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Lisa Giovannetti KC

Lisa Giovannetti KC

Position

Public law, asylum and immigration, human rights, local government. Cases include: Januzi v SSHD (HL) [2006] 2 WLR 397; Westminster City Council v Morris (CA) [2006] 1 WLR 505; GH (Iraq) v SSHD (CA) [2006] Imm AR 19; Gezer v SSHD [2005] HRLR7; R (Ullah) v SSHD (HL) [2006] 2 AC 323.

Career

Called 1990; Gray’s Inn; ‘A’ Panel Counsel to the Crown since 2004. Publications of note include the Immigration appeals section of EMIS looseleaf ‘Civil Appeals’.

Memberships

ALBA.

Education

St Aloysius Convent School; London (LLB Hons); Inns of Court School of Law (1989).

Mentions

London Bar

Immigration (including business immigration)

HALL OF FAME1
Lisa Giovannetti KC –39 Essex Chambers ‘She is an extremely astute, strategically adept and effective lawyer with excellent client care and communication skills. She is also a very highly persuasive advocate who gains the confidence of the court and is able to adapt quickly and effectively to novel or unexpected developments.’