Abida Huda
Call: 1989
One Pump Court
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Ahmed Osman
Call: 2015
Alan Masters
Call: 1979, 1993 (Irish Bar)
Alex Burrett
Call: 1999
Alice Scanlan
Call: 2021
Alison Harvey
Call: 1994
Allan Briddock
Call: 2000, 2021 (Ireland)
Althea Radford
Call: 2009
Andrea Hounto
Call: 2018
Andrew Gilbert
Call: 2009
Angelina Nicolaou
Call: 2015
Annie Dixon
Call: 1991
Benjamin Bundock
Call: 2013
Catherine Robinson
Call: 2011, 2006 (Solicitor of England & Wales)
Prior to joining 1 Pump Court Chambers, Catherine was an immigration solicitor at Fisher Meredith LLP for 5 years. Her experience included: judicial reviews; appeals at all levels; and fresh asylum and human rights claims. She had a wide range of clients including: individuals needing personal and business immigration advice; victims of trafficking and domestic violence; those considered to be a risk to national security; and unaccompanied minors.
She was ranked as an Associate to Watch by Chambers & Partners 2011 in the category Immigration: Personal: London. The entry said:
Associate Catherine Robinson enters the rankings this year due to her handling of complicated immigration cases with a terrorist aspect. She is particularly admired for her client-care skills: “She is respectful, kind and honest about the hazards within the asylum system, while still giving fearful and desperate people a sense of hope.”
Catherine completed her training contract at (as it was then known) Herbert Smith LLP, an international law firm.
Catherine Philps
Call: 2018, 2016 (Solicitor)
Charlie Peat
Call: 2003
Charlie has worked as an outdoor clerk for a number of legal aid solicitors and as a caseworker at the Refugee Legal Centre (now called Refugee and Migrant Justice) representing asylum seekers at all stages of the asylum process before coming to the Bar.
Claire Physsas
Call: 2004
Clive Matthews
Call: 2019, 1981 (Solicitor of England and Wales)
Daniel Grutters
Call: 2017
David Chirico KC
David specializes in all areas of immigration and asylum law. He has a particular focus on claims relating to complex questions of immigration rules and policy, asylum claims based on sexual and gender identity, claims relating to people who suffer from mental and physical illness, and claims involving rights of children. He shares One Pump Court’s commitment to equal access to justice without discrimination and to upholding the rule of law.
He works particularly with clients whose asylum claims raise issues relating to sexual/gender identity, who suffer from mental and physical illness, in cases involving complex family histories and needs, with clients whose claims are based on religious identity, with unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers, with clients faced with conducive deportation decisions under the old or the new (‘automatic’) provisions, and with clients facing removal to other EU states either under the Dublin Regulation or for public policy reasons.
Alongside his work in (and on appeal from) the Tribunals, he has a large and varied judicial review practice, covering all areas of immigration law, including challenges to fresh claim and certification decisions, citizenship challenges, third-country cases, policy and implementation challenges, and refusals to waive fees or permit access to public funds.
Many of his clients have been detained by the Secretary of State, and David has an established practice in false imprisonment and related civil claims.
With the rest of the Immigration Team at 1 Pump Court, David is committed to the provision of high-quality representation to people who do not have the means to pay for it themselves, whether through legal aid or by other arrangements, including pro bono work, CFAs and realistic agreed fees.
Career
Called to the Bar in 2002, he previously worked in the Czech Republic for the European Roma Rights Center, as a caseworker and helping in the preparation of strategic litigation on discrimination in the criminal justice system, access to education, and access to housing. On return to the UK, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Central European Studies at University College, London, and was regularly called upon to act as an expert on the situation of Czech and Slovak Roma at all levels of the immigration appellate system in the UK (see e.g R (ZL and VL) v SSHD [2003] EWCA Civ 25).
David has been at 1 Pump Court since 2002. In addition to giving open and in-house seminars on behalf of 1 Pump Court, David regularly trains for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. He has also delivered training in recent years for ECRE, the Danish Refugee Council, and the Italian immigration practitioners’ association (ASGI), and he has spoken at conferences organised by JUSTICE and by the Bar European Group, and volunteers for UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG). He is a trustee of UKLGIG and of the development charity PIN-UK..
What the directories say
2021 Legal 500
‘Brilliant legal mind, creative in terms of strategy, willing to run novel points and has a tenacious spirit in fighting cases hard to the very end.’
(Leading Juniors) Ranked: Tier 1
2020 Chambers and Partners
A highly respected practitioner who continues to handle a broad range of matters, including complex deportation and removal cases, often on behalf of vulnerable clients.
“He reminds me of what I thought being a lawyer was all about. One of the most passionate advocates I have instructed: he routinely goes above and beyond the call of duty, and is highly intelligent and persuasive.” “David is a complete star. I think he really is a standout immigration practitioner, because he’s formidably good at everything he does and has incredible compassion for clients.”
