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Niamh Fegan, common law pupil, has written an article on Free Movement about the common hurdles she has seen in her experience of immigration bail applications. The article is available to read here. Niamh is on her feet from 1st October 2025 and welcomes instructions in all asylum and immigration matters, including bail applications.
F v M [2025] EWFC 210 (B) Dr Charlotte Proudman represented a mother in proceedings concerning her 7-year-old daughter, “U,” whose father sought to enforce and expand contact arrangements. The court found F’s applications were “primarily driven” by his need to regularise his immigration status, not by a genuine desire to see U [99]. While […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
[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 […]
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 […]
Father v Mother [2024] EWFC 419 (B) Dr Charlotte Proudman represented a victim of rape in a successful appeal and fact-finding. A previous judge found mother had fabricated rape allegations. The father had accused the mother of ‘parental alienation’. Dr Proudman successfully appealed. At a re-hearing, the judge found that the father had raped, abused […]
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