Barry O'Leary > Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

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.

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.