The Immigration Team are dedicated to the proposition that all migrants have rights. We will protect and promote those rights on behalf of all our clients with integrity, commitment and energy.

We recognise the need of our clients for certainty and security when planning their future in the UK. The Team has a strong reputation for delivering positive outcomes for its clients and has been consistently ranked as a leading firm in the North by Chambers and Partners.

Our Managed Migration Team advises individuals and businesses in relation to applications to work, study, settle and invest in the UK.

Our Asylum and Human Rights Team assists clients in obtaining protection in the UK and has acquired a national reputation for its high profile reported cases.

We also recognise that our clients may have other legal issues which flow from their immigration status. The Team works in close collaboration with our colleagues in the Family Law, Prisoner Rights, Criminal and Public Law Teams to deliver an integrated and combined solution to those problems. This service is unique in the North. We can deliver a global and strategic solution to all of our clients legal issues.

The Team has been awarded a large immigration contract by the Legal Services Commission and our clients may be eligible for free legal advice. For those who are not eligible for free legal advice we offer a private service at competitive rates.

Managed Migration Team

Andrew Holroyd CBE
Dipankar Choudhury
Stella Kuit

Asylum and Human Rights Team

James McGuinness
Gordon Irving
Kate Nickson
Mike Kelly
Michelle Haughian
Jane Newland
Lynda Parris
Helene Santamera
Gemma Henerty
Dr Hamid S. Mehr
Salim Chaudhry
Charlotte Buckley
Stephen Medley
Caroline Clark

Reported Cases

FM [2009]EWCA Civ 287

Mahad (previously referred to as AM) (Ethiopia) v Entry Clearance Officer [2009] UKSC 16 (16 December 2009)

SA and IA (Undocumented Kurds) Syria CG [2009] UKAIT 00006

SM and others (Entry Clearance – proportionality) Afghanistan CG [2007] UKAIT 00010

AH (Notices required) Bangladesh [2006] UKAIT 00029

HC (2005 Procedure Rules ultra vires?) Iran [2005] UKAIT 00139

SM & Others (Kurds – Protection – Relocation) Iraq CG [2005] UKIAT 00111

MF (SCNC – Risk on return) Cameroon [2004] UKIAT 00341

WO (Ogboni cult) Nigeria CG [2004] UKIAT 00277

PG (Article 8 – child - contact ) Serbia & Montenegro [2004] UKIAT 00255

JK (Risk-Kikuyu) Kenya [2003] UKIAT 00044

AR (Visaginas Church) Lithuania [2003] UKIAT 00024 (09 July 2003)

OA (IFA – Unduly Harsh – Chechens - Relocation) Russia CG [2002] UKIAT 03796

AA (Failed Asylum Seeker) Sudan [2002] UKIAT 05894

Vallaj v Special Adjudicator [2001] EWCA Civ 782

Arman Ali [2000] INLR 89