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Mr Toufique Hossain
Work Department
Public Law
Position
Toufique Hossain is a director of public law and immigration at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He works predominantly under legal aid in order to represent those most in need. His practise is dominated by judicial review, leading strategic litigation where he represents individual claimants and NGOs who seek to challenge Executive decisions, policies and practices.
He has extensive experience in the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, litigating across a range of areas and regularly conducting high-profile challenges to unlawful policies and practices, including unlawful detention and unlawful removals from the UK.
Some of his most notabe cases include:
- SM v Lord Chancellor [2021] EWHC 418
- (CRA, CJO, CAS) v Lord Chancellor (challenge to LAA Regulations)
- Detention Action v SSHD (access to justice – phone access)
- FB & Anor v SSHD (Removal Window Policy)
- Hussein v SSHD & G4S
- Morita & Ors v SSHD
- Rehman & Ors v SSHD & SSJ
- TH and others [2016] EWCA Civ 815
- Wasif v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 82
- JS (Sudan) [2013] EWCA Civ 1378
Toufique continues to have conduct of several lead complex cases. He has had conduct in unlawful detention cases involving mental health issues; Rule 35 and evidence in relation torture; lead cases challenging removals to France, Cyprus and Malta; removals to DRC; challenges to detention involving long-term detention of Chinese nationals and Afghan charter flight cases.
In addition to challenging injustice through litigation, Toufique aims to advocate human rights by speaking out in the media. His appearances in The Guardian, Sky News, Russia Today, BBC and Channel 4 brings attention to the crucial role of legal aid, in holding the executive to account and in providing justice for those most in need.
Career
Toufique qualified as a solicitor in 2004, he joined Duncan Lewis Solicitors in 2011 and was made a partner-level director in 2013.
In October 2017, Toufique was named The Times ‘Lawyer of the Week’ for his work leading Duncan Lewis’ challenge to the Home Office detention policy in relation to torture survivors. He has been recognised on multiple occasions and has been shortlisted for the Civil Lawyer Award at the 2019 Asian Legal Awards and Human Rights Solicitor of the Year at the 2019 Law Society Excellence Awards. In 2017 he was shortlisted for Lawyer Monthly’s ‘Public Law Solicitor of the Year’, The Legal Aid Practitioners Group’s (LALY) ‘Immigration and Asylum Lawyer of the Year’, and the Law Society’s ‘Human Rights Lawyer of the Year’. His team was shortlisted for Legal Aid Team of the Year at the Solicitors Journal Awards 2017 and at the LALY Awards in 2020 and 2021.
Languages
Bengali.
Memberships
Toufique is accredited as a Supervisor and Level 3 Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme. There are only a small number of immigration practitioners throughout England & Wales that hold this quality mark. He is also a member of Amnesty International, ILPA, and is on the Board of Trustees – Article 1/Waging Peace.
Education
Toufique received his LPC from the College of Law, London and his LLB Law from University College London (UCL).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Employment > Immigration
(Next Generation Partners)Duncan Lewis Solicitors fields a ‘uniformly proactive, highly committed‘ immigration team, operating from offices across Harrow, Luton, London and Milton Keynes. The team has expertise across claimant-side judicial review, with a particular focus on challenging human rights breaches in deportation cases, as well as operating a significant practice in asylum, protection cases, modern slavery matters, and unlawful detention claims. The practice has a robust leadership team encompassing Toufique Hossain, a prominent immigration litigator, along with Vilash Gami, Rohena Wallace, and Gemma Lynch, who has extensive experience in representing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, Bahar Ata, who has a niche practice in immigration and human rights related judicial review claimant matters, and Pardeep Somel, who boasts nearly two decades of experience advising asylum seekers, torture victims, trafficking and detention challenges.
London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
(Leading partners)Duncan Lewis Solicitors houses a large judicial review practice that focusses on representing claimants on areas of immigration, human rights, and civil liberties. The team is especially recommended for unlawful detention and unsuitable accommodation cases. With more than two decades of experience in the field, Toufique Hossain stands out for his skill with handling high-profile judicial reviews; most notably, he secured a victory in the Supreme Court case relating to the Rwanda Litigation. Ahmed Aydeed and James Packer are also prominent members of the team. Aydeed has experience challenging policies involving victims of slavery and human trafficking. Packer has broad capabilities handling cases in the Administrative Courts, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court. The practice regularly advises asylum-seekers, refugees, and individuals facing deportation.
London > Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
(Leading partners)‘A willingness to take risks on behalf of their clients’ characterises Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ civil liberties and human rights practice, which shines in immigration judicial review cases and migrant rights. The ‘extremely determined’ Toufique Hossain leverages extensive experience in leading strategic litigation on behalf of asylum-seekers before every level of the judicial system, and in public inquiries, while James Packer is ‘deeply committed’ to securing clients’ best interests in complex immigration matters. Bahar Ata regularly represents those detained under immigration powers, and Pardeep Somel engages with a wide range of immigration, asylum, and unlawful detention issues.
London > Employment > Immigration: human rights
(Leading partners)Known for ‘taking ground-breaking cases and fighting them all with great ability and energy‘, Duncan Lewis Solicitors has unique expertise in immigration judicial review claims involving human rights breaches, as well as a reputable practice in asylum, protection, deportation and modern slavery. Toufique Hossain, ‘a very capable leader and builder of teams’, is a prominent figure in human rights and immigration law, and Ahmed Aydeed advises on all aspects of immigration, including human rights, asylum and international protection. Rohena Wallace and Gemma Lynch have notable experience representing vulnerable clients such as unaccompanied, asylum-seeking children, whilst James Packer has a specialist practice in complex immigration and is ‘deeply committed to clients with cases at all levels from tribunal to Supreme Court.’ Vilash Gami and Pardeep Somel are both well-established in complex asylum claims, and the ‘calm and competent‘ Bahar Ata has a specialised practice in immigration and human rights-related judicial review claims.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate