Knowledge & Experience

Halcyon Chambers have a reputation for being client focused, approachable and innovative Barristers that have proven themselves to be strong adversaries.

Our barristers are a diverse group of exceptionally talented specialists who are supported by an approachable, friendly and efficient clerking team.

Commercial and Chancery

Our Commercial and Chancery team cover a broad and diverse range of disputes both contentious and non-contentious issues. Our practitioners offer a dedicated and high quality service whether they are drafting pleadings, advising on individual case merits or representing clients at Court.

Credit Hire | Personal Injury

Our Credit Hire team have years of experience representing both claimants and defendants in all types of matters right through to substantial multi-track matters and appeals.

Our Personal Injury Team provides expert advocacy and advice in all aspects of personal injury at all stages of the litigation process, including pre-action, drafting pleadings, skeleton arguments and schedules on behalf of claimants and defendants throughout the country.

Civil

Our Civil Barristers specialise in a broad range of matters from contract and property disputes, to occupiers’ liability and negligence claims.

Consumer Credit Law

Our dedicated Consumer Credit Team are at the forefront of consumer credit litigation and are particularly focussed at present in the evolving PPI and Motor Finance fields.

Our experienced Counsel accept instructions from High Street banks; Credit Card providers; Independent Creditors and Consumers and can provide advice, assistance and representation on all consumer credit issues, at all levels and at all stages of litigation and proceedings.

Family Law

Our Family Team is a specialised team of barristers who have many years’ experience of dealing with all aspects of family law and are recognised for their outstanding level of expertise.

Immigration Law

Our Immigration Law Team have a broad range of experience in all areas of immigration law including asylum, nationality and business immigration.

Our highly skilled Immigration and Asylum practitioners regularly appear before both the First-tier and the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, the High Court and the Court of Appeal.

Insolvency

Our Insolvency Barristers are experienced in representing and advising Petitioning Creditors, Debtors and Trustees/Liquidators in a pragmatic and direct manner. Members of the team regularly appear in the County Court and High Court – Business and Property Courts.

Motoring Offences

Our Barristers are able to offer road traffic law expertise at the highest level. Our Members are committed to achieving the best outcome for every client.

Public Law

Our Public Law Barristers offer specialist advice and representation to individuals who wish to challenge all areas of public decision-making by government and other forms of governmental authority. Our members regularly appear before the Administrative Court and Upper Tribunal.

Our instructions are typically Claimant-based which allows us to advocate the rights of the individual with a strong focus on human rights, EU law and international law. Given the cutbacks in public funding, Chambers is committed to providing pro-bono representation where needed.

In the News

Christmas Opening Times

  Please note the following Chambers opening times over the Christmas period: 23 December – normal opening times 24 December – normal opening times Christmas Day – closed Boxing ...

Chambers and Partners 2025 Announcement

  We are delighted to announce that Tony Muman continues to be ranked in both Administrative/Public Law ad Immigration Law in the prestigious Chambers and Partners Bar Guide 2025. #galler ...

Case Summary: R (AM (Belarus)) v SSHD [2024] UKSC 13

Article by Sonya Kalyan The question before the Supreme Court in this case was: ‘When will a refusal by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”) to grant Leave to Remain (“LTR ...

Appointment Notice Defect – Is it Fatal?

Article by Thomas Wheeler This is a case note on the recent case of Matthew Robert Haw, Diana Frangou (As joint administrators of QM Systems Limited (in administration) v QM Systems Limited (In Admini ...

Private Law Children Birmingham – The Pathfinder Pilot – An overview

Article by Paige Procter-Harris The Family Court at Birmingham has been selected for the new Pathfinder Pilot. This was introduced on 28 May 2024, it is a reformed approach to private law children pro ...

High Court Success for Jonathan Bott

  Jonathan Bott recently advised and successfully represented the local authority in the High Court sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice on an application for injunctive relief against a father ...

The Court of Appeal hands down Judgment in Self v Santander Cards UK Ltd

Article by Katie Wilkinson Acceptance of ‘PPI Complaint Redress’ can give rise to a valid compromise Consumer practitioners will be familiar with the mass litigation that has ensued in recent year ...

