Roberta Haslam

Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Band 3

Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation

UK-wide

5 Years Ranked

Band 3

Immigration: Personal

UK-wide

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Roberta Haslam

Practice Areas

Partner, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality.

Roberta has a particular interest in asylum and human rights claims, including unaccompanied minors and victims of trafficking. Her broad practice also includes advising on family based applications, such as children, partners, dependent relatives, and applications based on domestic violence, applications under EEA law, and nationality.

Roberta also advises on challenges to deportation and the legality of detention. She represents applicants at both the application stage and at appeal in the First-Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal.

She regularly brings judicial review challenges before the Upper Tribunal and Administrative Court, and has also obtained significant damages on behalf of people unlawfully detained by the Home Office.

Career

Roberta joined Bindmans in 2007 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2010.

Professional Memberships

Law Society IAAS Accredited Supervisor and Senior Caseworker; Immigration Law Practitioners' Association.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK

Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Roberta Haslam is experienced in a range of immigration issues and regularly appears for individuals seeking to challenge Home Office policy and decision-making. She is well known for her prowess in human rights and asylum cases, particularly those relating to Article 8 of the ECHR.

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Immigration: Personal - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Roberta Haslam regularly works on behalf of clients with complex immigration histories, and is a noted specialist in family-based applications. In addition to this, she advises across a wide range of matters related to the EUSS and claims to British citizenship.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Roberta is very good at getting the trust of vulnerable clients and is always on top of development in immigration law.

Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation respondent
UK

She establishes a level of trust that has ultimately been important in securing outstanding results.

Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation respondent
UK

She has worked tirelessly to provide an extremely high quality of advice and service to a group of very vulnerable people in a compassionate yet professional way.

Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation respondent
UK

Her sensitivity to the highly personal nature of the matter informed her work in a way that has made the process much less distressing than it could have been.

Immigration: Human Rights, Asylum and Deportation respondent
UK

She is an amazing human being.

Immigration: Personal respondent
UK

Roberta is wonderful and is really good with vulnerable clients.

Immigration: Personal respondent
UK

Roberta has gone above and beyond my expectations and seen me through such anxious times. Her sensitivity and careful management of my case has been excellent.