We are very pleased that a number of our members have been ranked in the Legal 500 2021: Dr Onyoja Momoh as a Leading Junior for Children Law (Public and Private), Kyle Squire as a Rising Star in the same category and Antonia Halker as a Leading Junior in Property Litigation. All are highly skilled, robust advocates. To book, please contact our clerks.
The easiest way to contact our clerks is by email at clerks@5pumpcourt.com or by telephone. Please call our family clerks on 020 7632 7852 or 020 7632 7851; our civil clerk on 020 7632 7862 and our criminal clerk on 020 7632 7853. After 5.30pm please call 07976 368031.
Many courts are continuing to conduct hearings remotely. Our members have extensive experience of remote hearings, and can advise on preparation and tactics and effectively represent clients at such hearings. We are able to host hearings and conferences by Microsoft Teams or Zoom. Contact us at clerks@5pumpcourt.com for more information
5 Pump Court Chambers stands firmly against racism in any form. We are proud of the diversity of our Chambers, and believe that diversity makes us stronger. We also accept that there is always more we could do, and we are ready to listen and to learn.
Kemi Ojitiku acted in the recent case of K (Children: Placement Orders) representing a father in long and complex proceedings regarding whether care and placement orders, and adoption orders, should be made. The CA ordered that the matter be remitted to a fresh tribunal.
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Our Immigration Law Team of barristers have a broad range of experience in all areas of immigration law, including asylum, nationality and business immigration.
Within our team we have barristers who also sit as immigration judges on a part-time basis and others who were formally employed by the UK Home Office as an Asylum Case Owner and Presenting Officer. Barristers within our team are actively involved in the training of other barristers in immigration law.
We can act for clients via direct public access or in the traditional way through a solicitor. In either case we take a pride in providing expert advice and representation with a competitive fee structure. We often provide 30 or 60 minute fixed fee advice sessions at at short notice. Our barristers and clerks are renowned for their flexible and friendly approach. We can advise you in writing or in conference in our central London chambers, by phone, Skype or FaceTime etc.
Our immigration barristers have extensive experience in cases involving;
Asylum and human rights appeals
Bail applications
Business immigration
Deportation and administrative removal appeals
Domestic workers
EEA (European Economic Area) dependent’s cases
Family settlement
Judicial review cases (particularly for Kenyan, Ugandan, Burundi and Zimbabwean nationals)
Long residence
Points based migrants under Tier 1 and 2
Students under Tier 4
Unlawful detention damages claims
Visit visas
Work permits
We have barristers in our immigration team who are fluent if the following languages; Hindi, Punjabi, Urdhu, Yoruba, Greek and French. Additionally one of our barristers is dual qualified as a member of the Nigerian and English bar.
Our immigration group have appeared in the following courts and tribunals
First-Tier Tribunal
Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Judicial Review cases in the Administrative Court
Court of Appeal
Recent cases include:
• Acting for the social services department of a London Borough in
expedited judicial review proceedings of the UK Border Agency’s refusal to
grant a visit visa to the mother of a trafficked child for the purpose of a
parenting assessment. The UKBA subsequently reversed its decision and following
the mother’s visit to the UK, the County Court sanctioned the return of the
child to her home country.
• Drafting grounds for judicial review and representing an Albanian national at
an oral permission hearing in the High Court where the UKBA had certified his
asylum claim as ‘clearly unfounded’, thereby denying him an in-country right of
appeal. The High Court granted permission, following which the UKBA withdrew
its certification, thereby allowing an appeal to proceed.
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