The members at
Garden Court North Chambers have expertise across all areas of asylum, immigration, trafficking, and nationality law, and they regularly act for unaccompanied children and victims of trafficking, modern slavery, domestic violence, and torture. The set is home to
Kerry Smith, who frequently appears before the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber, in addition to the Court of Appeal.
Mikhil Karnik predominately focuses on the interface of migration and retained EU law, and is skilled at handling deprivation and unlawful detention cases.
Vijay Jagadesham often represents young, unaccompanied asylum-seekers and individuals facing age disputes, while
Tasaddat Hussain specialises in acting for children, vulnerable claimants, victims of trafficking, and clients with mental health issues.
Lucy Mair is well-equipped to handle human trafficking cases, and she successfully represented a man who was trafficked from Vietnam to the UK, then subsequently convicted of cannabis cultivation while under control of his traffickers, in the Upper Tribunal.
Camille Warren is another notable name in this space.