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Samina Iqbal and Kezia Tobin present Lexis Nexis webinar

Samina Iqbal and Kezia Tobin present the latest developments in immigration law in a new LexisNexis webinar released on Wednesday 1st May. In the hour long update, Samina and Kezia discuss the Supreme Court cases of KV (Sri Lanka) v SSHD [2019] UKSC 10 on scarring in asylum appeals, and KO (Nigeria) v SSHD [2018] UKSC 53 on […]

Chambers’ immigration team respond to Law Commission consultation

Following the Law Commission reviewing the Immigration Rules and launching a consultation on their simplification, the immigration team in chambers has submitted the following entry: Introduction Goldsmith Chambers is a leading multidisciplinary Barristers’ chambers based in Temple, London. The immigration team, ranked in band 4 by the Legal 500, is comprised of over 35 practitioners […]

Dr Charlotte Proudman invited as Visiting Scholar at Berkeley Law School to present research on FGM

Dr Charlotte Proudman was invited as a Visiting Scholar by Professor David Oppenheimer organiser of the Berkeley Comparative Equality & Anti-discrimination Law Study Group to spend time at Berkeley Law School, the University of California. Charlotte is currently a Junior Research Fellow at Queens’ College, Cambridge where she researches Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) law and […]

Chambers launches new extradition team

Chambers is excited to announce that it is launching a new extradition law team. You can access the new practice area page here with details of all of our new team members. Extradition is the legal process through which individuals facing criminal prosecution overseas are requested to be delivered by the United Kingdom to foreign authorities. Extradition […]

CPS Crime Panel

Many congratulations to Grace Ong who is now a Level 4 Advocate on the General Crime Panel; as well as being a Level 4 Advocate on the Serious Crime Group Panel.

Dr Anton van Dellen represent shipping ex-billionaire

Dr Anton van Dellen represented Mr Nobu Su in the Commercial Court.  Mr Su is a shipping ex-billionaire who was accused of dissipating 27million euros in breach of a freezing order and attempting to flee the jurisdiction in breach of a passport impounding order.  Anton was led by Marion Smith QC.  The case was extensively […]

International Family Law Conference 2019

Goldsmith Chambers was invited to speak at the International Family Law Conference 2019 on 21st March 2019, sponsored by the International Family Law Group LLP and Anthony Gold Solicitors. Kezia Tobin of Chambers’ immigration team delivered a training session on family immigration applications, looking at how those engaged in family law proceedings may be able […]

Head of Chambers invited to speak at New York Law School

Anthony Metzer QC, Head of Chambers, was invited to speak by the New York Law School, as part of their Master Class series, and the Institute for Global Law, Justice and Policy. Anthony delivered his lecture “Cybercrime, Privacy and Sexual Exploitation” and answered questions from students and academics. The talk was chaired by Ruti G. […]

Jane Heybroek interviewed by Radio 4’s Law in Action

Jane Heybroek of Chambers’ immigration team was interviewed by Joshua Rozenberg of the BBC. The interview formed part of the BBC Radio 4 programme Law in Action aired on Thursday 21st March 2019. Last week’s edition featured behind the scenes of an immigration tribunal, Taylor House, in central London. Joshua Rozenberg met applicants who want […]

 

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