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Dave Vasoodaven
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Work Department
Immigration.
Position
A multi-skilled professional, with both management and legal background. He has vast experience organising business forums as secretary of the ASEAN-UK Business Forum in the UK. He is also a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA). He joined the firm in 2006, specialising in all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law. Amongst the cases Dave has concluded successfully is Nkemjrka Ikoku, Nigerian National. It is a case with ?no success insight, given the background to the case. The appellant had spent over 12 years in the UK. Following a hard-fought battle against the SSHD, the appellant was granted legal status. Furthermore he successfully concluded the case of Mr Mehdi Aghaei, who was a few hours away from being removed from the UK to Iran, having failed in all his applications to remain here, by not only reversing the decision in the High Court, but also by obtaining refugee status for him in the UK. In the case of Bahraini, when the client was deported from the UK, Dave managed to successfully appeal the decision preventing Mr Bahrami returning to the UK. Dave specialises in immigration-related litigation and he is ready and inspired to take on legal challenges. He also received a special mention in ‘The Guardian’ on Tuesday 4 May 2010 for having issued a high court injucntion to prevent the removal of an Iranian civil rights activist, Bita Gheadi, to Iran.
Career
Trained in UK; qualified 1993; partner Gulbenkian Andonian 2010.
Languages
Malay, Tamil (fluent).
Member
Law Society; ASEAN – UK Business Forum; ILPA; Malaysian Bar.
Education
Sultan Abdul Aziz School, Malaysia; teacher training college, Malaysia; University of East London (Diploma in Automobile Engineering; Diploma in Education; LLB Law).
Leisure
Ferrari Formula 1 team, engineering work, DIY, politics.
Practice Areas
Immigration