Immigration

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• Reconsideration of Appeals at the AIT

  Wednesday 9 July 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Seema Farazi and Alasdair Mackenzie The reconsideration process at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal continues to cause practical and conceptual difficulties. Its aims and operation …

  
  

• Exclusion from protection of the Refugee Convention for those who have committed serious crimes

  Thursday 26 June 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : John Walsh and Phil Haywood This seminar will deal with Article 33(2) of the Refugee Convention as interpreted and applied by section 72 Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. The …

  
  

• Immigration Detention: Locked Up and Forgotten?

  Wednesday 11 June 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Heather Williams QC and Laura Dubinsky This session will cover challenges to immigration detention in the county court and higher courts for both civil and immigration practitioners. We …

  
  

• The Special Immigration Appeals Commission

  Tuesday 15 April 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Andrew Nicol QC and Keir Starmer QC We will look at the types of cases that are heard by SIAC as opposed to the AIT, the peculiarities of its procedures including open and closed evidence …

  
  

• Ankara Agreement Applications after Dari and Tum

  Tuesday 11 March 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: John Walsh and Peter Morris This seminar will focus on the recent judgment of the ECJ in Dari and Tum and the preparation of applications under the Ankara Agreement and the running of …

  
  

• Out-of-Country Settlement Applications: A Review of the Caselaw

  Tuesday 12 February 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: John R.W.D. Jones and Phil Haywood This seminar will review the case-law on a host of issues arising from out-of-country settlement applications (spouses, children, dependent relatives, …

  
  

• The New Points System and Highly Skilled Migrants Programme

  Wednesday 16 January 2008 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Joe Middleton and Peter Morris This seminar will look at the new Australian-style points based system for migration, focusing on the structure of the scheme (the consolidation of …

  
  

• Judicial Review and Interim Relief in Removal Cases

  Wednesday 5 December 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Mark Henderson and Laura Dubinsky This seminar will look at bringing judicial reviews in removal cases, with a particular emphasis on tactics, procedure and interim relief. We will: …

  
  

• Deportation

  Monday 19 November 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Laura Dubinsky , Seema Farazi, Phil Haywood Since May 2006, there has been a sharp escalation in the number of decisions to deport foreign nationals convicted of criminal offences. This …

  
  

• Article 8 in immigration since Huang (Half Day)

  Monday 22 October 2007 from 13:00 to 17:00

  Specialist Support Training 2007/08 run by the Legal Services Commission Course Provider: Doughty Street Chambers Course Contributor(s): Alasdair Mackenzie and Phil Haywood Venue: Manchester …

  
  

• Particular Social Group in asylum applications following K & Fornah

  Thursday 22 March 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : Seema Farazi , Alasdair Mackenzie The meaning of the phrase "persecuted for reasons of membership of a particular social group" in the 1951 Refugee Convention has caused …

  
  

• New rules for refugee status: UK implementation of the EU Qualification Directive

  Thursday 1 March 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  THIS SEMINAR WAS POSTPONED FROM 8 FEBRUARY 2007 DUE TO BAD WEATHER. Speakers : Alasdair Mackenzie and Simon Cox Chair : John Walsh Venue : Doughty Street Chambers - seminar room On 9 …

  
  

• The Ankara Agreement and the self-employed

  Wednesday 28 February 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : John Walsh , Phil Haywood , Peter Morris This seminar will examine the position of self-employed Turkish nationals under the Ankara agreement. The seminar will look at the …

  
  

• New rules for refugee status: UK implementation of the EU Qualification Directive

  Thursday 25 January 2007 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : Alasdair Mackenzie and Simon Cox Chair : Andrew Nicol QC On 9 October 2006, radical changes to the Immigration Rules were introduced, which set out in unprecedented detail the …

  
  

• New rules for refugee status: UK implementation of the EU Qualification Directive

  Thursday 7 December 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : Alasdair Mackenzie and Simon Cox Chair : Andrew Nicol QC Venue : Doughty Street Chambers - seminar room On 9 October 2006, radical changes to the Immigration Rules were introduced, …

  
  

• Remedies for immigration detainees, including calculation of damages for unlawful detention

  Tuesday 28 November 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : Laura Dubinsky and Joe Middleton This seminar, aimed at both civil and immigration practitioners, will cover : Bases for challenging the lawfulness of immigration detention Latest …

