Anzani secures permission to apply for judicial review in accommodation claim

Sara Anzani, a senior practitioner in Chambers’ Immigration and Public Law team, has obtained permission from the High Court in a challenge to the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s delay in providing accommodation to her client, who has been granted support under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The delay […]

Samina Iqbal appointed as Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge

Goldsmith Chambers is delighted to announce that Samina Iqbal, a senior practitioner in the Immigration and Public Law team has been appointed as a Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber). Samina has been sitting as a Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal in the IAC since 2006, which she has also undertaken […]

New Joint-Heads of Immigration & Public Law

As of this month, the Joint-Heads of Chambers’ immigration and public law team, Samina Iqbal and Sarah Pinder, are making way for new leadership. We are delighted to announce that Krystelle Wass and Julian Norman are carrying the mantle forward and will continue to lead the team from strength to strength. Samina and Sarah jointly […]

Celebrating John Francis, Senior Clerk

On 18th May 2023, Chambers was delighted to celebrate our Senior Clerk, John Francis, and his 50 years clerking at the Bar. John has been clerking members of Goldsmith Chambers for 47 years and this year, completed 50 years as a clerk. John started clerking in August 1972 at 1 KBW, moving to 1 Dr […]

Samina Iqbal secures permission in age assessment claim

Joint-Head of the immigration and public law team, Samina Iqbal, has secured permission to apply in a judicial review claim in the High Court challenging a local authority’s age assessment of the Claimant following an oral renewal of the claim. The Statement of Facts and Grounds was initially drafted by Jeremy Frost, also a practitioner […]

International Women’s Day 2023

Chambers’ immigration and public law team celebrated International Women’s Day on 8th March 2023 and continued into the week. As part of this, the team showcased its female members’ achievements, together with some useful resources highlighting how crucial it is to integrate and be mindful of the woman’s perspective in our work. The first such […]

Emma Harris writes article for Counsel Magazine

Emma Harris, a senior practitioner in Chambers’ Civil and Immigration and Public Law practice teams, has written an article published by Counsel magazine. The article is titled ‘Parental leave planning for the self-employed’. Emma, who has recently started a period of parental leave, shares her experiences of trying to plan for the same. Not an […]

 

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