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Launch of the Goldsmith Chambers’ Civil Watch Programme

Goldsmith Chambers’ Civil Team is proud to announce the launch of the Civil Watch series.   Each month, the Civil Team will release a collection of practice notes, blog posts, webinars and/or case notes from our members on a range of Civil Litigation topics.   In the first collection of the Civil Watch series, David […]

Spring 2021 Webinar Series – Immigration and Public Law Team

Chambers is delighted to announce the immigration and public law team’s forthcoming Webinar Series to take place over the whole months of February and March 2021. The full list of webinars appears below and you can access bookings for each event on our Eventbrite page here. We will be covering Brexit, new immigration routes, mental […]

Cryptocurrency Challenges

Goldsmith Chambers was delighted to have facilitated a major international webinar  on Cryptocurrency challenges. The event  was chaired  by Paul Mylvaganam with Anthony Metzer QC as one of the speakers. Paul has been working abroad for a number of years as a consultant on projects for the  UK Foreign Office and Chambers were delighted that he was able to facilitate this event. The Goldsmiths’s […]

Understanding the plight of Afghan Refugees – 26th January 2021 at 2pm

Jane Heybroek, a senior practitioner in Chambers’ immigration and public law team is delighted to have been invited to participate in this Round Table event alongside some excellent panellists including the Shadow Minister for Immigration, Holly Lynch, MP for Halifax. Jane has been practising in immigration law since 2005. She has a particular interest in […]

‘A Practical Guide to Claims for Unlawful Detention and False Imprisonment in Immigration and Asylum Cases’

OUT NOW: ‘A Practical Guide to Claims for Unlawful Detention and False Imprisonment in Immigration and Asylum Cases’ by Samina Iqbal, joint-head of the immigration and public law team. Samina is a senior public law and immigration practitioner with over 20 years’ experience, and a growing specialism in challenges to unlawful detention, crossing over with claims […]

Joint immigration and employment law webinar

On 27th January 2021 at 12pm, Sanaz Saifolahi, a senior practitioner within Chambers’ immigration and public Law team, will join Sharpe Pritchard Solicitors & Parliamentary Agents to present a webinar on the immigration implications after the UK exited the EU on 31st December 2020. Julie Bann, employment partner at Sharpe Pritchard will also discuss any […]

Ministry of Justice Consultation on Court of Appeal – January 2021

Following the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on the Court of Appeal, the immigration and public law team’s response can be access here. In the consultation, the MoJ propose to improve the efficiency of the unified tribunal system by limiting the extent to which an unsuccessful litigant can require the Court of Appeal to further examine judicial decisions made […]

Response to the Call for Evidence – Inspection of the work of Home Office Presenting Officers – January 2020

Following his call for evidence in 2019/2020, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report on his inspection of the Home Office Presenting Officer function has been published.  You can access the report here as well as the Home Office’s response here. Chambers’ immigration team submitted a response to the call for evidence, which you can access here.  […]

 

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