Work Department

Immigration

Position

Alasdair Mackenzie is an experienced leading junior who specialises in immigration and asylum law and practices generally in public law.

Alasdair is regularly instructed as sole or leading counsel in appeals to the Upper Tribunal and the Court of Appeal and in judicial reviews in both the High Court and Upper Tribunal.  He appears frequently before the Upper Tribunal and First-Tier Tribunal in all areas of immigration law, including refugee, human rights, family, EEA, student, points-based system, bail and deportation cases.  He also appears in judicial reviews of trafficking decisions and age assessments.

Education

Winchester College; Oxford University (1989, BA, modern languages); London Metropolitan University (2003, PgDL); College of Law (2004, BVC).

Mentions

London Bar

Immigration (including business immigration)

LEADING JUNIORS1

Alasdair Mackenzie –Doughty Street Chambers ‘Alasdair is a phenomenal advocate. He is extremely thorough and is able to work to a very high standard under time pressure. His written work is first-class, being persuasive, detailed and accurate.’