Chambers Review
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Immigration - Northern/North Eastern (Bar)
What the Team is Known For
Garden Court North Chambers is a pre-eminent immigration set with notably strong expertise in country guidance cases, nationality law and other complex issues. The set is facilitated by its practice manager, Annmarie Nightingale, along with her experienced clerking team. The set is best known for handling appeals and bringing judicial review claims on behalf of vulnerable clients, including refugees, unaccompanied children and victims of trafficking. It routinely appears before the First-tier and Upper Tribunals and the appellate courts. Members have excellent legal and procedural knowledge covering asylum, detention and deportation matters. Members recently appeared in the Upper Tribunal in MI (Palestine) v SSHD, in which they challenged the SSHD's decision to refuse appellant protection and human rights claims on the grounds that the appellant's removal to Gaza would breach the UK's obligation under Article 15(b) of the Qualification Directive, and Article 3 ECHR. It is also involved across complex human rights deportation matters, and securing political asylum. An instructing solicitor recently described the set as "responsive, dependable, skilful and knowledgeable. "
Nicola Carroll is senior practice manager.
Strengths
The Garden Court North clerks are quick, responsive and highly organised.
The clerks are very approachable and responsive. They are on hand to reply to all enquiries made of them efficiently and diligently.
The clerks offer a high level of responsiveness.
Notable practitioners
Kerry Smith possesses experience appearing in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals as well as the Court of Appeal. She is particularly experienced in immigration judicial reviews that seek to challenge asylum and leave to remain refusals invoking the ECHR.
She is not daunted by complex cases, is committed to the clients and gives fantastic advice.
Kerry is very committed to this work and forms a very strong relationship with clients.
Kerry is a safe pair of hands who always produces high-quality work.
Lucy Mair has a broad immigration practice that takes in trafficking, asylum and human rights cases for vulnerable clients. She is also well versed in cases concerning unlawful detention and false imprisonment claims. She has appeared in the Court of Appeal.
Lucy's commitment to her work is unparalleled, particularly in complex trafficking cases.
She is a really excellent advocate.
She is always willing to advise at an early stage, is very easy to work with, good with clients and does not give up.
Mikhil Karnik is a highly experienced barrister with particular expertise in EU law, freedom of movement and statelessness. He primarily acts for claimants in complex unlawful detention cases, asylum claim appeals and country guidance cases.
He is incredibly strong on EU law - always willing to give complicated cases a go, and easy to work with.
Mikhil was a pleasure to work with and well read in the area.
Mikhil is able to grasp complex matters very quickly and provides high-quality advice and drafting. He is excellent with vulnerable clients and proves adaptive to their challenging circumstances.
Tasaddat Hussain's practice includes work concerning public law, immigration and human rights. He frequently appears in appeals before the Upper Tribunal and on behalf of individuals with complex mental health conditions.
Tassadat was a pleasure to work with and well read in the area.
He is very approachable and always happy to answer queries.
Vijay Jagadesham undertakes a wide range of immigration and asylum work, most notably on behalf of vulnerable adults and children. He is experienced before the Administrative Court and draws on his public law experience to advise on detention and sponsorship matters. He has recently handled a range of complex cases concerning leave to remain and Article 8. He also has experience in human trafficking cases.
He is an unwavering advocate in the face of an adversarial judge.
Mr Jagadesham is a gifted advocate. He approaches his cases with dedication, diligence and an intelligence that ensures a thorough and comprehensive process at each stage.
Vijay has an extraordinary eye for detail and has a strong commitment to those he represents. He is also extremely supportive.
Camille Warren is an immigration law specialist with particular experience representing young people, including underage asylum seekers. She is adept at appeals and judicial reviews.
Camille has worked with us on some very difficult deportation matters. She gives great advice, her drafting is always very thorough and she is always very easy to communicate with.
Natalie Wilkins is a talented barrister with a strong immigration practice, focusing on asylum claims and deportation appeals, typically those proceeding on human rights grounds including Article 3 and Article 8. Her first-hand experience of armed conflict zones informs her handling of such work.
Natalie provides really excellent advocacy, thorough in case preparation and an excellent manner with her client, putting them at ease.
She is a real expert in this space.