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Members of our immigration, asylum, and free movement team are regularly instructed in ground-breaking cases before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court as well as the Court of Justice of the European Union and European Court of Human Rights.
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Immigration Law
Our members are able to draw upon their expertise of international law, EU free movement regimes, international humanitarian law and extradition and mutual assistance.
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Why should you consider Viscaria Law Firm
- We have particular expertise in complex and sensitive claims, including those involving national security evidence before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).
- We provide expertise in the full range of disputes including refugee protection, all areas of immigration including business, students and other categories, deportation, immigration detention, and EU free movement rights.
- We work with UK based firms, international firms, NGOs and in-house legal teams in other organisations. We are regularly instructed to act for UNHCR in interventions on strategic cases before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Our members have worked on cases in many jurisdictions including the US, Turks & Caicos, BVI, Northern Ireland and Russia.
- Our members are able to draw upon their expertise of international law, EU free movement regimes, international humanitarian law and extradition and mutual assistance.
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Significant Cases
Significant cases include:
- Challenges to returns under the Dublin Regulation before the Grand Chambers of both the CJEU and ECtHR (NS & Ors v UK (C-411/10 & C‑493/10), and Tarakhel v Switzerland (App No. 29217/12)),
- Test cases in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court relating to the exclusion provisions of the Refugee Convention (AH (Algeria) v SSHD [2012] EWCA Civ 395 and Al-Sirri v SSHD; DD (Afghanistan) v SSHD [2012] UKSC 54),
- Refusal and deprivation of nationality cases (SSHD v Pham [2015] UKSC 19 and SSHD v Al Jedda [2013] UKSC 62),
- Test cases relating to ECHR, art 8 and the immigration rules (HA (Iraq) v SSHD [2016] UKSC 60; R v SSHD, ex p Razgar [2004] UKHL 27; R v SSHD, ex p Ullah [2004] UKHL 26),
- Challenges in the context of immigration detention (R (O) v SSHD [2016] UKSC 19; R (Lumba & Anor) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 12; Kambadzi (previously SK (Zimbabwe)) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 23),
- Discrimination claims (R (Johnson) v SSHD [2016] UKSC 56), and
- Numerous issues relating to EU law (SSHD v FV (Italy) [2016] UKSC 49; ZZ v UK (C-300/11)).
