39 Essex Chambers

The well-regarded immigration team at 39 Essex Chambers has expertise in broad range of immigration appeals and judicial reviews, and ‘especially those at the cutting edge of immigration policy’. Notable for representing both claimants and the Home Office, the set appears in all courts including the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union, and with members such as Charlie Cory-Wright KC – notable for his activity as a security-cleared special advocate – sought-after in cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission. Members like Lisa Giovannetti KC are regularly instructed by the government in immigration test cases, and Alan Payne KC recently acted for the Secretary of State in a case involving the obligation to consult and addressed a policy challenge that, as a result, impacted on the payments owed to thousands of trafficking victims. Rory Dunlop KC led the government side in R3 v SSHD, the leading case on the territorial scope of Article 8 ECHR in immigration cases, whilst Katherine Apps KC was instructed by the SSHD in a case concerning the principles that can be used to challenge refusals of citizenship.