Immigration

Mansfield Chambers' Immigration Law Record

Mansfield Immigration Group has a reputation for excellence in advocacy. We have a wealth of expertise in all areas of immigration, including administrative and public law with proven experience at every level from the First-Tier Tribunal (IAC) to the European Court of Human Rights. Some of our members are ranked and recommended in the Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners or sit as part-time judges.

We are fearless and innovative and we persevere on behalf of our clients. We have an excellent success rate and are well known for adopting a creative approach to the law. We are a close-knit team and relatively small and we therefore find it easy to share ideas and experience to the benefit of individual clients.

Our team draws strength from our diversity. We have expertise in cases that cross immigration, family and criminal law. Some of our members continue to practise in crime and family. We are also strongly diverse in our profiles and backgrounds. Many of us have worked for law centres or as immigration solicitors before being called to the Bar and many of us are second-generation immigrants. We fully recognise and appreciate the challenges faced by both our professional and lay clients in this complex and demanding area of law and are very well versed in the realities of immigration practice.

We are very proud to associate our practice and values with those of our head of Chambers Michael Mansfield QC. We are tenacious in our commitment to social justice and in particular to ensuring that immigrants’ rights are protected. This is shown by our involvement in a many leading cases such as the Legacy Exercise, children and immigration, the Points-Based System, the Dublin Regulation and fresh asylum and human rights claims.

Specific areas of work include:

Entry clearance applications in all categories of the Immigration Rules , including applications for Administrative Review in Points-Based System refusals
Domestic workers in private households
Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a businessman, self-employed person, investor, writer, composer or artist
Retired persons of independent means
All applications under the Points-Based System, including Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 4 migrants and their dependent family members
Tier 2 sponsors, Tier 5 sponsors and employers of work permit holders
EEA nationals and their families
Long residence
Family members, including fiancé(e)s/proposed civil partner, spouses/civil partners; unmarried and same-sex partners, victims of domestic violence, bereaved spouses
Children
Parents, grandparents and other dependent relatives
Asylum seekers and refugees, including their family members
Asylum and Human Rights claims, including fresh claims
Deportation
Bail applications and unlawful detention, including damages claims
Appeals
Judicial Review
Stateless persons
British and British Overseas Territories Nationality

Many of our members are also authorised to undertake Direct Access work, in respect of which our commitment is to ensure a prompt, professional and ethical service. Our direct access clients are seen quickly and sometimes on the same day depending on urgency.