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20th Jun 2025
In the first trial, Charlotte secured a rape conviction where the complainant was a vulnerable 14 year old girl. The issue in the case was one of consent. Charlotte cross-examined forensically and meticulously the defendant, leading to key admissions that supported the Crown’s case. In the second trial, Charlotte secured a conviction for assault by penetration. In […]
12th Jun 2025
It is with deep sadness that Chambers announces the death, following a short illness, of Soraya Pascoe, a beloved colleague and much-loved member of the Family, Immigration, Civil and Animal Welfare teams. Soraya studied Law at Essex University, and was called to the Bar in 1999, following an earlier career in the music industry. She […]
9th Jun 2025
Brenda Efurhievwe’s bisexual client succeeded in his error of law appeal to the Upper Tribunal. The unreported decision in MA v Secretary of State for the Home Department UI-2025-000713 can be accessed here. The client, a young bisexual Pakistani man initially had his asylum claim refused on the basis of credibility. In the subsequent asylum […]
23rd May 2025
Katherine Soroya provides updated guidance on procedure in the First-tier Tribunal (IAC) for Lexis Nexis. The guidance can be read here.
7th May 2025
Brenda Efurhievwe’s vulnerable client had his Deportation Appeal allowed on human rights grounds. The elderly appellant had spent the majority of his life in the UK and had not visited his country of origin since arriving in the UK as a teenager. Despite his lawful residence in the UK for several decades, the client’s Indefinite […]
24th Apr 2025
In an article for Free Movement, available here, Niamh Fegan summarises the key changes within the new Iran Country policy and information note on social media surveillance and sur place activities. She discusses how the changes might impact the Home Office’s assessment of certain asylum claims. The article can be read here.
24th Apr 2025
Brenda Efurhievwe, a member of Chambers’ Immigration and Public Law team, is due to deliver a webinar for Free Movement on 21 May 2025. The webinar will consider the challenges faced by Afghans in accessing the available resettlement pathways and in succeeding in their in-country asylum claims. It aims to give practical legal knowledge for […]
23rd Apr 2025
[2025] EWHC 945 Dr Charlotte Proudman represented a mother, a victim of rape, abuse, and coercive and controlling behaviour, in an application to the Court of Appeal to bar a staying order with overnight contact between her young daughter and the rapist father. The mother and father began a ‘sexual relationship’ when she was 15 […]
10th Apr 2025
Katherine Soroya has written for Free Movement providing updated guidance on the further submissions process in immigration cases. The article considers common problems and how to tackle them, explores the findings of a recent UNHCR report and covers the relevant legal tests in these applications.
3rd Apr 2025
This precedent-setting judgment granted Ms M, a survivor of rape and abuse, permission to publish media articles and speak at events about her experiences of the family justice system and domestic abuse, provided she used an alias to protect the anonymity of her child, C. The judgment emphasised the weight and importance of Ms M’s rights under […]
