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Recent Tooks has an energetic and longstanding commitment to excellence in immigration representation and, in particular, a proven track record of service to asylum seekers. The team's expertise covers all aspects of immigration law including European, nationality, government policy and business-related applications. Chambers & Partners 2008 said: "This set is well noted for its asylum counsel and assistance on asylum support issues. It is equally skilled on the crossover between immigration and related matters that encroach into areas of public law, such as prison law and false imprisonment claims against the Home Office. Its work includes important representations concerning the public funding of immigration work, LSC contract disputes and public law challenges to individual representation decisions." Members of the team receive recognition for their work in the field and are rated individually in Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500. An important feature of immigration work at Tooks is the cross-fertilization to other fields including administrative, welfare, housing, family, education and detention including prison law and unlawful detention claims against the Home Office. Members regularly take challenges that straddle these different areas. Most recently, this has included civil actions for assault and unlawful detention, public law challenges to LSC funding decisions and challenges to local authority support decisions for children and young people subject to immigration controls. The team represents at all levels from AIT (Asylum & Immigration Tribunal) to the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal, the House of Lords, the ECJ (European Court of Justice) and the EctHR (European Court of Human Rights) and has a strong presence in the leading Country Guidance and deportation cases including those raising national security matters and cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC). Notable Cases in which Tooks has been involved include:
Leading AIT Country Guidance cases include:
Tooks is committed to excellence in first instance representation and success at the earliest stage. Members of the team are also authors, editors and contributors to a number of publications including Judicial Review: A Practical Guide (Jordans, 2004), Macdonald & Webber, Immigration Law & Practice, the UK Human Rights Reports, European Human Rights Reports, Tolleys Immigration & Nationality Law & Practice, Current Law Statutes, the Journal of Immigration, Nationality & Asylum Law, and Legal Action. There is also significant involvement in lobbying in respect of legislation, particular interest groups, as well as training on behalf of ILPA, JCWI, HJT, UNHCR, ECRE, individual solicitors firms, CAB and law centres, local authorities and various charities (with a particular focus on support for families suffering from HIV/AIDS). The team is represented on the ILPA Executive Committee. Team members hold judicial positions as Immigration Judges at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. The team members regularly teach and train on immigration and asylum law and are always happy to be approached for training purposes. Further Information Further information about individual members of our Immigration team can be obtained using the links to the right. You can also contact our clerks directly:
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