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Brenda Efurhievwe has been acting for Jen and Jamie Limited in the company’s Civil Penalty Notice (“CPN”) appeal. The reported decision in Jen and Jamie Ltd v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCC 41, [2025] 7 WLUK 288 can be accessed here. Brenda represented the company in its County Court appeal against […]
The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has allowed an appeal against deportation brought by an appellant who had been convicted of serious drug offences committed as a direct result of being a victim of trafficking and enforced criminality. The case demonstrates the importance of contextualising criminal offending with expert evidence, and weight that confirmed […]
The Georgian Bar Association warmly welcomed Anthony Metzer KC, David Giles, and Sarah Memmi in Tbilisi, Georgia at the English Law Forum, arranged by LexLaw Solicitors, London, to discuss judicial independence, jurisdictional and enforcement issues arising out of arbitration and well as money-laundering, fraud and corruption. The event, hosted by the Georgian Bar Association at […]
Re C (A Child) (Appeal: Fact-finding: Domestic Abuse) [2025] EWHC 1648 (Fam) In this appeal judgment, the central issue was whether the trial judge had mischaracterised findings of fact regarding the father’s abusive behaviour toward the mother, particularly in the context of domestic abuse definitions under PD12J and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 [72, 84]. The mother […]
Brenda Efurhievwe secured an urgent, out of hours stay on the imminent removal of her vulnerable client last Saturday. The Secretary of State for the Home Department was restrained from removing the client from the United Kingdom, pending further order. The urgent interim injunction enabled the client to issue an application for permission to judicially […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Katherine Soroya provides updated guidance on procedure in the First-tier Tribunal (IAC) for Lexis Nexis. The guidance can be read here.
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 […]
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