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Immigration News
Javeria Ijaz shortlisted at the British Muslim Awards 2020 (16 December 2019)
Javeria Ijaz is a finalist for the Rising Star in Law award at the 2020 British Muslim Awards Read more...
Successful judicial review of revocation of right to work (6 November 2019)
Immigration consultant Fahad Ansari successful in judicial review of Secretary of State of the Home Department's decision to revoke his client's right to work. Read more...
Pro Bono Week 2019: Duncan Lewis Solicitors initiatives (4 November 2019)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are taking part in a number of pro bono clinics and surgeries during this year's Pro Bono Week, including a free immigration advice clinic in our Harrow and Shepherd's Bush offices and housing advice at Swansea University. Read more...
Believed at last: Overcoming the credibility hurdle for victims of trafficking (1 November 2019)
When Flora was finally granted refugee status in August 2019, it was the end of a long struggle to be recognised and accepted as a victim of modern day slavery and trafficking by the Home Office. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors appoints new immigration director Alexis Masolo (17 May 2019)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the recent internal appointment of Alexis Masolo as director of immigration for its Leicester based office. Read more...
Hungarian nationals detained for rough sleeping win unlawful detention claim (10 April 2019)
Gabor Nagy, a solicitor and director of immigration, acted on behalf of two clients that were detained purely because they were found to be homeless. As Hungarian nationals, the Home Office detained them under immigration powers on the basis that it is an abuse of EU treaty rights, despite the fact that the policy on EEA rough sleepers no longer applies. It was as a result of Gabor’s representations that the Secretary of State eventually conceded that both had been detained unlawfully, awarding each a sum in damages. Read more...
Permission for Judicial Review granted for vulnerable Victim of Modern Slavery (10 April 2019)
Gina Sarfo, of our Dalston immigration department, has successfully obtained a grant of permission in Judicial Review proceedings against the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s (SSHD) irrational negative Reasonable Grounds decision and the proposed removal of the Claimant from the UK. Read more...
Cart Judicial Review success and removal of child with Autism Spectrum Disorder halted by Court of Appeal in RS (Pakistan) and Ors v HMCTS and SSHD (26 March 2019)
On 25 February 2019, in the case of RS (Pakistan) and Ors v HMCTS and SSHD (as an Interested Party), the Court of Appeal granted the appellants permission to appeal against the decision of the High Court refusing to grant them permission to judicially review the decision of the Upper Tribunal (UT). The UT in turn had refused to grant permission to the appellants to appeal the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FtT) dismissing their human rights appeals in August 2017. It follows that the decision of the UT refusing permission to appeal is now likely to be quashed and a new decision will need to be made. The Court of Appeal also ordered that the appellants were not to be removed in the interim. Read more...
Tamana Aziz and Zofia Duszynska feature in Online Abuse and the Law: Law in Action (BBC Radio 4) (20 March 2019)
Immigration directors Tamana Aziz and Zofia Duszynska were interviewed as part of the Law in Action series for BBC Radio 4 discussing the key issues that are faced by their clients when challenging decisions made by the Home Office. Read more...
Duncan Lewis shortlisted for Private Client Team of the Year at the inaugural Wales Legal Awards (26 February 2019)
We are thrilled to announce that Duncan Lewis’ Cardiff based Immigration and Public Law team have been shortlisted for Private Client Team of the Year at the first Wales Legal Awards. Read more...
In aid of Syrian refugees in Lebanon – Day 3: Inspiration, determination and hope (13 February 2019)
Aisha Ahmed and Suzanne Abdulhadi recount their third and final day of their trip to Lebanon and contemplate the difference their work has made to the lives of the Syrian refugees. Read more...
In aid of Syrian refugees in Lebanon – Day 2: Hardship, dignity and appreciation (11 February 2019)
Aisha Ahmed and Suzanne Abdulhadi‘s journey through Lebanon continues as they travel to a refugee camp to distribute aid, encountering some unexpected obstacles along the way. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors attended Human Rights and Social Justice Event at University of Law (10 February 2019)
Director Ahmed Aydeed and caseworker Maria Poleo, both of our Immigration and Public Law department based in Birmingham, were invited to speak at the University of Law’s Human Rights and Social Justice Careers Evening held on 6 February. Read more...
In aid of Syrian refugees in Lebanon – Day 1: Grace, strength and generosity (8 February 2019)
Aisha Ahmed and Suzanne Abdulhadi’s first day in Lebanon sees them teaching children at a school, visiting a refugee camp and witnessing first-hand the conditions Syrian refugees have and continue to endure. Read more...
Aisha Ahmed and Suzanne Abdulhadi travel to Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon as part of the One Ummah Tour (6 February 2019)
Solicitor Aisha Ahmed and trainee solicitor Suzanne Abdulhadi both from Duncan Lewis’ Immigration Department are travelling to Lebanon with the UK charity; Muslim Charity to take part in the One Ummah Tour which will see them volunteering at Syrian refugee camps. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Immigration Director Jenna McKinney is judicially appointed to the First-tier Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (5 February 2019)
We are very pleased to announce that Immigration Director Jenna McKinney has been appointed as a fee-paid judge at the First-tier Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (FtTIAC). Jenna already has over 10 years’ judicial experience sitting in the Magistrates Courts, where she chairs both the adult and the youth bench. She will begin her appointment in April 2019, based at Taylor House. Read more...
Damages for asylum-seeker unlawfully detained and deprived of medication in detention in R (On the Application Of) Adegun v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWHC 22 (Admin) (25 January 2019)
This case provides another insight into whether a detained asylum system can be operated fairly and without detriment to detainees. In a ruling handed down on 10 January 2019, Nicholas Paine QC concluded that the Home Office failed to carry out Rule 34 assessments within 24 hours of the Claimant’s arrival at two separate detention centres and that as a result, Mr Adegun, had been unlawfully detained and deprived of his medication. Read more...