FCA Announces updated timetable for Motor Finance Claims

Article by Harry Owen On 24 September 2024 the Financial Conduct Authority announced a revised timetable for announcing its much anticipated findings following the investigation into discretionary com ...

Halcyon Chambers invites Applications for Tenancy

Halcyon Chambers is inviting applications to join our Civil, Family and Immigration teams. It is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team of diverse and specialist barristers. More details can b ...

Forfeiture of Lease – A Complex Landscape

Article by Katie Wilkinson In May 2024 the High Court handed down Judgment in The Tropical Zoo Limited v The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow [2024] EWHC 1240 (Ch) following a fi ...

Damages in Nuisance and under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 – Diminution in Property Value

Article by Trevor Berriman Claimants seeking an injunction to prevent acts of nuisance or harassment under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997 often make a claim for damages to compensate for the ...

Pupillage begins at Halcyon Chambers

  Halcyon Chambers is delighted to announce that three new pupils have commenced their First Six Pupillage from 1 July 2024. Simon Villau will be commencing a mixed Common Law Pupillage under the ...

Appointment Announcement

  Halcyon Chambers are delighted to announce that former member of Chambers Mr Joseph Neville has been appointed by the King as Judge of the Upper Tribunal on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, ...

Pupillage and Training Contracts

Halcyon Chambers is hosting the Sikh Lawyers Association’s Annual Pupillage and Training Contracts Interviews on Saturday 9th March. ...

Thomas Wheeler Appointed Deputy District Judge

  We are delighted to announce the appointment of Thomas Wheeler to the role of Deputy District Judge (DDJ), assigned to the Midland Circuit. Tom was called to the Bar in 2011, and practises in ...

Applications for Pupillage 2024 now live

  Halcyon Chambers is delighted to announce that the Pupillage Application Form for candidates to complete is now live. This form, together with the Equality and Diversity Form and Consent Form c ...

Success for Barbara Gonzalez-Japse

  Barbara was recently instructed to represent a respondent mother in private children law proceedings where contact between the applicant father and the child had ceased following a disclosure ...

Birmingham City Mission

The Festive period can be worrying and an expensive time of year for those families that struggle to make ends meet. Birmingham City Mission was established in 1966 helping those in need throughout th ...

Pupillage 2024

  Chambers is delighted to announce that the advertisement for pupillage 2024 is now live on the Pupillage Gateway. Chambers is looking to take on up to 3 pupils in this round. The Pupillage Appl ...

Halcyon Chambers Attends 28th Annual Asian Legal Awards

  Members of Halcyon Chambers attended the 28th Annual Asian Legal Awards at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London organised by the Society of Asian Lawyers. It was great to catch up with so many ...

The Supreme Court hands down decision in Canada Square Operations Ltd v Potter

Article by Harry Owen On 15 November 2023 – after months of anticipation – the Supreme Court finally handed down its judgment in Canada Square Operations Ltd (Appellant) v Potter (Respondent) [202 ...

The Appropriate Track for Secret Commission Claims

Article by Christine Rutkowski The consumer industry is becoming increasingly familiar with motor finance claims involving secret commission payments. In such claims, a customer pleads a right to resc ...

Injunctions under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 – The Value of Undertakings

Article by Katie Wilkinson Commencing a claim for an injunction and damages under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 can no doubt be a daunting prospect for individuals, particularly those who re ...

To Issue or to Statutory Demand?

Article by Thomas Wheeler A Creditor who is owed a sum of money from another who does not make payment in a timely fashion, will understandably be frustrated. After all, the Debtor is withholding sums ...

Chambers and Partners 2024

  Following another successful year for Halcyon Chambers, we are delighted to announce that Tony Muman continues to be ranked Counsel in both areas of Administration/Public Law and Immigration La ...

Financial Remedy Case Note – Emma Weaver

  Emma Weaver recently attended a preliminary hearing on behalf of the wife during financial remedy proceedings. The issue at hand was whether or not the parties had reached a concluded agreement ...

Motor Finance Claims – The concept of ‘Agency’

Article by Trevor Berriman In motor finance claims, being claims where a customer is asserting a right to rescind a finance agreement on account of a secret commission having been paid by the Lender t ...

