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Samina Iqbal

Goldsmith Chambers

Samina is a highly experienced immigration, human rights and family law practitioner and has successfully represented and advised on a variety of human rights related immigration, asylum, European law and nationality decisions at all levels, up to and including the Court of Appeal.

Within the field of family law, she has experience in Children Act proceedings including residence, contact, parental responsibility, abduction and removal from the jurisdiction. She also regularly represents vulnerable adults, who are victims of domestic violence.

Samina can also be instructed directly under the public access scheme.

Samina's knowledge of both immigration and family law are invaluable, especially in more recent times following the Supreme Court decision in ZH (Tanzania) [2011] UKSC 4. Samina has been instructed as Counsel for the Appellant on a Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) matter.

Samina has been praised for her meticulous yet fearless approach to cases and inspires confidence and conviction in her ability as an advocate. She is very perceptive, readily adapts to her clients' needs and can be depended upon to deliver under any circumstances.

Read recent comments from Samina on unlawful deportation here.

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2 Contributions by Samina Iqbal

England: Local authority duties for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children—age assessment, accommodation and support, National Transfer Scheme, and leaving care to 21–25
PRACTICE NOTES
England: Local authority duties for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children—age assessment, accommodation and support, National Transfer Scheme, and leaving care to 21–25
Practice Note Although this Practice Note is not confined to unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) children, they are the group a practitioner is most likely to meet quite often in practice. Other situations can arise, for example: a child who has been abandoned but does not lodge an asylum claim; a dispute about the age of a dependent child of any asylum seeker. The material in this Practice Note concerns the law currently in force in England. In Wales, this field is governed by the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 and associated statutory instruments. This Practice Note does not attempt to detail every obligation owed by the local authority (LA) to a child because they are looked after by the LA. For those obligations, see Practice Note: Local authority duties towards children looked after by them. However, the key duties are addressed here. An application for asylum also includes a claim under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) where the applicant contends that, if returned to their country of origin, they would face torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment...
Local Government
Section 17 Children Act 1989 support for families without leave to remain: Schedule 3 NIAA 2002, Articles 3 and 8 ECHR and procedural protection (England and Wales)
PRACTICE NOTES
Section 17 Children Act 1989 support for families without leave to remain: Schedule 3 NIAA 2002, Articles 3 and 8 ECHR and procedural protection (England and Wales)
Applicable families This Practice Note addresses circumstances in which a family with at least one child under 18 is in the UK without current leave to remain (LTR) (that is, a person within paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (NIAA 2002) who is in breach of immigration law and has not made an asylum/protection claim as defined by NIAA 2002, s 82(2) (as amended)). The case of R (on the application of EAT) v Newham London Borough Council examined how a local authority (LA) should approach section 122(5)(b) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, and whether there were reasonable grounds to believe a person had lodged an asylum claim that would prevent the LA from offering support. The court determined that the assessment must centre on the pertinent application and whether such a claim has been advanced, either expressly or by implication. When the family have: not applied to the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Secretary) to regularise their stay applied to remain in the UK on the basis of their human rights...
Local Government
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