  
  

• Deportation: A joint seminar for immigration and prison law solicitors

  Tuesday 20 June 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : John Walsh and Laura Dubinsky Due to very heavy demand for the Deportation seminar on 12th June, it was repeated on 20th June. Cost:: free-of-charge CPD Points: 1.5 Unprecedented …

  
  

• Deportation: A joint seminar for immigration and prison law solicitors

  Monday 12 June 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers : John Walsh and Laura Dubinsky Cost:: free-of-charge CPD Points: 1.5 Unprecedented numbers of prisoners believed to be eligible for deportation are now being kept beyond their release …

  
  

• EC Law and Immigration

  Tuesday 16 May 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Mark Henderson and John Walsh This course examined the expanding scope of EC law in respect of the following issues: Rights of companies to transfer third country workers to member …

  
  

• The Loss of Refugee Convention protection through exclusion, cessation, cancellation or revocation

  Tuesday 21 March 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Laura Dubinsky, Phil Haywood, Tublu Mukherjee. New and proposed powers and policies significantly increase the circumstances in which the Home Office and courts are likely to consider …

  
  

• A review of AIT appeals and procedure

  Tuesday 7 February 2006 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Alasdair Mackenzie and Laura Dubinsky "The Government's intention in bringing forward the single tier was to reduce delay and abuse in the system.' - 'It is important that the …

  
  

• Ankara Agreement applications for Turkish workers and self-employed Turkish nationals

  Thursday 1 December 2005 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Speakers: Simon Cox, Phil Haywood, Peter Morris This Seminar provided an overview of developments in the case-law and in IND practice on applications by Turkish nationals under the EC-Turkey …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Social Welfare and Human Rights: The Asylum Support System

  Wednesday 22 June 2005 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar is aimed at practitioners working in social welfare and/or immigration. The seminar will examine the asylum support scheme in the UK and relevant human rights, including: Changes to …

  
  

• Second CCLR seminar

  Tuesday 21 June 2005 from 18:30 to 20:00

  Venue : St Bride Institute, Bride Lane, London EC4Y 8EQ SPEAKERS Lord Justice Maurice Kay "Immigration and social welfare: asylum support obligations of local authorities" Sue …

  
  

• Mental Health and Immigration: Treatment and Expulsion

  Wednesday 8 June 2005 at 18:00

  Speaker: Tublu Mukherjee, Doughty Street Chambers

  
  

• Immigration Detention and Immigration Offences: a Seminar for Criminal Practitioners

  Tuesday 25 January 2005 at 18:30

  Speakers: Laura Dubinsky and Tublu Mukherjee. 1.5 CPD points

  
  

• Appeals to and from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal

  Tuesday 11 January 2005 at 18:30

  Speakers: Shahram Taghavi and Joseph Middleton. 1.5 CPD Points.

  
  

• Credibility of asylum seekers and and human rights claimants

  Wednesday 15 December 2004 at 18:30

  Speakers: Simon Cox and Phil Haywood

  
  

• Launch of Blackstone's Guide to the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004

  Thursday 9 December 2004 from 18:30 to 21:00

  The Doughty Street Chambers Immigration Team has written Blackstone's Guide to the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004, published by Oxford University Press. The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of …

  
  

• Third country removals & unfounded asylum claims

  Wednesday 1 December 2004 at 18:30

  Speakers : John Walsh and Mark Henderson

  
  

• Human Rights in International relations - oil on water?

  Thursday 20 May 2004 from 18:00 to 19:30

  Speakers: Jon Benjamin, Head of Human Rights Policy Department at the FCO; Andrew Puddephatt, Executive Director of Article 19 Chair: Jonathan Cooper, Doughty Street Chambers The seminar will …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Human Rights in the context of Immigration and Asylum Law

  Tuesday 27 January 2004 from 13:30 to 18:00

  This seminar will provide an update on issues relating to trauma and mental health among asylum seekers. The seminar will explore how these issues have a bearing on the UK 's entitlement to enforced …

  
  

• LSC Training Course: Human Rights in the context of Immigration and Asylum law

  Thursday 8 May 2003 from 13:30 to 18:00

  Issues relating to trauma and mental health occur relatively frequently among an asylum seeker client group. Issues of access to treatment, particularly treatment for HIV/AIDS, are also very …

  
  

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