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Zane Malik
Work Department
Immigration, Asylum & Human Rights
Nationality & EU
Regulatory & Professional Discipline
Administrative & Public
Career
Zane Malik is a barrister specialising in public law and human rights, with an emphasis on immigration, asylum,
nationality, EU and regulatory law.
He is one of the Attorney General’s Panel Counsel to the Crown and, at the same time, has an established private
practice. He acts regularly at the highest levels, both for and against the government.
He has particular expertise in appellate work and Judicial Reviews. He appears regularly at the Upper Tribunal, the
High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, where over 250 of his cases have been reported so far.
He has conducted over 120 appeal hearings at Supreme Court and Court of Appeal level. The Upper Tribunal’s
reporting committee (IAC) has reported over 60 of his cases to be cited as precedents in other cases. He often
leads other barristers and legal teams in complex cases before the higher courts.
He contributes regularly to legal journals and other practitioners’ sources, and often speaks at legal conferences
and professional development events.
He is also a Judge of First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (fee-paid/part-time)
Memberships
Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
Attorney General’s Panel B
Attorney General’s Panel C
BARRISTERS • ARBITRATORS • MEDIATORS
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Call (Lincoln’s Inn)
Education
PGD (Professional Legal Studies)
LLM (International law and human rights)
LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Immigration (including business immigration)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Zane Malik KC – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Zane is a superb advocate. He is incredibly clever, has great judgement and supreme confidence. His advocacy style is extremely impressive.‘
39 Essex Chambers has ‘real strength in depth‘ in immigration, regularly appearing in judicial reviews challenging removal, detention, and immigration rules before the first tier and upper tribunals, and going up to the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and European Court of Justice. The set ‘has been involved in many of the leading cases over the last years‘, with Rory Dunlop KC acting for the government in respect of R (AAA and others) v SSHD interim relief and case management hearings concerning the Rwanda proposals before the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court. Joining the set in November 2022 from 5 Essex Chambers, Alan Payne KC has been representing the government in relation to the challenge to immigration officers to seize mobile phones from small boat arrivals to the UK in R (HM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department. Lisa Giovannetti KC, Charles Cory-Wright KC, and Zane Malik KC are also key members of the chambers – all notable for their government work, and Cory-Wright KC in his capacity as a special advocate in national security-related proceedings.