One Pump Court

Housing & Community Care Personal Immigration Public Law

Call: 2015

Ahmed joined chambers in 2019 and practices within the immigration and housing teams.

Ahmed provides advice and represents clients in a range of immigration and asylum matters including applications for bail, statutory appeals in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal and applications for judicial review. Ahmed also represents clients in a range of housing matters including in claims for possession, housing disrepair and unlawful eviction.

Before coming to the Bar, Ahmed worked as an IAAS Level 2 accredited Senior Caseworker at the immigration firm Lawrence Lupin Solicitors.  In that role, Ahmed represented clients in their asylum and immigration matters assisting clients with their asylum applications, bail applications and statutory appeals. He also represented clients in applications for judicial review which included challenges to the lawfulness of their detention. He has experience assisting vulnerable individuals having conducted asylum applications through the Detained Asylum Casework process and having represented clients through the Legal Aid Duty Advice Scheme at Immigration Removal Centres.

Prior to that, Ahmed was a Volunteer Caseworker at Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) working in the separated families project which involved assisting with bail applications for individuals separated from their families in immigration detention. Ahmed also interned at Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) assisting the casework department with strategic casework.

Ahmed also volunteered as a caseworker at the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) helping victims of domestic violence and abuse obtain emergency injunctions. He has also represented individuals in their social security appeals by volunteering at the Free Representation Unit (FRU).

Somali

Bail for Immigration Detainees

Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

Young Legal Aid Lawyers

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple

Bar Professional Training Course (2014 – 2015), City Law School – Very Competent;

LLM in Human Rights Law (2013 – 2014), University College London – Distinction;

LLB (Hons) (2010 – 2013), City University London – First Class;