Smith v RBS – What happens next?

Article by Katie Wilkinson Practitioners in the field of consumer law have been waiting months for the Supreme Court to hand down Judgment in Smith and another v Royal Bank of Scotland [2023] UKSC 34. ...

The long awaited decision in Smith v RBS is handed down by the Supreme Court

Article by Katie Wilkinson The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeals in Smith and another v Royal Bank of Scotland [2023] UKSC 34. The appeals followed the Court of Appeal’s decisio ...

Christine Lee & Daniel Wilkes v Security Service Judgment

Tony Muman and Muhammad Ul-Haq represent the Claimants (Christine Lee and Daniel Wilkes) in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. The Judgment can be found here. ...

Denton Principles and Default Judgments – Restating the Obvious?

Article by Jamie Hughes The Court of Appeal in FXF v English Karate Federation Ltd & Anor [2023] EWCA Civ 891 has determined and reiterated in no uncertain terms that the Denton principles apply ...

Secret commissions: the scope and effect of Wood v Commercial First

Article by Trevor Berriman As PPI disputes concerning undisclosed commissions following Plevin appear to be slowing in number, the Court will no doubt be seeing an increase in a new wave of claims foc ...

Adjournments in Bankruptcy Proceedings

Article by Thomas Wheeler A question frequently asked by Creditors pursuing bankruptcy proceedings, and Debtors trying to avoid a Bankruptcy Order, is whether a Court is likely to adjourn the hearing ...

Tenant – Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe

Halcyon Chambers is delighted to announce that Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe has accepted an offer of tenancy. This comes after her successful completion of pupillage under the supervision of Suzanne Hodgkis ...

Opportunity to Join Halcyon Chambers’ Clerking Team

Halcyon Chambers are now inviting applicants to join our clerking team. Chambers operates from a modern and spacious office, located in Birmingham City Centre. Successful applicants(s) will report to ...

Pupil – Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe

Halcyon Chambers is delighted to announce that Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe has started her Second Six Pupillage under the supervision of Suzanne Hodgkiss. Barbara is happy to accept instructions in Family ...

Emma Weaver Returns from Maternity Leave

Halcyon Chambers are thrilled to announce Emma Weaver’s return to practice from maternity leave following the birth of her daughter. Everyone at Halcyon Chambers welcomes Emma back to the Family Tea ...

New Tenant: Jamie Hughes

Halcyon Chambers is delighted to announce that Jamie Hughes has accepted an offer of tenancy. This comes after his successful completion of pupillage under the supervision of Trevor Berriman. Jamie ca ...

Case Note: HA (Iraq), RA (Iraq), AA (Nigeria) v SSDH [2022] UKSC 22

Article by Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe These appeals involve the deportation of foreign criminals and the tests used to determine if their expulsion from the UK would be unduly harsh on their families or i ...

Children Giving Evidence in Care Proceedings: Time for Change

Article by Steven Evans Halcyon Chambers’ Family Team recently represented a parent in care proceedings concerning allegations of abuse made by a child (15). Contrary to the child’s strong wishes ...

A fairer private rented sector – the end to no-fault evictions?

Article by Jamie Hughes A reform of the ‘no-fault’ eviction process has been mooted by the government for some considerable time. Landlords anxiously awaited news of what, if any, process would re ...

Rwanda Policy – Deterrent or Punishment?

Article by Tony Muman On 13 April, the Secretary of State announced that the UK had entered into an agreement with the Republic of Rwanda with terms recorded in a Memorandum of Understanding. The p ...

Muhammad Ul-Haq: Judicial Secondment

Halcyon Chambers is delighted to announce that Muhammad Ul-Haq begins his secondment to the High Court of Justice in London as a Judicial Assistant assigned to the Queen’s Bench Division. Everyone a ...

Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020: The End of the Blame-Game

Article by Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe The amendments to the law on divorce have been long overdue and signifies the biggest change to divorce law in decades. The overriding objective is to allow parties t ...

TRA: Potential new powers against Teachers

Article by Naomh Gibson The Teaching Regulation Agency (‘TRA’), is an executive agency of the Department for Education (‘DfE’), responsible for regulating the teaching profession in England. T ...

