One Pump Court > London, England > Set Profile
One Pump Court Offices
ELM COURT
LONDON
EC4Y 7AH
England
One Pump Court > The Legal 500 Rankings
London Bar > Immigration (including business immigration) Tier 3
Claimant-side set One Pump Court has a specialist immigration team that is able to advise on the full gamut of immigration, asylum, and deportation cases, including those that cross-over into other areas of law such as human rights and Court of Protection matters. The chambers includes a number of notable juniors who have acted in relation to a number of high profile mandates, such as David Chirico KC and Benjamin Bundock , who represent the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in its intervention into R (AAA and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, the substantial litigation around the government policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Alex Burrett is acting for an appellant who was stripped of his British citizenship by the Secretary of State in an appeal before the European Court of Human Rights in Pham v UK.Rising stars
2024 Silks
Leading Juniors
Testimonials
‘All the clerks are quick and helpful in their response to you. Mycal Thomas is always friendly and kind and facilitates a solution in even the most inconvenient scenarios.‘
‘I think the Pump court is a great set. They are about the individual and they care massively about justice for everyone.’
‘I have worked with One Pump Court for over 10 years and I find all their clerks and barristers to be diligent and the utmost professionals.’
‘One Pump Court have an extremely strong immigration team. They are in my opinion the leading chambers in the country for immigration work.’
‘One Pump Court is a fantastic set with some of the most experienced and knowledgeable legal minds working today. All members of the set are strong and can be relied to provide excellent advice and advocacy. The training programmes offered by the set are extremely helpful and relevant to the work we do.‘
Work highlights
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
Rising stars
London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse
Leading Juniors
London Bar > Crime
London Bar > Social housing
Leading Juniors
One Pump Court > Set Profile
One Pump Court was established in 1978 by a group of lawyers with a commitment to providing a first-class service to all, particularly the legal aid clients and those facing tribunals where legal aid is not available. Since its founding, One Pump Court has been a democratic collective and does not have a head of chambers. It is run by a management committee, which has responsibility for the efficient and effective operation of chambers.
The set: Members of chambers chair tribunals and lecture and conduct training courses in their specialist areas. They also contribute to legal journals and other publications. Chambers works closely with law centres and other agencies who are addressing unmet legal needs.
Having established quality assurance systems Barmark and Quality Mark, chambers is committed to rigorous monitoring to ensure that its high standards are maintained and improved so that there is a sound basis for the delivery of the highest quality legal services to all its clients.
Members belong to various practice associations and organisations, such as HLPA, ILPA, ALBA, LAG and Liberty.
One Pump Court is committed to social responsibility and to the continuing improvement of all its activities so that it can reduce its collective impact on the environment.
Types of work undertaken: Chambers undertakes civil and public law, family, immigration and criminal work nationwide and at all levels, from the county court, magistrates courts, Crown Courts, inquests and tribunals, to the Administrative Courts, Courts of Appeal, the Supreme Court, European Courts (European Court of Human Rights and Court of Justice of the European Union) and the Privy Council.
The civil and public law group provides notable expertise in immigration, housing, human rights, asylum support, community care, travellers’ rights, actions against the police, discrimination, prison law, social welfare law and fuel rights. Judicial review is an expanding area within chambers and the civil and public law team has been involved in a number of important test cases with an immigration/social welfare context in recent years.
The crime group consists of an experienced team practicing exclusively in criminal defence work, providing representation to persons accused of the whole range of criminal offences, from minor road traffic offences to murder, at every stage of proceedings. The team is committed to ensuring that all persons accused of crime are properly represented and is well known for its pro bono work.
The specialist family team includes members who specialise in all areas of family work, both nationally and internationally. The team can provide expert cover for all types of public and private law work relating to children as well as national and international child abduction cases under the Hague Convention and domestic violence, forced marriage and financial relief. The family group at One Pump Court is particularly well known and respected for its professionalism and compassion when representing parents, grandparents and children’s guardians.
