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Mrs Karen Halliwell

Work Department

Detention and Deportation

Position

Karen Halliwell is a qualified immigration solicitor and Law Society accredited supervising senior caseworker. Specialising in all elements of deportation and detention-related issues. Karen regularly advises on highly complex cases and her expertise is recognised by excellent working relationships with solicitors in the criminal field, as well as the Probation Service.

Career

Karen has been working in the field of immigration law since 2007. Initially trained at Paragon Law, Karen qualified as a solicitor in 2017. Prior to this, she had already gained extensive experience as a senior caseworker dealing with a variety of immigration cases.

Karen Halliwell has experience in all areas of immigration law, including protection claims, spouse and child related applications (in country and entry clearance) and judicial review applications. Her main areas of focus is dealing with personal immigration, detention and deportation matters, on which she has represented clients with complex immigration issues from initial stages through to the Court of Appeal. Karen has a particular specialism in deportation and advising clients on applications based on protection or human rights issues.

Karen regularly advises pro bono at community engagement events held provided by immigration removal centres and at local not for profit organisations.

Aside from her experience in immigration law, Karen also has a working knowledge of criminal law in the magistrates court and the Magistrates Sentencing Guidelines, which makes her uniquely experienced to advise on the crossover between criminal and immigration law.

Areas Of Work

• Advise foreign national prisoners and their families on deportation related issues, including the preparation and submission of representations in response to one stop notices, decisions to deport and the making of human rights claims.
• Prepare appeals in the First Tier and Upper Tribunal.
• Provide assistance with preparation and submission of bail applications, electronic monitoring issues and amendments to bail conditions.
• Advise and prepare applications on behalf of detainees to the High Court and Upper Tribunal in respect of unlawful detention, including claims for damages and compensation where unlawful detention is established.
• Create applications to revoke deportation orders.
• Support individuals with administrative removal and re-entry bans.
• Assist with injunctions and interim relief against forced removals.
• Create judicial review applications relating to all aspects of immigration law.
• Advise on and prepare representations against the revocation of refugee status.
• Support with restricted leave applications.
• Advise and assist applicants on claims for protection status for both adult and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children.
• Provide guidance in relation to settlement protection applications.
• Assist with applications for regularisation and extensions of leave in all aspects of immigration applications, including partner, child and family reunion applications.
• Support with naturalisation and deprivation of naturalisation, including appeals of decisions to deprive.

 

Languages

English (United Kingdom) and French

Memberships

The Law Society – Accredited supervising senior caseworker (ILPA)

Education

The University of Hull – Law alongside French (LLB/Hons) [2000 – 2004]

The College of Law York – Post graduate diploma (LPC) [2004 – 2005]

Leisure

Spending time with family, walking, travel, parent governor at a local primary school, amongst other community -based voluntary positions.