Pupil Call: 2024 frd@onepumpcourt.co.uk
Specialist in
Experience
Francesca joined One Pump Court as a pupil in October 2024.
Prior to starting pupillage, Francesca acquired significant experience in human rights and immigration law through roles at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and Imran Khan & Partners, where she worked on complex asylum and family reunion cases and on the Grenfell Tower litigation.
Whilst working with a team of advocates in Lesvos, Francesca successfully obtained interim relief from the ECtHR for medically vulnerable clients. Her international experience also includes co-authoring an Expert Opinion for the CJEU on removal procedures and conducting human trafficking research for the United Nations.
Immigration
Francesca is currently supervised by David Chirico KC. She has a particular interest in Article 3 removal cases, detention cases and family reunification.
Family
Francesca will be supervised by Mary Hughes in family law.
Education
Bar Practice Course: Outstanding (University of Law)
Graduate Diploma in Law: Distinction (Cardiff University)
LL.M. International Migration and Refugee Law (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
LL.B. European Law (Universiteit Maastricht)
Languages
Proficient: Spanish and French
Basic: Dutch, German and Welsh
Awards
UKELA Environmental Law (Winner, 2023)
Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding Achievement (BPC)
Inner Temple Exhibition Scholar (GDL and BPC)
Leonard Woodley Award
Analysis of the case R (on the Application of QA) v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2024] EWHC 3064 (Admin), by Francesca Dickens
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