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Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP
140 LOWER MARSH
LONDON
SE1 7AE
England

Employment > Immigration: human rights Tier 1

Described by clients as ‘a niche specialist firm with one of the top personal immigration and human rights teams around‘, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP enjoys a strong reputation in all all aspects of UK immigration, asylum and nationality law. The group has excellent personal immigration capabilities with emphasis focus on human rights-related issues, asylum and deportation, and is particularly well-versed assisting families with complex human rights applications under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The team also has considerable expertise with LGBTQIA+ asylum and partner applications, which is a specialism of Barry O’Leary, who also advises on a broad range of immigration and nationality law matters, including international surrogacy. Also an expert in intercountry adoption, Alison Hunter, who has ‘high standards of execution an delivery‘, specialises in European free movement law and matters relating to the EU Settlement scheme. Diana Baxter, who is an expert in complex nationality work, family and other Article 8 applications, and Katie Dilger, who specialises in complex family cases and ‘always goes that extra mile for her clients‘, are also key figures in this field.

Practice head(s):

Alison Hunter; Barry O’Leary; Diana Baxter; Katie Dilger

Other key lawyers:

Andrew Jones

Testimonials

‘Very professional service and very knowledgeable people.’

‘Diana Baxter is extremely professional and recognises clients’ needs very quickly.’

‘The level of professionalism and the attention to detail approach to every aspect of the case and or individual is exceptional. Over the years I have coined a catch phrase when recommending the firm to friends or potential clients: “If you can convince Wesley Gryk to accept your case, then you’ll definitely be considered by the Home Office”.’

‘Alison Hunter’s high standards of execution and delivery echoes throughout the entire process. She is very well informed of the ongoing challenges and changes within the sector and will always advise the client accordingly.’

‘Wesley Gryk is a niche specialist firm with one of the top personal immigration and human rights teams around. The team are all excellent, providing very high quality advice and representation in a highly competitive sector. They are very reliable and get superb results.’

‘Katie Dilger is fantastic and always goes that extra mile for her clients.’

‘Barry O’Leary’s reputation as one of the best in the field is justly deserved.’

‘Andrew Jones is an excellent and super bright lawyer who gets great results.’

Work highlights

  • Successfully represented a Sudanese father-to-be to be given urgent permission to join one of Sudan’s last evacuation flights so he could safely reunite with his British wife in the UK in time for his baby’s birth.
  • Successfully advised and assisted a family of 16 from Gaza with urgent applications to join family members in the UK.
  • Continuing to advise and assist clients facing persecution as LGBTQIA+ individuals with asylum, private and family life claims.

Employment > Immigration: personal Tier 2

Praised as ‘a niche specialist firm with one of the top personal immigration teams around‘, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP has a well-established personal immigration practice. Particularly sought out for its human rights and civil liberties expertise, the group also advises across a broad range of personal immigration issues including nationality work, EU Settlement Scheme matters and visitor applications. Barry O’Leary specialises in the full range of immigration and nationality issues, and has particular expertise in applications based on partnership and family, as well as international surrogacy work, and Alison Hunter has specialist knowledge of the European free movement law and the EUSS; she is praised as ‘razor sharp and an expert in international adoption cases‘. Diana Baxter is ‘very knowledgeable and an expert in nationality law‘ as well as in Appendix FM applications for partners, children and parents, and Katie Dilger focuses on complex family cases.

Practice head(s):

Alison Hunter; Barry O’Leary; Diana Baxter; Katie Dilger

Other key lawyers:

Andrew Jones

Testimonials

‘The team were exceptional. Highly skilled in their area, professional but also empathetic to our situation and very approachable.’

‘Barry O’Leary’s deep knowledge, balanced with emotional intelligence was the perfect fit for what we needed.’

‘Andrew Jones was outstanding. Super attentive, professional and empathetic.’

‘They provide clear advice and representation in a complex area of law.’

‘Wesley Gryk is a niche specialist firm with one of the top personal immigration teams around.’

‘Katie Dilger is fantastic and always goes that extra mile for her clients.’

‘Alison Hunter is razor sharp and an expert in international adoption cases.’

‘Diana Baxter is very knowledgeable and an expert in nationality law.’

Work highlights

  • Advising a wide range of clients on complex applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
  • Regularly advising and assisting on immigration and nationality issues for children born through surrogacy arrangements across the world.
  • Working with family lawyers and instructed by local authorities to advise on immigration and nationality issues following family breakdown.

Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP is a niche immigration practice dealing with all aspects of UK immigration, asylum and nationality law.  We have been providing specialist immigration advice for almost 30 years.

The firm holds an excellent reputation for its work with individuals facing personal immigration problems, with a particular emphasis on cases involving human rights and civil liberties.  Though we are mainly known for our work in the human rights and personal immigration field, we believe it is important to be able to assist clients across the spectrum of immigration law and we undertake a significant amount of work that would be considered business immigration law or in the high net worth categories.   Our firm is unique in that our lawyers have the depth of knowledge and skills across all aspects of immigration law, which allows us to find the best approach for our clients.

 

As a specialist practice, our work covers the full spectrum of immigration law: we assist with asylum, human rights and deportation cases; a wide variety of other personal immigration and nationality work, EUSS matters, in respect of immigration issues arising in international surrogacy and adoption cases, for children in care, for visitors, for highly skilled / talented workers and students wanting to work in / move to the UK; and we advise businesses and other organisations on immigration issues and compliance. 

Department Name Email Telephone
Partner Diana Baxter [email protected] 02074016887
Partner Barry O'Leary [email protected] 02074016887
Partner Alison Hunter [email protected] 02074016887
Photo Name Position Profile
Diana Baxter photo Diana Baxter Partner
Katie Dilger photo Katie Dilger Katie is a Partner at Wesley Gryk.  Her practice covers a full…
Alison Hunter photo Alison Hunter Alison is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP. Her practice covers…
Andrew Jones photo Andrew Jones Andrew is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP who joined the…
Barry O'Leary photo Barry O'Leary Barry O’Leary is one of the UK’s leading immigration practitioners and has…
Barry O'Leary photo Barry O'Leary Barry O’Leary is one of the UK’s leading immigration practitioners and has…
Number of UK partners : 4
Number of other UK fee-earners : 12