Halcyon Chambers Welcomes New Pupil

Halcyon Chambers is pleased to announce that Barbara Gonzalez-Jaspe has joined Chambers as a new Pupil commencing 4 April 2022. Barbara is currently undertaking a mixed common law pupillage with a foc ...

Withholding Religious Divorce Recognised as Abuse – The Domestic Abuse Act 2021

Article by Shabinah Ladha In both Islam and Judaism in order to remarry a woman must obtain a religious decree of divorce; under Jewish law, the Get, and under Shari’a a Talaq, Khul or Mubaraat.  I ...

Dear Sirs, Happy International Women’s Day

Article by Shabinah Ladha Archaic Every day I receive correspondence addressed to me as “Dear Sir/s”. This male address is an accepted standard which is still used by law firms, the court service ...

Hair Discrimination Should Not Be Brushed Aside

Article by Shabinah Ladha Wigs Getting Twisted The last few weeks have seen Barristers getting their wigs in a twist and posing the question to “wig or not to wig?”. The arguments for and against ...

Niqab, Burka and Giving Evidence in Court

Article by Shabinah Ladha I often get asked by solicitors if their lay clients are permitted to wear a Niqab or Burka whilst giving evidence in Court. A Niqab is a veil for the face that leaves the ar ...

Love, ‘Honour’, Layla and Majnun

Article by Shabinah Ladha On the eve of Valentines weekend I represented a couple seeking asylum on the basis that they form part of a particular social group ‘victims or potential victims of an hon ...

Compromise – When are PPI redress payments truly final?

Article by Jamie Hughes Practitioners instructed in any Plevin claims are well versed in the common arguments that arise in almost every matter. One such argument that repeats is that of compromise. F ...

Highway code changes and RTA liability

Article by Naomh Gibson From Saturday 29 January 2022, the Highway Code is changing. All road users must be aware of these changes and abide by them moving forward. For the uninitiated, the Highway Co ...

Unfair Relationships and the Burden of Proof

Article by Katie Wilkinson Debtors under regulated credit agreements are able to bring a claim of unfair relationship pursuant to sections 140A to 140C of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA).  Section ...

Tomlin Orders and the CCA 1974… don’t get caught out!

Article by: Katie Wilkinson The Court of Appeal’s decision in CFL Finance Ltd v Gertner [2021] EWCA Civ 228, handed down in February 2021 decided the issue of whether Tomlin Orders are theoretically ...

Katie Wilkinson Appointed Deputy District Judge

Halcyon Chambers are delighted to announce that Katie Wilkinson has been appointed a Deputy District Judge by the Lord Chief Justice, and will sit on the Midland Circuit. Katie was called to the Bar ...

Pupillage 2021

Halcyon Chambers is pleased to announce that the application process for Pupillage 2021 is now open. Please go to the Recruitment page for more details and to download the Application Form. Good Luck! ...

Edward Pearce Joins Chambers

We are delighted to announce that Edward Pearce joins Chambers from Tuesday 4th May as part of our Family Team. Edward is very well known across the Midland Circuit and specialises in Family Law ...

Jonathan Bott successfully opposes Hague Convention application and secures ‘no contact’ order, and termination of Parental Responsibility

Jonathan Bott has represented the mother in an application made by the father, an Australian national, for an order under article 21 of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children 1996, and fur ...

Success for Halcyon Chambers’ Pupil

  Chambers wishes to congratulate Naomh Gibson on successful completion of the Second Six of her pupillage. Naomh undertakes work in all practice areas and all enquiries should be addressed to cl ...

Careless Driving: Explained

Article by Naomh Gibson We are now well into winter. Along with festive cheer, the change in season also brings dark, damp, and icy conditions which make driving generally more difficult. Add in busie ...

Tony Muman in Chambers and Partners 2021

  We are delighted to announce that Tony Muman has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners bar guide 2021 edition for Administrative & Public Law – Midlands (Bar) – Band 1 and Im ...

