Technical Assistance In Immigration Cases

Case Analysis

Trial / Witness Prep

We are regularly asked to advise immigration practitioners on their client's vulnerabilities or eligibility in complex cases - whether in removal proceedings or when contemplating an affirmative application. For example, where your client has an extensive immigration history, or criminality which needs to be analyzed, we can provide that expertise as a stand alone service.

Working hand in hand with the immigration practitioner in this way allows them to do what they do best - maintain broad expertise in a diverse immigration practice - and rely on us for particularly complex legal issues where a second opinion is helpful.

The case analysis we can provide ranges from screening for obscure / now-repealed forms of relief, to issue spotting problems (or opportunities) in light of the cutting edge developments in case law. In short, we can be your in house experts who can supplement your existing representation.

Trial / Witness Prep

We regularly work with a small network of immigration practitioners who hire us as a bolt-on service to their representation in cases where they plan to present witnesses in support of their client's claim.

Usually about two weeks before the call up date for evidence, we review everything which the practitioner has been able to obtain and prepare from the client. We then simulate evidence in chief and cross examination, challenging them against the evidence which will be in the record.

We then leave the practitioner with the following documents:

Comprehensive notes about the client / witnesses accounts (for easy adaptation into a pre-hearing witness statement if desired);
Bullet points of areas in which the account was deficient / conflicted with other evidence / is in need of clarification;
Bullet point list of evidence which appears to be available but has not yet been obtained
Strategic advice overall about the strengths and weaknesses of the case.

Having this second opinion has proven invaluable to the practitioners we serve, and more importantly, their clients.

How We Operate

We Generally Work for the Immigration Practitioner Rather than Provide Direct Representation

In the vast majority of cases, we provide assistance on behalf of the client's existing immigration practitioner, and generally do not undertake direct representation other than in the Courts of Appeal.

This allows us to focus on what we do best; complex legal analysis, and allow the client to maintain their relationship with original immigration practitioner. The benefit for the client is that we can consequently assist more quickly - and for a lower price - because we have lesser client contact.

The benefit for the immigration practitioner is that you can rely on the benefit of our expertise and where ethically appropriate, still share in the fee associated with the work.