I am looking for immigration solicitors in Holborn, but you are barristers. What is the difference?

Traditionally, members of the public requiring immigration advice always had to use a solicitor, as it was not possible to approach a barrister directly. Once the law changed, it became possible to approach barristers directly. Our team of barristers are qualified to take your instructions directly, as well as accepting referrals from immigration solicitors. Holborn and Tooting are our office locations where we receive clients in person, and we are also able to provide emergency advice by telephone. As barristers, we are able to represent you throughout your entire case. So, unlike with immigration solicitors who will need to hand over to a barrister for court representation, we can personally take you through every step, for complete continuity. We are licensed to litigate, which means we can do much of what immigration solicitors can do, often at a fraction of the cost, and with the benefit of direct contact from start to finish.

What immigration services do you offer?

Our experience extends across all areas of immigration law, including: Advice Conferences Appeals Judicial Reviews Injunctions Our specialist immigration barrister appears regularly before the First-Tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal, Administrative Court and Court of Appeal, and is able to represent you personally at every stage, meaning there is never any need to hand over your case, as you would find if you were working with immigration solicitors.

Do you offer emergency injunction services?

We are able to help in any emergency immigration situation. Our experts will regularly make applications for interim relief to the out of hours High Court and Court of Appeal judge, and are regularly successful in obtaining telephone injunctions in the Court of Appeal in order to prevent removals from the UK. If you need our help urgently, please contact us immediately.

What languages do you speak?

Amongst our team, we have barristers and legal experts who can speak Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Albanian, French and Italian, amongst other languages.

Direct Access Barristers at Imperium Chambers

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Members of the public have been, for the past few years, able to instruct barristers to work on their cases directly. This means that it is no longer necessary to instruct a solicitor first. Barristers can be instructed direct to work on appeals or applications, provide opinions, prepare bundles, and a whole host of other types of work.

This is called instructing a barrister “direct access”, and means that clients can save huge amounts of money by not having to instruct a solicitor or other intermediary.
The Bar Standards Board has published Guidance on the scheme for members of the public which can be viewed here.

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What are the benefits of the Direct Access scheme?

There are a number of benefits to instructing a barrister directly and here at Imperium Chambers, all of our barristers are qualified to take instructions on a direct access basis.

Members of the public will have access to barristers for the entirety of their cases, and will benefit from their expertise at every step of the way. Gone are the days when the first time a barrister sees a client’s case is the day they get to court. Using the direct access scheme, you can prepare your bundle and legal arguments with a barrister’s assistance right from the beginning, improving your chances of success.

Further benefits of the direct access scheme include:

Cost – it is often cheaper to instruct a barrister directly as opposed to going through a solicitor. Since solicitors often seek the advice and assistance of barristers anyway (and will charge you for this), you will save money but just going to the barrister directly).
No hidden costs – direct access barristers most usually work on a fixed fee basis with no hidden charges. This means that you will know in advance exactly what you are paying for.
Experience and expertise – unlike most solicitors, barristers will have the experience of actually arguing cases in court and will have a wide range of experience. Our barristers are experts in their field and will be able to handle your case properly
Speed – not instructing a solicitor means that the barrister can get on with your work straight away. You will have direct contact with them.
Support – here at Imperium we have a dedicated team of clerks and paralegals who can assist the direct access barristers, and you, on a day-to-day basis.

Is my case suitable for direct access?

It is our experience at Impesrium Chambers that the vast majority of cases in immigration law are suitable for direct access. Our barristers have been dealing in immigration, civil, family, and other types of law on a direct access basis for years and are comfortable working directly with clients.

It is worth noting, however, that not every type of case is suitable for direct access. If your case is especially complex or involves an unusually large amount of documentation, then you may be better off instructing a solicitor. Barristers have a duty to tell you if they believe you are better of instructing a solicitor.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch and we can provide an assessment of your case prior to you instructing our barristers directly.

Testimonials

Very professional service. The staff is very proactive. Communication is very good. My case was handled with great professionalism. Every step was explained in detail. No hidden fees and they were very helpful with the payment plans. The staff had good knowledge about my case. Special thanks to Paul Turner for the great advice and making impossible possible. Waqar and Nick were helpful through out my case. I was up-to date with all the proceedings and each and very step. All questions were answered on time. Best legal service I ever received.

I also recommend this to other people. Specially for TEOIC cases.

Qadir Ali

Mr Paul Turner and Mr Kim has been very helpful with my husbands appeal to remain in the UK and they have been so informative when ever we have a doubt about anything relating to our case they are always on call! If you need sound advice regarding immigration matters, certainly get in touch with them! They are just awesome!!!!

Sali Premachandran

Imperium Chambers

0207 242 3488

clerks@imperiumchambers.co.uk

Thanet House, 231-232 Strand, London, WC2R 1DA

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