Steffan Rees

Solicitor - Solicitor

SRA ID: 7011702

I am a Solicitor within the Immigration and Public Law departments based in Duncan Lewis' Swansea office. I assist director Vinita Templeton on a range of immigration and asylum matters, including refugee family reunions and asylum applications. I have represented clients in a range of immigration and asylum matters, on both a publicly (legal aid) and privately funded basis.. I have assisted clients to establish successful asylum claims based on a range of complex convention reasons, including political opinion, race, sexuality, and gender identity. I have experience of successfully appealing against Home Office decisions in both the First Tier and Upper Immigration Tribunals. I also work closely with local charities to assist vulnerable people who are appeal rights exhausted with preparing fresh claims for asylum. I support clients in completing a range of other immigration applications, including ILR, British citizenship, family reunion visas, and visit visas. I also work with clients in immigration detention, both in prisons and immigration removal centres, to secure immigration bail and challenge deportation decisions. I also regularly act in judicial review matters, challenging Home Office decision making and obtaining interim relief. I have a successful track record of overturning negative visa decisions and bringing public law challenges against issues with Home Office accommodation and support.