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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 […]
Goldsmith Chambers’ immigration team will be co-hosting the Law Friends Society Immigration Law Conference in London at Conway Hall on 23rd May 2019. This conference attracts 7 CPD points. The conference includes expert speakers and a high calibre programme of topics. Samina Iqbal will be speaking on unlawful detention, Sarah Pinder on Tier one entrepreneurs, […]
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 […]
Whilst the flow of asylum seekers onto Greek shores has slowed in the last year, another crisis is emerging in its wake – the systematic dispossession and forced destitution of the most vulnerable refugees in mainland Greece. In response to the one million plus asylum seekers who arrived in Greece between 2015-2016 the UNHCR[1]established “ESTIA” […]
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 […]
On 16 April 2019, in the case of Balajigari v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 673, the Court of Appeal gave an important judgment in the linked appeals, heard in January, concerning the controversial Home Office practice to refuse settlement to Highly Skilled Migrants (T1GM ILR decisions) in cases […]
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 […]
Harry comments on the case of R. v D (CA) on whether, for the purpose of prosecution for having a bladed article in a public place, a purposive or literal interpretation was more appropriate to deciding whether a cut-throat razor was a “folding pocketknife” within the exemption under the Criminal Justice Act 1988 s.139(2) and […]
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.
Sangeetha Iengar was invited onto LBC radio on 2nd April 2019 to discuss the UK’s response to Shamima Begum’s latest interview with The Times. In the interview, Ms Begum described her remorse, her fear of reprisals whilst in the camp and a deep desire to return to the UK and her family. Sangeetha explained first that […]
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