Source: https://www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk/barristers/bryony-poynor/sao
Timestamp: 2019-12-06 04:13:25
Document Index: 309143868

Matched Legal Cases: ['EWCA ', 'Art. 4', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'application no.13216']

Bryony Poynor | Barristers | Garden Court Chambers | Leading Barristers located in London, UK
"Excellent analytical skills, thinks around the box and very hardworking."
"An extremely skilled barrister with particular expertise in asylum cases."
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Bryony is a barrister specialising in advice and representation in all areas of immigration and data protection, privacy law.
Since March 2018 she has been working on secondment as Assistant General Counsel at Kaplan International advising on Tier 4 matters and all areas of data protection.
Bryony is ranked for Immigration in Legal 500 2020 and was appointed as a part-time Judge in the First Tier Tribunal of the Social Entitlement Chamber in January 2019.
Bryony is ranked for Immigration (including Business Immigration) in Legal 500 2020.
Bryony also provides advice and representation for the full range of cases arising from the 'Points Based System' including applicants and Tier 2 and 4 sponsor licence holders alike.
She has expertise in the application of human rights law to immigration and asylum cases, and challenging immigration detention in the High Court.
Bryony has recently been involved in some high-profile cases including children formerly residing in the 'jungle' camp in Calais and country guidance on the safety of Kabul, Afghanistan (see cases below).
She contributed to the leading Immigration textbook Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice, 8th Edition [2010], 9th Edition [2014], is an active member of ILPA and has undertaken training for JCWI.
MS v Secretary of State for the Home Department: Legal definition of trafficking and, Article 4 and the jurisdiction of the Tribunal. On appeal from Secretary of State for the Home Department v MS [2018] EWCA Civ 594 (23 March 2018) permission granted by the Supreme Court.
R (on the Application of ZS (a child)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWHC 75 (Admin): Child asylum seeker formerly resident in Calais 'Jungle' High Court refused entry to the UK, summarily and without reasons in a widely reported High Court challenge. Substantive Judicial Review heard on 28 February 2018 and 1 March 2018.
AS (Safety of Kabul) Afghanistan CG [2018] UKUT 118 (IAC) (28 March 2018): Country Guidance case on internal relocation to Kabul.
Chiragov and Others v. Armenia, Grand Chamber European Court of Human Rights App No13216/05 Pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage - award (Article 41 - Pecuniary damage Just satisfaction) [12 December 2017]: Damages awarded to the Applicants by the Grand Chamber following the finding of a breach of their ECHR rights by the Member State of Armenia.
ZN (+3) v Secretary of State for the Home Department AS/17/09/37288 [02 November 2017]: Landmark Judgment by Principal Judge of the Asylum Support Tribunal concerning the assessment of S. 95 destitution by the Tribunal and the extent of Home Office's statutory duties regarding the children under section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009.
ZS, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 255 (Admin) [03 February 2017]: Represented child asylum seekers formerly resident in the Calais 'Jungle' who were refused entry to the UK, summarily and without reasons in a widely reported High Court challenge.
MS (Trafficking - Tribunal's Powers - Art. 4 ECHR : Pakistan) [2016] UKUT 226 (IAC) [23 March 2016]: Reported Key Upper Tribunal guidance case on trafficking, the legal definition of trafficking and, in particular, exploitation.
HN & SA (Afghanistan) (Lead Cases Associated Non-Lead Cases), R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 123 [03 March 2016]: Three interim injunctions were obtained from the Court of Appeal preventing the removal of asylum seekers on charter flights to Afghanistan during the course of this protracted litigation, challenging decisions on fresh protection claims on the basis of risk of serious harm from indiscriminate violence and the safety and reasonableness of internal relocation to Kabul.
HN & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (JR - scope - evidence (IJR) [2015] UKUT 437 (IAC) [27 July 2015]: Challenge to the Government's removal of failed asylum seekers to Afghanistan by charter flight. These proceedings effectively halted three flights throughout 2015. Bryony acted as junior counsel in the initial judicial reviews in the Upper Tribunal and in the interim relief applications and hearings in the Court of Appeal. She obtained three interim injunctions from CA including two "generic" injunctions preventing removal to Afghanistan and permission to appeal.
Chiragov v. Armenia - 13216/05 - Grand Chamber Judgment [2015] ECHR 587 [16 June 2015]: The applicants were forced to flee from their homes in 1992 during the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, an autonomous landlocked province and have not been able to return to their homes and properties since because of Armenian occupation. They rely on Article 1 of Protocol No 1 (protection of property) and Articles 8, 13 (and 14 ECHR. Attempts to extend meaning of "continuing violation" and jurisdiction as set out in Bankovic. Over 1,000 applications stayed pending outcome.
R (on the application of Mulumba) v (1) First Tier Tribunal (Asylum Support) and (2) SSHD, Asylum Support Appeals Project intervening, CO/2114/2014: Test case on asylum support benefits under Section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Led by Martin Westgate QC, Bryony represented the Asylum Support Appeals Project as intervener. A successful application was made for funding from the Strategic Litigation Fund and permission was granted by the court to intervene.
HF (Iraq) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 1276 [23 October 2013]: In addition to giving guidance specifically on the situation in Iraq, the Country Guidance case of the Upper Tier Tribunal gives general guidance on Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive, the grant of legal aid and legal representation in Country Guidance cases, alongside the weight to be attached to UNHCR guidelines which will be of general application. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, granted permission to appeal but ultimately dismissed the appeal.
MA & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EUECJ C-648/11 [21 February 2013]: Examined the rights of unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UASC) not to be deported to other European countries in a judgment affecting Europe-wide practice. It was held that consideration had to be given to their best interests. This case was as a result of a reference by the Court of Appeal in MA & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 1446.
Bryony specialises in public and administrative law and her work includes judicial review, civil claims involving public bodies and advisory work for clients seeking to avoid litigation. She undertakes advocacy at Tribunal, High Court and Court of Appeal level.
She was a member of the legal team for the Kurdish Human Rights Project including in the Grand Chamber case of Chiragov and others v Armenia (application no.13216/05) which looks at the Jurisdiction of the Court, continuing violations and the Right to Property where Just Satisfaction awards were made to all Applicants in December 2017.
In her international work Bryony has represented members of the Batwa minority ethnic group in a case against the Republic of Burundi at the African Commission/Court of Human Rights and has assisted in the drafting of three Amicus Curiae to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights - two against Mexico and one against Colombia.
Bryony has an expertise in advising on data protection and privacy law principles across a broad range of situations offering practical advice and representation on:
• The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations
• Confidentiality and privacy at common law; and
• Article 8 and 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Bryony can assist with compliance issues involving the European Supervisory Authorities including the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Data Protection Commission (DPC) Ireland, and Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL) France.
Bryony advises data controllers, processors and data subjects alike and can give swift advice in the event of a data breach bringing both a legal and technical understanding of cyber security related issues. She can also assist with the making and responding to subject access requests including the extent of relevant exclusions as well as providing representation before the Information Rights Tribunal, County or High Court on data protection claims.
Michael Ivers and Bryony Poynor, with others, represented the Azerbaijani refugees.
CIPP/E (Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe)
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