Credit Hire – Update Your Precedents

Article by Rose Oliver Summary: Comment on the 114th amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules, in force from 6th April 2020 In the Government’s 2017 consultation on credit hire claims, the Civil Proc ...

Halcyon Chambers Welcomes Rose Oliver

We are delighted to announce that Rose Oliver has joined Chambers. Rose has been practicing as a Solicitor for 3 years and a Solicitor Advocate for 2 years specialising in General Civil prior to trans ...

Success for Halcyon Chambers Pupils

  Chambers wishes to congratulate Muhammad Ul-Haq on successful completion of the Second Six of his pupillage. Muhammed undertakes work in all practice areas and all enquiries should be addressed ...

Card transaction fees: no small change

Article by Naomh Gibson Business owners and merchants, whether of small, medium or large entities, will be aware of multilateral interchange fees (“MIF”). For the uninitiated, this is whe ...

Can I appeal a Judge’s decision for their behaviour?

Article by Naomh Gibson There are a number of reasons why individuals may choose to represent themselves as a ‘litigant in person’. The most common motivation is financial, as fewer cases now qua ...

[UPDATE] Can I refuse to teach or work in a school?

Article by Naomh Gibson The role of a teacher is something which is often the subject of debate in education. Certainly, key policy developments in the past decade have seen the duties and responsibi ...

Revised admissions appeals procedure approved

Article by Naomh Gibson As per our earlier article, the Government has now updated their guidance on how primary and secondary schools should organise and run their pupil admissions appeals in light ...

Law in the time of COVID-19: making a successful winding up petition

Article by Naomh Gibson On 23 April 2020, the Government announced emergency measures to protect commercial tenants, to include a moratorium on evictions and a temporary ban on the the use of statut ...

Admissions appeals still going ahead subject to revised procedure

Article by Naomh Gibson While the COVID-19 pandemic rages on and schools currently remain closed, families who have been carefully planning ahead for their child’s education may have received some ...

Can a civil injunction stop me protesting?

Article by Tony Muman and Naomh Gibson The United Kingdom has a proud history of protest movements, from the Suffragette marches of the early 1900’s, to the Northern Irish civil rights movement ...

Is a handed-down judgment always final?

Article by Tony Muman and Naomh Gibson It is common practice in civil litigation following a trial of the issues for the Court to formally reserve judgment and to later release confidentially to the p ...

Domestic abuse and the COVID-19 lockdown

Article by Emma Weaver The world is currently in the midst of a pandemic and many countries have taken steps to try and reduce the spread of COVID-19. The UK has similarly followed suit when the Prime ...

Law in the time of COVID-19: Changes to wrongful trading laws

Article by Naomh Gibson Wrongful trading is a statutory offence under Section 214 and Section 246ZB of the Insolvency Act 1986. Once Company Directors conclude – or should have concluded – that th ...

Zambrano Carers and Human Rights: HOME OFFICE POLICY UNLAWFUL

Article by Naomh Gibson Introduction On 30 January 2020 and having heard a number of test cases, Judge Neville of the First-tier Tribunal (IAC) at Taylor House ruled that a person meeting the requirem ...

Law in the time of COVID-19: A Practitioners Guide to Hearings

Article by Naomh Gibson In Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel, The Sun Also Rises, characters Mike Campbell and Bill Gorton discuss Mike’s money troubles:- “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. ...

COVID-19 and the Risk of Losing Your Home

Article by Katie Wilkinson The true financial impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus is yet to be felt, but for many the inability to pay rent on their homes is a real problem that they are facing imminen ...

Muhammad Ul-Haq now taking instructions

Having completed his First Six Pupillage, Chambers is delighted to announce that Muhammad Ul-Haq can now take instructions in Family, General Civil, Immigration. For more information contact the Clerk ...

Halcyon Chambers Welcomes Sajda Kosar-Raja

We are delighted to announce that Sajda Kosar-Raja has joined Chambers. Sajda Specialises in Family, Immigration and General Civil. Please contact the Clerks on 0121 237 6035 or by email clerks@halcyo ...

Tom Wheeler successfully defeats a Bankruptcy Petition against the odds!

Tom’s client was faced with liability orders for unpaid council tax across a large portfolio of tenanted properties. Having failed to participate in the proceedings which brought about the liability ...

