News & Views
Immigration Detention Civil Claims | Tuesday 5 June 2018
High Court quashes Secretary of State’s decisions to certify asylum claim and reject further submissions of LGBT torture victim
Garden Court’s Sonali Naik QC and Emma Fitzsimons represented the claimant, instructed by Sulaiha Ali of Duncan Lewis Solicitors.
Immigration Law, Immigration Detention, Asylum and Deportation, Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 29 February 2024
Foreign Office grants Indefinite Leave to Remain to mother of British Embassy workers in Kabul and agrees to pay indemnity costs
Our Helen Foot and Emma Fitzsimons successfully represented the Claimants in R (AA and RA) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs AC-2023-LON-002498, instructed by Tori Sicher of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors.
International Human Rights, Garden Court International, Civil Liberties and Human Rights | Monday 18 December 2023
Seán Binder interviewed on his humanitarian work which nearly cost him his career in The Times and Law Society Gazette
Garden Court's client Seán Binder interviewed in The Times and the Law Society Gazette on his ordeal of nearly being denied entry to the legal profession due to his ongoing prosecution in Greece for his humanitarian work.
Administrative and Public Law, Immigration Law | Wednesday 3 April 2024
Upper Tribunal allows judicial review of Afghan judges seeking leave to enter UK
Sonali Naik KC and Emma Fitzsimons were instructed by Rachael Lenney of Wilsons LLP on behalf of S. Irena Sabic KC and David Sellwood were instructed by Zoe Cooley of Wilsons LLP on behalf of AZ.
Immigration Law | Thursday 22 June 2023
Upper Tribunal quashes unlawful Secretary of State decision to refuse Afghan judge LOTR as it failed to consider contribution to rule of law
Sonali Naik KC, Irena Sabic KC and Emma Fitzsimons, of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team, were instructed by Rachael Lenney of Wilsons LLP.
Immigration Law | Saturday 16 May 2020
COVID-19 - Why the modest relaxation of the ‘hostile environment’ does not go far enough
By Emma Fitzsimons of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team.
Civil Liberties and Human Rights, International Human Rights, International Crime and Conflict Law | Monday 4 December 2023
Humanitarian Seán Binder cleared to continue his legal training despite controversial Greek prosecution
Gráinne Mellon and Emma Fitzsimons acted for Seán Binder in fitness to practice matters pro bono, also led by Edward Fitzgerald KC. They are instructed by Andrew Katzen, Hickman and Rose.
Administrative and Public Law | Thursday 11 November 2021
High Court quashes negative Conclusive Grounds decision unlawfully rejecting a trafficking victim’s claim
Emma Fitzsimons of the Garden Court Chambers Public Law Team acted for the Claimant, instructed by Shalini Patel of Duncan Lewis Solicitors.
