| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 2015 |
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| Time: | 6:30pm - 8:00pm |
| Venue: | Garden Court Chambers, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ |
Please note that this event is now fully booked and we are unable to take further bookings
If you still interested, you may contact us by emailing rsvp@gclaw.co.uk and you will be added to a list informing you of similar seminars.
A new regime of Immigration Act 2014 appeals and administrative reviews is upon us. The provisions represent a major change, with fewer migrants entitled to appeal and on far fewer grounds. The commencement and transitional provisions are unhelpfully complex. Three expert practitioners will guide you through the changes and how to help clients choose their remedy under the new system.
CPD: 1.5
What is included?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Talks prepared by leading public and immigration law experts
- Comprehensive notes for your future reference
- The opportunity to ask questions
- Refreshments
Who should attend?
This seminar is aimed at lawyers, advisers, legal academics, community organisations and persons working for NGOs and international organisations. Public officials are also welcome to attend.
About the speakers
Chair: Louise Hooper is a specialist immigration lawyer focusing on asylum and human rights cases. She undertakes advocacy at every level, from adjudicator appeals to judicial review applications.
Abigail Smith practises in public law, specialising in asylum and immigration. In her immigration and asylum practice, Abigail draws on experience gained whilst working for solicitors firms as well as various NGOs. Abigail is a contributing author to MacDonald’s Immigration Law & Practice.
Colin Yeo founded and edits the widely read Free Movement immigration law blog. His work ranges from representing companies and high net-worth individuals for boutique firms to domestic violence and asylum cases for law centres. He is often approached to deal with high-profile or complex cases and has been widely quoted in the media.
Ronan Toal is an editor of Macdonald’s Immigration Law and Practice, consultant editor to Halsbury’s Laws: Immigration and Asylum, and frequent contributor to the Journal of Immigration and Nationality Law and Practice. He regularly provides training to firms of solicitors and for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) on various aspects of immigration and human rights law.
Delegate spaces are limited to three bookings per firm on a first come first served basis.
