Immigration
London (Bar)
13 years ranked
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Immigration
Administrative & Public Law
Actions Against the Police and Public Authorities
Mediation
Immigration Detention Group
Anti-Trafficking
Data Protection and Information Law
Artificial Intelligence
Graham has a broad practice in civil, public and immigration law, working at all levels of court as sole counsel, leading junior, or part of a team.
Graham’s civil work takes in High Court and County Court claims against public authorities, including the Home Office, the police, local authorities and NHS trusts. His public law practice has a grounding in migrants’ rights but extends across the full range of chambers’ work. He has a particular interest in privacy and data protection litigation involving public authorities, and in public and private law litigation relating to emerging technologies including artificial intelligence.
Graham has many years’ experience in immigration law acting at all levels from the First-tier and Upper Tribunals to the Supreme Court. He deals with private client matters as well as deportation, asylum and human rights appeals. His expertise in immigration detention is widely recognised, and he is happy to act in linked immigration and detention proceedings.
Graham is regularly instructed by the Official Solicitor on behalf of incapacitous claimants and has particular expertise in the management of damages awards in such cases.
Graham is a trained mediator and is committed to ADR as a means of securing positive outcomes for his clients in appropriate cases.
Constitutional & Administrative Law Bar Association
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
Society for Computers and Law
Member of the Bar Council's Law Reform Committee
Member of Middle Temple’s Talent Retention Working Group
MA (Hons) English Language and Literature (First Class), University of Glasgow
M.Phil American Literature, University of Cambridge
PGDL, Nottingham Law School, 2000
BVC, Nottingham Law School, 2001
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Graham Denholm is an experienced public law and immigration barrister with notable expertise in asylum and deportation matters, particularly cases involving vulnerable clients such as children and trafficking victims. He is a recognised immigration detention expert who is routinely called upon to act for clients in judicial review proceedings against the Home Office, including in cases before the Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal.
Graham Denholm is particularly well known for his sterling work in the field of immigration. He routinely undertakes complex deportation and asylum cases and has specialist expertise in immigration detention. He frequently brings civil actions and judicial reviews against the Home Office, often involving complex false imprisonment claims.
Graham Denholm chiefly counsels claimants in judicial reviews challenging decisions of the Home Secretary. He is well versed in cases concerning immigration detention, age assessments and asylum appeals.
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He is very punctual and organised. His expertise in false imprisonment is second to none.
Graham is extremely intelligent, and is clear and calm when advising on the most complex issues.
Graham is a standout, very experienced and very good.
Graham is absolutely the best on civil claims and false imprisonment in an immigration context.
With Graham, you feel confident that no problem hasn't been thought of and no stone has been left unturned.
Graham is really good at anticipating the courtroom.
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