Part 1: Advocacy in the immigration and asylum tribunals
This session looks at common issues including gathering and presenting complex evidence, making requests to HMCTS and applying for Exceptional Case Funding for representation. Speakers will also address the challenges faced by appellants needing to be treated as vulnerable witnesses, and spotting and assessing if a client lacks capacity, and what to do about it, including adjournment and obtaining and working with a litigation friend / the Official Solicitor.’ in court proceedings. Selbi Durdiyeva, Senior Research Fellow at PLP, discusses a new PLP report which examines the importance of culturally sensitive communication in the Immigration and Asylum Upper Tribunal, especially those affecting LGBTQ appellants and the translation of trauma.
Chair: Rebecca Hacker, Public Law Project
Melanie Vasselin, Refugee and Migrant Justice
Lisa Incledon, Medical Justice
Selbi Durdiyeva, Public Law Project
Brian Dikoff, Southwark Law Centre
Part 2: Public law in the immigration and asylum tribunals
This session will cover procedural unfairness, including unfairness that causes discrimination, and article 8 human rights proportionality. Speakers will also discuss strategies for ensuring procedural and substantive fairness in the Tribunal for LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum.
Chair: Cathy Jaquiss, Rainbow Migration
Matthew Banks, Garden Court Chambers
Leanna Burnard, Doughty Street Chambers
This webinar is for:
- Advisers, caseworkers and lawyers representing or advising appellants asylum and immigration tribunals (First-tier and Upper Tribunal).
- Charities and NGOs with an interest in tribunal proceedings
- Policy researchers looking at access to justice and representation in the immigration and asylum tribunals
Tickets:
Standard: £65 – For those working in public bodies and private practice
Discounted: £50 – For those working in charities, or are trainees or pupils
Contributory: £30 – For those working in small organisations with very little or no training budget, or those with limited resources but wish to contribute
Student ticket: £20 – For full time students with a valid university email address
Free tickets – If you do no have a training budget or are applying independently and are unable to pay, email a brief explanation to events@publiclawproject.org.uk to request a free ticket.