Personal Immigration

One Pump Court’s Immigration Team is recognised as a leading immigration team in private and business immigration by both the independent Chambers Bar Guide and the Legal 500 UK Bar rankings.  


Our immigration team barristers cover every kind of immigration application and have appeared in leading immigration law challenges from the First-tier Tribunal to the Supreme Court, and European Court of Human Rights. We do a wide range of advisory work, providing opinions on matters of immigration law. Team members regularly teach, publish and advise on immigration law, contributing to practitioner texts and to shaping immigration, asylum and nationality law. 


We are known for being a friendly and compassionate team. We understand that navigating UK immigration law can be stressful and confusing for clients. We are always focused on the needs of the individual client and are committed to giving the highest quality legal advice and client care in every single case. We are supported by our excellent clerking team who can help select the right barrister for each case. Some members of our team are able to accept instructions by direct access.

Our team

David Chirico KC

Call:2002
Silk: 2023

Alison Harvey

Call:1994

Justine Fisher

Call:1994

Yinka Adedeji

Call:1997

Parosha Chandran

Call:1997

Victoria Laughton

Call:1998

Alex Burrett

Call:1999

Raggi Kotak

Call:2000

Allan Briddock

Call:2000
Ireland:2021

Gilda Kiai

Call:2004

Claire Physsas

Call:2004

Emma Daykin

Call:2005

Emma Stuart-King

Call:2005

Rudolph Spurling

Call:2007

Harriet Short

Call:2007

Keelin McCarthy

Call:2007
Ireland:2021

Priya Solanki

Call:2008

Althea Radford

Call:2009

Andrew Gilbert

Call:2009

Matthew Moriarty

Call:2010

Stephen Knight

Call:2011

Catherine Robinson

Call:2011
Solicitor:2006

Rachel Francis

Call:2012

Benjamin Bundock

Call:2013

Eleri Griffiths

Call:2014

Eleanor Sanders

Call:2014

Ahmed Osman

Call:2015

Angelina Nicolaou

Call:2015

Mark Allison

Call:2016
Solicitor:2010

Sophie Walker

Call:2016
Solicitor:2012

Daniel Grütters

Call:2017

Catherine Philps

Call:2018
Solicitor:2016

Margo Munro Kerr

Call:2020

Emma Turnbull

Call:2021

Frank Bowmaker

Call:2021

Tabitha Everett

Call:2021

Olivia Beach

Call:2022

News & Cases

Jordanian transgender woman granted refugee status

The Home Office withdrew its refusal and granted the appellant refugee status following the submission of the skeleton argument, which drew on country expert reports commissioned by her solicitors.
Allan Briddock

R (HI) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

One Pump Court’s David Chirico KC and Daniel Grütters acted for HI in both the UT and the Court of Appeal, instructed by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
David Chirico KC, Daniel Grütters, Joseph Maggs, Emma Talbot

First-tier Tribunal finds that time spent on ‘CV Assurance LTR’ does not break continuity of residence

The Judge accepted that the SSHD herself had given evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee that ‘CV Assurance LTR’ was “leave to remain” granted under the SSHD’s inherent discretion.
Allan Briddock