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Colin Yeo | Barristers | Garden Court Chambers | Leading Barristers located in London, UK
"Colin is practical and pragmatic, and brings a wealth of knowledge to his work. He runs a very well-used blog in immigration law and he has one of the widest-reaching grasps of immigration law."
"Extremely experienced and has a very good grasp of immigration law as a whole."
"His work is excellent and displays unquestionable judgement. He has a firm, comprehensive and thorough knowledge of the complexities of our immigration system."
"He has an extraordinary amount of energy and commitment."
"Very sharp, approachable and good to work with."
Colin is an experienced and specialist immigration barrister working in all areas of immigration law for a full range of clients, from law centres to high net worth individuals. He also regularly appears in the media and edits the widely read immigration law website Free Movement.
Well known and widely respected in the immigration sector, Colin's practice covers the full spectrum of immigration law. This includes opinions, appeals and judicial reviews in family, asylum, EU, nationality and business cases.
Entry Clearance Officer, Sierra Leone v Kopoi, 2017 EWCA Civ 1511 - Important case on when it is and is not possible to appeal against refusal of a family visit visa.
The Secretary of State for the Home Department v SU, 2017 EWCA Civ 1069 - Unusual case on entry in breach of a deportation order followed by an application for revocation.
Ryanair v Secretary of State for the Home Department C50CL033 - Unusual and unsuccessful appeal against imposition of a carrier sanction on an airline in the case of a claimed family member of an EU citizen.
Sleiman (deprivation of citizenship; conduct: Lebanon), 2017 UKUT 367 (IAC) - Addresses tests to be applied in deprivation of citizenship cases and causal link between deception and the grant of citizenship.
GJ and Others (post-civil war: returnees) Sri Lanka CG, 2013 UKUT 00319 (IAC) - Country Guidance case on Sri Lanka on the post-conflict risk to returned Tamils and others. Colin acted for the Intervenor, Tamils Against Genocide.
MN and others (Ahmadis - country conditions - risk) Pakistan CG, 2012 UKUT 00389 (IAC) - Landmark and successful Country Guidance case on Ahmadi Muslims from Pakistan and religious persecution claims.
Jarusevicius (EEA Reg 21 - effect of imprisonment) Lithuania [2012] UKUT 120 (IAC) - Heard by the President of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal, this is one of a series of cases which saw the tribunal revisit its approach to residence rights in EU free movement law.
JD (Congo) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor, 2012 EWCA Civ 327, [2012] 1 WLR 3273, [2012] Imm AR 719 - Reported in The Times and elsewhere, Colin acted in the leading case on the interpretation and effect of the 'second appeals test' on permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal.
MS (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 2010 EWCA Civ 1236 - Led by Stephen Knafler QC on the interpretation of domestic and international provisions on refugee family reunion.
MD (Guinea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 2009 EWCA Civ 733
Guidance case on the assessment of credibility of child witnesses in an asylum context.
DM v SSHD (Timing of funding application) Zimbabwe, 2006 UKAIT 00088
N v SSHD, 2005 UKSIAC 18/2002 - National security case on revocation of a deportation order made against a Pakistani national accused of nuclear proliferation activities.
KA v SSHA (Draft-related risk categories updated) Eritrea CG, 2005 UKAIT 00165
MN v SSHD (Entry clearance facilities - availability) Iraq, 2004 UKAIT 00316
IM v SSHD (Article 3 - Orhodox Jew - Military Service) Russia CG, 2002 UKAIT 05952
HM v SSHD (Mental Health) Sierra Leone CG, 2002 UKAIT 04459
Colin has experience in family law children proceedings, particularly in cases with an international or immigration dimension, and regularly drafts expert opinions on immigration matters for family law proceedings, being one of the few barristers with genuine experience in both areas.
W (A Child) [2009] EWCA Civ 370, [2009] 2 FLR 436 - Addressing shared residence orders in the family courts and the circumstances in which a shared residence order might be granted to a parent with relatively little contact time with children.
Colin joined Garden Court Chambers in August 2013. Before coming to the Bar he was Director of Legal Services and Training at the Immigration Advisory Service, prior to which he worked as a Legal Officer at the Refugee Legal Centre.
Colin is editor of the widely respected Free Movement immigration law blog (www.freemovement.org.uk), which he founded in 2007
Author of Free Movement ebook guides to EU law applications, naturalization applications, refugee law, visit visa refusals, Surinder Singh applications, costs in immigration cases and the Immigration Acts 2014 and 2016
Editor of Jackson and Warr, Immigration Law and Practice (5th ed, forthcoming)
Contributor to Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice (9th ed)
Contributor to JCWI Guide to the Points Based System (2010)
Contributor to ILPA Best Practice Guide to Working with Refugee Children (2010)
Editor of Country Guideline Cases: Benign and Practical? (2005)
'Raising the spouse visa age' [2009] IANL 365
'Protecting family members' [2008] IANL 147
'Conditions in detention: the use of Article 3 ECHR in removal appeals' [2003] IANL 229
'Agents of the State: When is an Official of the State an Agent of the State?' [2003] International Journal of Refugee Law at 509
The 'Internal Flight Alternative': Counter-arguments' [2000] IANL 9
Colin provides online training and information to other immigration lawyers and others through the Free Movement website, which he owns and edits. He also speaks at conferences and events and has regularly appeared in the media, including in The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Economist, The New York Times, The Independent, BBC Radio 4 news programmes, Newsnight, Channel 4 News and Sky News.
BA (Hons) Modern History, St John's College, Oxford