UK Immigration, Nationality and Asylum advice, advocacy and training - helping you to help your clients.I accept instructions in:∙ Judicial review (eg fresh claims, certification, asylum support, procedural fairness claims, ETS etc)∙ Trafficking∙ Nationality law (British citizenship: registration, naturalisation and revocation) ∙ Unlawful detention and false imprisonment∙ Asylum∙ Business Migration (Points based systems, skilled worker, innovators, Investors etc)∙ European Union law (settlement scheme applications, sham marriage allegations, family members etc)∙ Family reunion (Article 8, Appendix FM, spouses & children)∙ DeportationI previously practiced in crime and extradition, and have particular experience in complex asylum cases involving persecutory prosecution (eg the Devani case - [2020] 1 WLR 2613 (CA)).∙ Devised litigation strategy (template witness statements, authorities bundles, causation argument) to address historic injustice suffered by the adult children of Gurkhas. My appeal point was adopted by the other parties in R (Gurung), and Court of Appeal held strong presumption of settlement where historic injustice causative of lack of current status.∙ Argued Rai v ECO [2017] EWCA CIv 320 which confirms test of “support” proposed by Sedley LJ in Kugathas as a refinement to the established test for Article 8 family life.∙ Volunteer for UKCEN, an online forum which has helped over 20,000 people obtain settlement or naturalisation, and raised thousand of pounds in donations for JCWI in the process.∙ Deliver regular training in Chambers and in-house. Highest-rated speaker at Law Friends Society immigration conferences.REPORTED CASES∙ R (Gurung) v SSHD [2012] 1 WLR 2546 (CA) - historic injustice principle is based on causation, not the weight to be given to egregious state conduct∙ Ghising and others (Ghurkhas/ BOCs- historic wrong- weight) [2013] UKUT 567 (IAC) - whether historic injustice was causative, and Article 8 family life engaged, historic injustice will normally require a decision in an Appellant's favour∙ R (B) v Brent Youth Court [2010] EWHC 1893 (Admin); [2010] All ER (D) (Jul); (cited in Blackstones) - welfare principle requires a Youth Court to consider repeat bail applications despite the absence of a change in circumstances.∙ Devani v SSHD [2020] 1 WLR 2613 (CA) - whether UT slip rule can reverse disposal, weight to be given to extradition assurances as to prison conditions