(Leading Juniors) Ranked: Star individual
2017 Legal 500
Cited as a leading junior in Immigration (including business immigration):
“Any client is very lucky indeed to have him fighting on their behalf”
Deborah Revill
Call: 2009
Delphine Breese-Laughran
Call: 1991
Edmund Eldergill
Call: 1991
Eleanor Sanders
Call: 2014
Eleri Griffiths
Call: 2014
Emma Daykin
Call: 2005
Emma Turnbull
Call: 2021
Gilda Kiai
Year of call: 2004
Grace Cowell
Call: 2018
Hannah Webb
Call: 2018
Harriet Short
Call: 2007
Helen Monah
Call: 1996
Imogen Mellor
Call: 2019
Isabel Bertchinger
Call: 2021
James Presland
Call: 1985
James Anthony Shaw
Call: 2018, 2015 (Solicitor England and Wales)
Jonathan Adler
Call: 1999
Justine Fisher
Call: 1994
Keelin Mccarthy
Call: 2007, 2021 (Ireland)
Manjeet Kaler
Call: 1993
Margo Munro Kerr
Call: 2020
Maria Liddiard
Call: 2021
Mark Allison
Call: 2016
Martin Hodgson
Call: 1980
Mary Hughes
Year of call 1994
Deputy district judge since 2005 (civil, including ancillary relief proceedings); previously on editorial board of Counsel Magazine and wrote regularly for the same and other journals e.g. New Law Journal; pupil supervisor; until recently was employment officer for chambers; was active in Kurdish Human Rights Project and undertook trial observations in Turkey. Publications of note: prior to coming to the Bar, Mary did a Phd in women’s issues and wrote two books and numerous articles on women’s education and equal rights.
Matthew Moriarty
Call: 2010
Meghan Curran
Call: 2022
Michael Marsh Hyde
Call: 2006
Michele O"Leary
Year of call: 1983
Michele has been sitting as deputy district judge at the Principal Registry of the Family Division since November 2003; senior advocacy tutor for Lincoln’s Inn; elected a Bencher of the Inn 2007.
Michelle Harris
Call: 2000
Natalie Csengeri
Call: 2011
Nicholas Nicol
Year of call: 1986
Southwark law Centre caseworker (1988-91) in housing and employment; barrister since 1991; Public Law Project Director of Policy & Research 1997; Tribunal Judge (1999-date) at the First Tier Tribunal Property Chamber (Residential Property); CEDR accredited mediator from 2002. Publications of note: Fuel Rights Handbook 8th-10th editions (co-author, Antoinette Hoffland), 11th edition (co-author, Catherine Bartholemew) CPAG; Halsbury’s Laws Vol.19(1) section on Gas, LexisNexis Butterworths; ‘Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Their Implementation in UK Law’, Chap 6, University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre; Medical Mishaps: Pieces of the Puzzle, Chap 21, Open University Press.
Paramjit Ahluwalia
Homicide, Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking, Immigration offences, Firearms and drugs
Parosha Chandran
Call: 1997
Patricia Tueje
Year of call: 1999
Patrick McMorrow
Call: 1996
Philip McLeish
Call: 2003
Philippa Hemery
Call: 2009
Priya Solanki
Call: 2008
Rachel Francis
Call: 2012
Raggi Kotak
Call: 2000
Nominated for Liberty’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year 2012
Rebecca Martin
Call: 2002
Roshni Popli
Call: 2019
Ruby Sayed
Call: 1999
Sam Elliott
Call: 2014
Sam Jarman
Year of call: 1989
Publications: 2004 Quoted in Cornell Law School Legal Studies Research Paper Series 2004 Paper 10 ‘A Global Law of Jurisdiction and Judgments: Views from the United States and Japan’ Kevin M Clarmont; 1995 ‘English/Japanese Legal Dictionary and Handbook’ (Cassell 1995); 1992 ‘Attacking Assets in Japan’, chapter in ‘Attacking Foreign Assets’, editor D. Campbell (Lloyd’s of London Press, 1992, 1997); 1992 ‘A Report on the Application and Practice in Japan of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’, (a report by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations to the UN Human Rights Commission, 1992). Translation Editor (Japanese to English). Lectures/papers (in English): 1999 ‘The Effect of an Insured’s Fraudulent Actions on his Co-Insured’s Coverage: a Review of the New Hampshire and Similar Cases’: The London Underwriting Centre, Lloyds of London; 1998 ‘The Effects of Costs Rules in English Proceedings in Promoting Settlements’: British Japanese Law Association Inaugural Lecture, The Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, University College London; 1996 ‘Recent Developments Relating to the Law on Material Non-Disclosure in Insurance’: Annual Conference of the International Litigation Section of the ABA in Tuscon, Arizona, USA. Lectures/papers (in Japanese/English): 2006 Effects of the Consumer Credit Act 2006 – lecture to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations delegation to UK; 1992 Employment Law and Procedure in the UK: Osaka Bar Association; 1992 Japanese Litigation and the Behaviour of Judicial Personnel – A Critical Appraisal: Biannual Conference of West Japan Judiciary; 1992 Attitudes of Foreigners to Compulsory Fingerprinting in Japan: Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto; 1991 Legal Education in England: Osaka Bar Association; 1991 The Role of Barristers: Osaka Bar Association; 1991 The English Legal System: Kyoto Bar Association.
Sarah Corbett-Batson
Call: 2017
Sarah-Jane Ewart
Call: 2021
Sophie Walker
Year of call: 2016
Stephen Knight
Call: 2011
Stephen Bartlet-Jones
Call: 2004
Linklaters residential volunteer, Toynbee Hall, becoming assistant co-ordinator of its legal advice centre, 2002-04; called to the Bar 2004, Lincoln’s Inn (Hardwicke Scholar); pupil 1 Pump Court 2004; taken on as ‘exceptional pupil’ 2005.
Tamara Muhammad
Call: 1998, 2009 (Turks and Caicos Islands Barrister/Attorney), 2011 (Jamaica Attorney)
Terry Pedro
Year of call: 1996.
Terry regularly gives accredited seminars for Criminal Solicitors, most recently on duress and necessity, and the sentencing of dangerous offenders.
Victoria Laughton
Call: 1998
Yinka Adedeji
Call: 1997