Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Immigration

Nazia is a solicitor in the immigration department, also specialising in civil litigation.

She frequently represents clients at the High Court in their judicial review matters and takes on a wide range of immigration related cases, including the following;

• Unlawful detention
• False imprisonment
• Unlawful delay in processing immigration and asylum applications
• Fresh claim challenges/unlawful denial of appeal rights
• Challenges to refusals of Article 8 ECHR family and private life applications
• Third Country removals
• Challenges to decisions to deny access to public funds
• Challenging removals by way of urgent interim relief applications

Nazia has represented clients in all aspects of human rights claims from initial applications through to appeals in the First-tier and Upper Tribunal of the Immigration Asylum Chamber and the Higher Courts. She has also assisted clients with entry clearance applications, settlement applications and nationality matters. She has significant experience in dealing with vulnerable clients including minors, those in detention and those suffering from complex psychological issues, as well as victims of torture, trafficking and victims of domestic violence.

Nazia joined Duncan Lewis in 2015 and qualified as a solicitor in 2014.

Nazia has a Level 2 Senior Caseworker accreditation under the Law Society's Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS).

LLB (Honours) Law and Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC).