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Judicial Appointments – January 2023

Chambers is delighted to announce that three further members of Chambers have been appointed as fee-paid (part-time) members of the judiciary: Sangeetha Iengar has been appointed as a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal, assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Emma Harris has been appointed as a Fee-Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Health, Education […]

Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2023

Chambers is delighted to announce that three of our members have been short-listed for the prestigious Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2023. Our heartiest congratulations go to: Bronwen Jones, shortlisted for Returner of the Year. Bronwen is a senior practitioner in Chambers’ family and immigration & public law teams. You can find out more […]

Immigration and Public Law Team Festive Newsletter

At the end of another challenging year, we pause to reflect on all we have managed to achieve together and take this opportunity to thank all our staff, collaborators and friends, who remain an integral part of our team.  We also welcome our new Junior clerk, Sanchia (replacing Jordan).  Our work as a multi-disciplinary set […]

Immigration and Public Law Casebook for 2020-2021

We are pleased to upload our long-awaited Casebook covering some of the important cases from 2020-2021.  The immigration and public law team had been delayed in editing this but we hope that you will agree, the Casebook sets out some comprehensive summaries and updates, which remain very useful to date. You can download a full […]

Permission granted in Afghan Judicial Review case

Sarah Pinder, together with her instructing solicitors – Jamie Bell and Isolde Hill of Duncan Lewis Solicitors – have secured permission to apply for judicial review seeking to challenge a 14-month delay in the consideration, by the Ministry of Defence, of the Claimant’s application for relocation to the UK under the Afghanistan Relocation and Assistance […]

Judicial Appointment

We are very delighted to announce that Sarah Pinder has been appointed as a Deputy District Judge on the Midlands Circuit within the Civil and Family Jurisdictions. Sarah, who is the Joint-Head of the immigration and public law team, will continue her practice in these areas of law. Sarah was also appointed as a First-tier […]

Chambers’ immigration team & Chambers and Partners 2023

We are delighted to share that Chambers’ immigration team has been recommended for the first time in the 2023 edition of Chambers & Partners. You can access the team’s profile here and read the preview immediately below. We are also pleased to celebrate three of our senior members of the team – Anthony Metzer KC, […]

House of Lords Select Committee

The Joint-Heads of Chambers’ immigration and public law team, Samina Iqbal and Sarah Pinder, were invited to give evidence to the House of Lords’ Justice and Home Affairs Select Committee as part of the Committee’s inquiry on family migration. The meeting took place on 18th October 2022 at 10am. You can access a recording of […]

Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards 2022

Chambers is delighted to announce that two members of Chambers have been shortlisted in the Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards 2022. Senior family practitioner, Julie Okine, has been shortlisted for the John Collins Pro Bono Excellence Award. Julie has been committed to consistently providing her time to pro bono work since 2006 alongside her busy […]

AstenJ Immigration Law Update Conference

Members of Goldsmith’s immigration and public law team were delighted to participate and collaborate with AstenJ Professional Training‘s Autumn 2022 Immigration Law Update Conference on 11th October 2022. The Joint-Heads of team, Samina Iqbal and Sarah Pinder, spoke on Sponsorship Licences and EU Settlement Scheme Updates respectively. Specialist immigration and family practitioner, Jamila Hassan, presented […]

 

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