Brexit – an interference with family life?

Article by Jonathan Bott With the date for Brexit put off to another unknown date, one might think that the substantive effect of the UK leaving the European Union is yet to be felt. However, followin ...

SMBC v Z

Article by Jonathan Bott Jonathan Bott has successfully obtained findings on behalf of Sandwell MBC in a case involving serious assault, child cruelty and international forced marriage. The respondent ...

Court of Appeal grants permission to appeal in test case CJ (international video-link hearing: data protection) Jamaica [2019] UKUT 126

Ramby de Mello and Tony Muman act for the Appellant who protests that being compelled to give evidence via video-link from Jamaica is in breach of GDPR instructed by Sanjeev Sharma at JM Wilson Solic ...

The Importance of ADR: Further Guidance from the Court of Appeal

Article by Katie Wilkinson The Court of Appeal have clarified the powers of the Court to require parties to engage in early dispute resolution which goes much further than the Courts’ general encour ...

The ‘Surinder Singh’ principle: ‘Centre of Life’ test unlawful says Upper Tribunal – Omarkhail v Home Secretary

Article by Tony Muman The Surinder Singh principle, or ‘route’ as commonly referred to, takes its name from the old Court of Justice judgment in R v IAT and Surinder Singh ex.p. SSHD Case C-370/90 ...

Halcyon teams defend injunction claim in School LGBT row: a pupil’s perspective

  Last week following an intense five-day trial in the High Court Mr Justice Warby reserved judgment in Birmingham City Council v Afsar and others. The case was compelling both in arguments of fa ...

Tony Muman: European Court of Justice

Tony Muman appears at the European Court of Justice. Tony is accompanied by Trevor Berriman (Head of Chambers) and Christopher Ridley (Senior Clerk) ...

France: Banning the niqab violated two Muslim women’s freedom of religion – UN experts

France: Banning the niqab violated two Muslim women’s freedom of religion – UN experts On 27 November Tony Muman led by Ramby de Mello appeared before the Grand Chamber of the European Court o ...

Tony Muman: Immigration & Asylum Law Barrister of the Year 2018

Tony Muman: Immigration & Asylum Law Barrister of the Year 2018   43templerow is extremely proud to announce that Tony Muman has been awarded Barrister of the Year 2018 in Immigration & ...

Credit Hire | Enforceability | Irving v Morgan Sindall

Please find a copy of the judgment by clicking here. The recent appeal judgment in Irving v Morgan Sindall PLC [2018] EWHC 1147 (QB) by Mr Justice Turner is greatly appreciated for bringing much need ...

Tony Muman successfully represents Masters Student in the High Court wrongly expelled.

Tony Muman successfully represented a Masters Student in the High Court wrongly expelled, see previous post together with article below for further details. Tony Muman acted for HA and was led by Ramb ...

Kate Thomas appointed District Judge

43 Temple Row Chambers is delighted to announce the judicial appointment of Miss Kate Thomas as a District Judge. Kate was called to the Bar in 1994 and after a few initial years of practise in Lo ...

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visas Section A JUDGMENT OF TWO PARTS: a non-lawyer’s guide – Part 2

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visas Section A JUDGMENT OF TWO PARTS: a non-lawyer’s guide (2/2) Susanna is a beautiful seven year old girl.  Abandoned at birth outside an Algerian hosp ...

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visas Section A JUDGMENT OF TWO PARTS: a non-lawyer’s guide – Part 1

SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer, UK Visas Section A JUDGMENT OF TWO PARTS: a non-lawyer’s guide (1/2) Susanna is a beautiful seven year old girl.  Abandoned at birth outside an Algerian hosp ...

R (HA) v University of Wolverhampton General Pharmaceutical Council (intervening) [2018] EWHC 144 (Admin)

R (HA) v University of Wolverhampton General Pharmaceutical Council (intervening) [2018] EWHC 144 (Admin) Spent Convictions and the MPharm Course: fitness to practice In a judgment handed down this m ...

