Vilash Gami

Solicitor - Director & Solicitor

SRA ID: 380500

I am a Director in the Immigration department. I supervise a team of solicitors and caseworkers. I specialise in asylum, human rights and public law work. I have wide experience of litigation in the Administrative Court and Court of Appeal as well as in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Examples of cases include asylum applications including those on DAC, deportation, general immigration matters such as entry clearance, family reunion, marriage application, EEA and nationality matters. Having represented vulnerable clients such as minors, victims of torture, trafficking, victims of domestic violence and those with mental health issues, I fully understand the need to be patient and sympathetic but also proactive to ensure they benefit from the relevant protection by ensuring proper and relevant experts and or specialists are instructed to help progress the application and secure a positive outcome. Examples of Judicial Review cases include: Unlawful detention; False imprisonment; Unlawful delay in processing immigration and asylum applications; Fresh claim challenges/unlawful denial of appeal rights; Challenges to refusals of Article 8 ECHR family and private life applications; Third Country removals; Challenges to decisions to deny access to public funds; and Challenging removals by way of urgent interim relief applications. I am accredited as a Senior Caseworker under the Law Society's Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme, which demonstrates that I possess the desired level of knowledge and competence in this area of law as defined by the Law Society. It also enables me to represent and advise both publicly funded and private clients.