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.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team were exceptional. Highly skilled in their area, professional but also empathetic to our situation and very approachable.’

  • ‘Barry O'Leary's deep knowledge, balanced with emotional intelligence was the perfect fit for what we needed.’

  • ‘Andrew Jones was outstanding. Super attentive, professional and empathetic.’

  • ‘They provide clear advice and representation in a complex area of law.’

  • ‘Wesley Gryk is a niche specialist firm with one of the top personal immigration teams around.'

  • ‘Katie Dilger is fantastic and always goes that extra mile for her clients.'

  • 'Alison Hunter is razor sharp and an expert in international adoption cases.'
  • 'Diana Baxter is very knowledgeable and an expert in nationality law.'

Work highlights

  • Advising a wide range of clients on complex applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
  • Regularly advising and assisting on immigration and nationality issues for children born through surrogacy arrangements across the world.
  • Working with family lawyers and instructed by local authorities to advise on immigration and nationality issues following family breakdown.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alison Hunter, Barry O’Leary, Diana Baxter, Katie Dilger

Other key lawyers

Andrew Jones