Catherine Robinson is a member of the immigration team. She represents clients at all stages of the immigration and asylum process. Catherine’s immigration practice encompasses personal and business advisory work.
Catherine regularly appears before the First-Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal in immigration and asylum appeals and bail hearings.
Catherine has extensive experience of drafting judicial review grounds and applications for permission to appeal to the First-Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal and Court of Appeal and also undertakes unlawful detention work. She also has experience of cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
Voluntary work
Catherine acted on a pro-bono basis as junior counsel for the AIRE Centre in SM v ECO, Visa Section C-129/18, SM (Algeria) v Entry Clearance Officer [2018] UKSC 9 and Khan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 1755. The instructing solicitors in these cases were Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and the senior counsel were David Chirico and Aidan O’Neil QC.
Catherine has acted on a number of appeals on a pro-bono basis instructed by charities and city law firms.
Previous experience
Prior to joining 1 Pump Court Chambers, Catherine was an immigration solicitor at Fisher Meredith LLP for 5 years.
Catherine completed her training contract at (as it was then known) Herbert Smith LLP, an international law firm.
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
CPBA
French and German
University of Warwick, LLB, 2002
School of Oriental and African Studies, LLM, 2009
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