Practice Areas

British Nationality

Applications for naturalisation as a British Citizen
Applications for registration as a British Citizen
British citizenship by descent
British citizenship by birth in the UK or a British Overseas Territory
British citizenship by adoption or surrogacy arrangements
Right of Abode in the UK
British overseas territories citizens (BOTCs), British Overseas citizens (BOCs), British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s), British subjects (BSs) and British Protected Persons (BPPs)
Commonwealth and colonial claims to British nationality
Legal remedies against negative decisions
Persons at risk of deprivation of British citizenship, nullity cases and other forms of loss of nationality.

Nationality Law Codes

Dual/multiple nationality issues (working in partnership with foreign lawyers)
Conflict of nationality laws
Risk of loss of nationality as a result of migration
Passport issues and the law of the passport

Citizenship and Settlement

Settlement and citizenship options for persons looking to secure settlement, permanent residence and citizenship in the UK and elsewhere (working in partnership with lawyers in other jurisdictions and with tax and financial advisors)

UK Immigration Law

Applications for Entry Clearance/Visas
Applications for leave to enter and remain
Dependent relative applications for spouses, partners and children
Applications for indefinite leave to enter or remain/permanent residence
Administrative removal and deportation cases

Economic Migration

Applications for economic migration by those are investors, entrepreneurs, highly skilled, globally mobile, skilled workers, ministers of religion, etc. (where necessary working with a client’s investment and tax advisors)
Applications by people coming to work in the UK on a temporary basis  and for short-term service provision
Sponsor Licences for employers and education providers
Student migration

EU Withdrawal Agreement rights & Trade and Cooperation Agreement mobility

Applications for EUSS Settled Status/Pre-settled Status
Applications for visas for Independent Professionals/Contractual Service Suppliers
Advice on business mobility under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Administrative removal and deportation cases

Human Rights

Applications for leave to enter and remain on human rights grounds
Family reunion applications for spouses, partners, children, relatives etc., and connected human rights applications
The right to respect for family life and private life under Article 8 ECHR
The right not to be expelled to a place where a person would be at risk of torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment contrary to Article 3 ECHR
Human Rights under the ECHR/Human Rights Act 1998 and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Human rights in relation to administrative removal and deportation cases, and also in relation to extradition cases

Asylum and Protection

Applications for Refugee status
Complementary protection by way of Humanitarian Protection or protection under Article 3 ECHR/Human Rights law
Acting for clients who seek asylum in the UK and who are also at risk of extradition to places where they are at risk of persecution

Statelessness

Applications for leave to remain as a Stateless Person under the Immigration Rules and the 1954 Stateless Persons Convention
Applications for registration as a British citizen by Stateless Persons under the British Nationality Act 1981 and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness
Judicial review of the unlawful detention of Stateless Persons
Securing rights for Stateless persons