Bates Wells

Chetal Patel leads the ‘extremely competent team’ at Bates Wells, which advises on the full range of personal immigration matters. The group has particular expertise advising EEA citizens on the EU Settlement Scheme and other issues arising from the implications of Brexit, and also excels in family and human rights matters. The team is also regularly sought out for its knowledge and experience handling issues such as HNW immigration, visit visas, domestic worker applications, PBS dependents issues and domestic violence cases. As an expert in LGBTQ+ asylum claims, Tim Barnden is a highly regarded practitioner in family immigration work and is particularly skilled in Article 8 claims and appeals, domestic violence applications and advice to EEA nationals and their families. The group also includes Matthew James, whose practice bridges personal and business immigration work and has expertise in post-Brexit Immigration for EEA nationals, and Alice Bennington, who ‘goes above and beyond to get the job done’ and advises on a broad range of personal immigration issues, with an increasing focus on applications involving children citizenship issues, such as surrogacy and adoption work.