Joseph Neville appointed Judge of the First Tier Immigration Tribunal

43 Temple Row Chambers is delighted to announce the judicial appointment of Mr Joseph Neville as a Judge of the First Tier Immigration Tribunal. Joseph’s appointment will take effect from 26 J ...

Jonathan Bott represents father in Re: PQR (Children) [2017] EFWC B86 reported in The Guardian

Jonathan Bott has represented the father in Re. PQR (Children) [2017] EFWC B86 reported in The Guardian.  The father and mother had an ‘open relationship’ which included the parents having relati ...

Tony Muman ranked in 2018 Chambers and Partners

Chambers are proud to announce that Tony Muman has, for the sixth successive year, been ranked as a leading barrister in the prestigious Chambers and Partners Bar Guide 2018. The guide notes Tony as & ...

A QUICK UPDATE ON MM (Lebanon) 3 days before the Rules change by Tony Muman, Counsel for MM

A QUICK UPDATE ON MM (Lebanon) 3 days before the Rules change… Following the Court’s judgment on 22 February 2017 the parties sought to agree an order which gave effect to it and in particular to ...

Certifying human rights claims of individuals liable to deportation (Kiarie and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department)

Immigration analysis: Tony Muman of 43 Temple Row Chambers explores the core issues in the Supreme Court’s decision in R (on the application of Kiarie and another) and examines why the ‘deport no ...

Govt’s ‘Deport First, Appeal Later’ policy is UNLAWFUL rules the Supreme Court

  R (Kiarie) and R (Byndloss) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] UKSC 42 In the Conservative Party Conference 2013 Theresa May, then Home Secretary, announced her flagship policy ...

Do you earn enough?—Article 8, section 55 and the minimum income requirement: R (on the application of MM (Lebanon)

Immigration analysis: The Supreme Court’s decision on the minimum income requirement (MIR) for partners of non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals seeking leave to enter is considered by Tony Mum ...

Immigration analysis: The Supreme Court’s decision on the minimum income requirement (MIR)

Immigration analysis: The Supreme Court’s decision on the minimum income requirement (MIR) for partners of non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals seeking leave to enter is considered by Tony Mum ...

Minimum Income Rules – How to get your clients through the new regime Education and Network Event

The Supreme Court decision handed down today certainly caused some confusion among commentators: Income rules stopping thousands of British citizens bringing their foreign spouse to UK are lawful  ...

A Barrister’s tips for giving evidence in the Family Court

Following, Jonathan Bott’s successful lecture at Community Care Live in Birmingham last year, he has recently provided an article for Community Care Inform, the online resource for social work prof ...

24 Jan 2017: Supreme Court refuses Government’s Article 50 Appeal.

The Supreme Court has dismissed the Government’s Appeal in R (on the application of Miller), AB Parties v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. In what has been described as one of the ...

14 Dec 2016: Thomas Wheeler successfully opposes High Court Permission to Appeal/Appeal.

Thomas Wheeler successfully opposes an application for Permission to Appeal/Appeal within Insolvency proceedings before The Honourable Mr Justice Mann. The case summary can be found here. ...

8 Dec 2016: Tony Muman instructed on behalf of AB Parties

Tony Muman of 43 Temple Row Chambers is instructed to act on behalf of AB Parties. Click here to access live feed to the Supreme Court. ...

3 Nov 2016: The Claimants have WON the Brexit Judicial Review challenge.

Full Article 50 High Court judgment available here. Tony Muman of Counsel instructed on behalf of AB Parties with the assistance of Thomas Green. Further details to follow. ...

Brexit Day One at the Royal Courts of Justice

BREXIT DAY 1 Proceedings in the much anticipated ‘Brexit Litigation’ commenced on Thursday 13th October 2016 with Lord Pannick QC opening the case for Gina Miller.  An official transcript of the ...

Article 50 and Brexit – The Government’s Case

Article 50 and Brexit – The Government’s Case Last week, on 6th October 2016, the Government served their skeleton argument in advance of the much awaited hearing before the Divisional Court, begi ...

BREXIT & THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE: Can the Govt. alone pull us out?

In October 2016 the Divisional Court will hear a 2/3 day judicial review to determine whether there is a need for Parliamentary authority prior to the giving of notice of withdrawal from the EU under ...

