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Edward Nicholson Year of Call: 1993

Contact Group Clerk Administrative & Public Law CV Print

Edward Nicholson Immigration, Asylum and Nationality

Prior to obtaining a tenancy in 2003 Edward worked at the Refugee Legal Centre from 1992, appearing before the Immigration Appellate Authority - predominantly the Immigration Appeal Tribunal for over ten years. He held the position of Legal Officer at the RLC from 1995.

In addition to his practice in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, the Administrative Court and the Court of Appeal Edward also provides regular advice and training sessions to staff at solicitors firms.

In 2009 he appeared before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in what became its first reported determination on the United Kingdom Border Agency’s new Points Based System : NA & Others (Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) - funds) [2009] UKAIT 00025.

QUALIFICATIONS

BA (Hons): English Literature and Philosophy;
Common Professional Examination (CPE);
Bar Vocational Course

CLERKS

Senior Practice Manager
Robert Woods

Clerk
James Farmer

Junior Clerk
Clare Smith

Practice Director
Tony McDaid

Tel: +44 (0) 845 210 5555
Fax: +44 (0) 121 606 1501
immigration@no5.com

NOTABLE CASES

R (G) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWHC 2848 (Admin)

R on the application of Yussuf v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] EWHC 2847 (Admin)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Abbas [2005] EWCA Civ 992

KR (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 514

AG (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 801 [2007] NLJR 1235, [2007] INLR 407 – leading case on threshold for art 8 ECHR

DL (Democratic Republic of Congo) v. Entry Clearance Officer, Pretoria; ZN (Afghanistan) v. Entry Clearance Officer, Kirachi [2008] EWCA Civ 1420. Permission to appeal against this judgment was obtained in June of 2009

MQ (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ

On 15 February 2010 the UK Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeal’s judgment in ZN (Afghanistan) v. Entry Clearance Officer, Kirachi. The judgment is not yet available.