Appeal a decision

Everyone has a right of appeal to the Immigration Tribunal against an eligible immigration decision.

We are very experienced in preparing and presenting appeals in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals, the High Court and Court of Appeal. Giving you the reassurance that you will be represented by a barrister consistently ranked as a “leader in the field” thereby giving you the best possible chance of success.

We work directly with individual and business clients in UK and overseas to prepare and represent you to:

  • Apply to the Home Office for Administrative Review
  • Appeal against a decision before the First-tier Tribunal
  • Appeal against a decision before the Upper Tribunal
  • Appeal against a decision before the High Court
  • Challenge a decision of the Home Office by Judicial Review

The work involved in preparing and presenting an immigration appeal does depend on the individual case and can include:

  • An experienced immigration barrister to work on your appeal and provide you with professional advice on preparing and presenting your immigration appeal, by email, telephone or in-person as required;
  • Advice on the merits of your appeal within the law, Immigration Rules and Home Office policies;
  • Draft detailed supporting grounds of appeal;
  • Draft and file the notice of appeal with the Tribunal;
  • Advise on supporting documentary evidence to submit for the appeal;
  • Check supporting evidence complies with the Immigration Rules;
  • Advise if supporting evidence requires amendments;
  • Draft supporting witness statements for you and any witnesses;
  • Draft the appeal skeleton argument (ASA) which will set out your case, the law, and legal arguments as to why your appeal should be allowed;
  • Prepare an indexed and paginated appeal bundle and file and serve on the Home Office and Tribunal;
  • Representation at your appeal by an experienced immigration barrister;
  • Once you receive a decision on your immigration appeal, to provide advice on the next steps.

Additional Appeal Related Services:

We also regularly provide the following services:

  • Advice on the merits of appealing a determination of the First-tier Tribunal;
  • Drafting applications for permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal from decisions of the First-tier Tribunal;
  • Representation before the Upper Tribunal;
  • Advice on the merits of appealing a determination of the Upper Tribunal;
  • Drafting applications for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal from decisions of the Upper Tribunal;
  • Preparing and presenting appeals before the Court of Appeal;
  • Advice on the merits of applying for Administrative Review;
  • Applying for Administrative Review;
  • Advice on the merits of applying for permission for Judicial Review;
  • Drafting pre-action protocol letter prior to issuing Judicial Review;
  • Applying for Judicial Review;
  • Representation at the Judicial Review Oral Permission Hearing;
  • Representation at the Judicial Review hearing;
  • Representation at immigration bail hearing;

How long do immigration appeals take?

Although we can ask for appeals to be expedited in certain circumstances, the decision is one only the court will be able to make. There is no guarantee as to how long it will take for your appeal to be heard; it is likely to take between 6 and 12 months for your appeal to be listed for hearing.

There is an active process of review in which the Home Office could decide to withdraw their decision once they have considered our representations.

Is appealing the right decision?

It is not always advisable to challenge a decision by appealing. We will advise you if a fresh application is likely to be a faster and more cost-effective way to proceed.

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