My approach
Approaching a barrister or solicitor for help makes most people very nervous. This is usually because they worry about the financial cost of legal advice, and because the thought of complicated legal procedures makes them feel they have no control over their problem.
Billal’s approach is simple and transparent. The first telephone consultation is free. If you wish to progress your query and instruct Billal, he will quote you a fixed fee for the work, and will give you both his professional and personal contact details, including his mobile telephone number, so that you can contact him at any point and ask for an update on your case.
My work
M v Secretary of State for the Home Department – High Court – Judicial review of Home Office decision to refuse nationality certificate to child whose mother was not married to her father – Ongoing proceedings about meaning of term ‘father’ in the British Nationality Act 1981
N v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Upper Tribunal – Appeal against Home Office decision to deport an 18-year-old French national following his conviction for various criminal offences – Issues concerned scope of various EEA deportation provisions in the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2006
Y v Secretary of State for the Home Department – First-tier Tribunal – Represented spouse of an EEA national where Home Office had refused EEA residence card alleging that there had been a ‘marriage of convenience’
W v Entry Clearance Officer (Beijing) – Upper Tribunal – Judicial review of a decision to refuse Tier 1 (entrepreneur) visa to a Chinese national who had previously studied and worked in the U.K.
K v Entry Clearance Officer – Upper Tribunal – Represented foreign national clients refused visitor visas to travel to the United Kingdom to meet family
M v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Upper Tribunal – Judicial review of Home Office decision to refuse ILR – Client accused of misdeclaration of income to HMRC
M v Secretary of State for the Home Department – First-tier Tribunal – Asylum application – Client a Sri Lankan national threatened with violence on basis of perceived association with the ‘Tamil Tigers’ group
SB v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Court of Appeal – Appeal against Home Office decision to refuse leave to remain to a child subjected to torture in his native Nigeria
E v Secretary of State for the Home Department – High Court – Judicial review challenge to unlawful detention of a client who had claimed refugee status and humanitarian protection
About me
Billal’s practice is based in a set of barristers’ chambers with offices in Luton, Bedford and Milton Keynes. He does however travel to all parts of the United Kingdom, including London, Birmingham, and Manchester, to help clients.
Billal previously worked in the legal department for HM Government. He therefore has in-depth knowledge of conducting legal challenges against decisions of public authorities.
Professional & academic
LLB (Law), LLM (International Law) – King’s College London
BVC (BPP Law School London)
Law Tutor - King's College London
Legal Editor - Lexis Nexis UK
Publications:
Retrospective Legislation & the ECHR – Law Journal (2014)
Tribunal Procedure & Time Limits – Law Journal (2014)
Mutual Assistance: JP Morgan Chase v. SSHD – Criminal Law & Justice (2013)
Confiscation Orders & Bankruptcy – Criminal Law & Justice (2010)
Silence on Legal Advice – International Journal of Evidence & Proof (2005)
The Hearsay Rule Under the CJA 2003 – International Journal of Evidence & Proof (2006)
Dworkin & Interpretation – UCL Jurisprudence Review (2008)