Recommendations
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Praised for his boundless energy and enthusiasm as well as his excellent technical knowledge
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Best Lawyer - Immigration Law
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Has 'great client skills and is adept at finding a solution and preparing appeals to the highest standard'
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“Recognised as a Best Lawyer”
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"A really good, inspiring communicator"
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Tim is a "really dedicated and knowledgeable lawyer"
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Tim has 'a wonderful rapport with clients'
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"His commitment to clients and strength and breadth of his knowledge is fantastic"
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"His work is of the highest quality."
Experience
I am a Partner in the Immigration Department advising clients across the full range of personal, business immigration, and human rights and refugee based claims.
More than 17 years qualified, I started my practice in the Legal Aid sector, moving on to work for 10 years within a highly regarded niche immigration firm: Wesley Gryk LLP, before joining Bates Wells. I am equally at ease working with high net worth individuals and their families, organisations and businesses, couples and family groups, and vulnerable applicants.
I have long been listed a leader in the field of personal immigration in the Chambers Directory.
- I secured Tier 1 Exceptional Talent/Promise status for a leading avant-garde young composer and musician (1 of only 1,000 permits available for issue per year)
- I resolved the status of a long term unlawfully resident family by arguing that the best interests of their children lay in being educated in the UK
- I secured an unmarried partner’s permit for a gay man who had difficulties providing documentary proof of his cohabitation with his partner.
- I’ve won refugee status for a gay man from Jamaica, and for an Iranian blogger and human rights activist.
- I persuaded UK Visas and Immigration to grant indefinite leave to remain to a noted film maker with Tier 1 General status despite him having been absent from the UK for “excessive” periods over the relevant qualifying years.
- I won the appeal of an elderly grandmother from Zimbabwe.
- I’ve secured numerous “permanent residence” documents for EEA nationals and their family members.
Areas of expertise:
Services
Qualifications and career
- Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. BA English 1986
- College of Law. Common Professional Examination and Legal Practice Course 1993
- Trained and qualified at Wilson & Co
- Legal Aid asylum and human rights lawyer at Glazer Delmar
- Private immigration associate to partnership at Wesley Gryk LLP
Pro bono, memberships, and appointments
- Former Chair of Trustees of UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) and ongoing volunteer lawyer for the same.
- Former Trustee/Board member Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)
- Trainer for ILPA, Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC) and many others
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