Tony Muman instructed by Mr. Byndloss as Supreme Court grants Permission to Appeal against ‘Deport First Appeal Later’ provision.

Supreme Court grants Permission to Appeal against ‘Deport First Appeal Later’ provision The Supreme Court (Lords Kerr, Reed and Toulson) has today granted permission to appeal in R (Bynd ...

43 Temple Row Barristers Appear in the Supreme Court to Challenge Minimum Income Visa Rules

43 Temple Row Barristers Appear in the Supreme Court to Challenge Minimum Income Visa Rules   Thursday 25 February 2016 Over the course of a three day hearing between 22-24 February 2016, a seven ...

The pre-entry English requirement for partners and article 8

Tony Muman recently wrote an article for LexisNexis following the outcome of the Bibi case at the Supreme Court which can be viewed by clicking on the link below. To instruct Tony Muman on any public ...

Supreme Court rules on pre-entry English language tests

43templerow Supreme Court rules on pre-entry English language tests On 18 November 2015 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in R (on the applications of Ali and Bibi) v Secretary of State for the H ...

Preparation for RTA Trials

Accuracy of Pleadings: Parties should be careful to accurately state the circumstances of the accident in the Particulars of Claim or Defence. Witness Statements should be cross checked with the Ple ...

Supreme Court give permission in landmark human rights case

The Supreme Court has now given permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision in SSHD v SS (Congo) & Ors [2015] EWCA Civ 387. The court has directed that the appeal be heard on 22nd ...

R (on the Application of SS Congo) v Secretary of State for Home Department

Notice has been received today that permission to Appeal in this case has been granted. The Appeal will be heard with R (on the Application of MM Lebanon) in February 2016. Tony Muman and Joseph Nevil ...

The Doctrine of Co-extensive liability in a tripartite relationship

The principle, first outlined in Octagon Assets Limited v Remblance [2009] EWCA Civ 581 can be simply stated. A tenant, who had fallen into rent arrears, brought an action against the landlord for bre ...

Costs in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

  Following a recommendation in the Report of the Costs Review Group to the Senior President of the Tribunal in December 2011, costs in the First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) can now be award ...

Direct Public Access – Narrowing the Divide

The legal profession has been in existence for hundreds of years and there has traditionally been a clear distinction between the roles of Solicitors and Barristers.  Solicitors would liaise with the ...

Tony Muman: Minimum income requirements and Article 8 Rights

Tony Muman recently wrote an article for LexisNexis following the outcome of the latest stage of  MM which can be viewed here To instruct Tony Muman on any public law or immigration matter, please ...

Court of Appeal rules on family migration and the minimum income threshold

The Court of Appeal has today handed down judgment in which it has allowed the Home Secretary’s appeal against Mr Justice Blake’s decision in MM and others v Secretary of State [2013] EWHC 1900 A ...

Reaction to Judgment S.A.S. v France

Following the Judgment handed down today in the Grand Chamber, Public Law Barrister Tony Muman commented as follows: – “The judgment is naturally disappointing for the client and she will ...

S.A.S. v France

European Court of Human Rights to give judgment concerning the prohibition on wearing the full-face veil in public in France On Tuesday 1 July 2014 at 11am the Grand Chamber will promulgate its much a ...

Handcuffs and denial of funeral rites to Hindu prisoner in clear breach of Articles 8 and 9 ECHR

So held Mr Justice Leggatt in a very carefully considered ex tempore judgment given yesterday afternoon (1st April) in the Administrative court sitting in Birmingham. “And when he dies…and when th ...

Affluent people are likely to integrate better than poor people!

This was but one of a number of startling submissions made by the Secretary of State to the Court of Appeal earlier this week in Secretary of State  v. MM and Others in defence of her controversial F ...

Tony Muman listed in Chambers & Partners Bar Guide

43templerow chambers are pleased to confirm that Immigration & Public Law Barrister Tony Muman is featured as a “notable practitioner” on the Midland Circuit in the Chambers & Part ...

MM & ORs v Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Judgment for this case can now be accessed here. Counsel Tony Muman of 43 Temple Row can be contacted for comment via his clerks. ...