Main Contacts
| Department | Name | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administrator | Jeannine Lewis | ||
| Senior Clerk | Ian Burrow | ||
| Clerk | Mycal Thomas | ||
| Clerk | Scott Haley | ||
| Clerk | James Rourke | ||
| Clerk | Chloe Amson | ||
| Clerk | Cecily Emanuel | ||
| Fees clerk | Lewis Harrison-Lee | ||
| Fees clerk | Bradley Baker | ||
| Receptionist | Abby Greensmith | ||
| Member of Chambers | ADEDEJI, Yinka (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ADLER, Jonathan (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ALLISON, Mark (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BARTLET-JONES, Stephen (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BREESE-LAUGHRAN, Delphine (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BRIDDOCK, Allan (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BUNDOCK, Benjamin (2013) | ||
| Member of Chambers | BURRETT, Alex (1999)) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CHANDRAN, Parosha (1997) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CHIRICO, David (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CORBETT-BATSON, Sarah(2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | COWELL, Grace (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | CSENGERI, Natalie (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DAYKIN, EMMA (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | DIXON, Annie (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ELDERGILL, Edmund (1991) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ELGADHY, Amean (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ELLIOTT, Sam (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | EWART, SJ (2021) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FISHER, Justine (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | FRANCIS, Rachel (2012) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GASPARRO, Julia (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GILBERT, Andrew (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GRUTTERS, Daniel (2017) | ||
| Member of Chambers | GRIFFITHS, Eleri (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HARRIS, Michelle (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HEMERY, Philippa (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HODGSON, Martin (1980) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HOLLOWAY, Sharon (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HUDA, Abida (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HUGHES, Mary (1994) | ||
| Member of Chambers | HUSSEIN, Timur (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | JARMAN, Samuel (1989) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KALER, Manjeet (1993) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KIAI, Gilda (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KNIGHT, Stephen (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | KOTAK, Raggi (2000) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LAUGHTON, Victoria (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | LITTLEWOOD, Rebecca (1988) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARGO, MUNRO KERR (2020) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARSH-HYDE, Michael (2006) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MARTIN, Rebecca (2002) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MASTERS, Alan (1979) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MATTHEWS, Clive (2019) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McCARTHY, Keelin (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McLEISH, Philip (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | McMORROW, Patrick (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MELLOR, IMOGEN (2019) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MONAH, Helen (1996) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MORADI, Annahita (2016) | ||
| Members of Chambers | MORAIARTY, Matthew (2010) | ||
| Member of Chambers | MUHAMMAD, Tamara (1998) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NICOL, Nicholas (1986) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NICOLAOU, Angelina (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | NIZAMI, Asma (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | O’LEARY, Michele (1983) | ||
| Member of Chambers | OSMAN, Ahmed (2015) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PEAT, Charlie (2003) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PEDRO, Terry (1996) | ||
| Member if Chambers | PHILPS, Catherine (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PHYSSAS, Claire (2004) | ||
| Member of Chambers | PRESLAND, James (1985) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RADFORD, Althea (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | RAMSEY, ULRIKE (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | REVILL, DEBORAH (2009) | ||
| Member of Chambers | ROBINSON, Catherine (2011) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SANDERS, Eleanor (2014) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SAYED, Ruby (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHAW, James Anthony (2018) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SHORT, Harriet (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SOLANKI, Priya (2008) | ||
| Member of Chambers | SPURLING, Rudolph (2007) | ||
| Member of Chambers | STUART-KING, Emma (2005) | ||
| Member of Chambers | TUEJE, Patricia (1999) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WALKER, Sophie (2016) | ||
| Member of Chambers | WEBB, Hannah (2018) | ||
| Door Tenant | ADAMS, Lindsay (1987) | ||
| Door Tenant | AHMAD, Tayyiba (1998) | ||
| Door Tenant | AKTHER, Ripon (2003) | ||
| Door Tenant | BARNETT, Adrienne (1981) | ||
| Door Tenant | DEL MESE, Francesca (1998) | ||
| Door Tenant | DENT, Sally (1989) | ||
| Door Tenant | DINGISWAYO, Zani (2001) | ||
| Door Tenant | GAISFORD, Tom (2013) | ||
| Door Tenant | GARWOOD, Josh (1992) | ||
| Door Tenant | HUTCHISON, Eleanor (2007) | ||
| Door Tenant | JOHNSON, Melanie (1996) | ||
| Door Tenant | KAZA, Ajanta (1998) | ||
| Door Tenant | RUDSTON, Neville (2000) | ||
| Door Tenant | TAYLOR-GEE, Lucy (2006) | ||
| Door Tenant | TEJI, Usha (1984) | ||
| Door Tenant | THOMAS, Alessia (2011) | ||
| Door Tenant | WACEY, Nicola (2004) |
Barrister Profiles
Diversity
One Pump Court was established in 1978. The Constitution of Chambers, which binds all Members, contains a series of fundamental obligations which demonstrate that Chambers has the express aim of promoting equality of opportunity and access to justice for our clients and access to the Bar for members, regardless of race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, citizenship, social class, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, religion, belief or political persuasion.
One Pump Court is very diverse in its composition. It is committed to ensuring that those who work in Chambers – whether as pupils, tenants or employees – are selected without discrimination.
One Pump Court recognises that in promoting equality, diversity, inclusion and access to justice there is a continuing need for steps to be taken to promote awareness of diversity, and to eliminate potential instances of discrimination to ensure that our commitment to equality, remains meaningful.
Using fearless advocacy and professionalism, One Pump Court provides access to justice for the vulnerable and disadvantaged and fights poverty, abuse, neglect and discrimination, particularly the publicly funded client and those facing tribunals where public funding is not available.
Chambers have been finalists for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award, won that award in 2013, and also won the Legal Aid Practitioners Group Special Award in 2019. Chambers have also been winners of The Times ‘Inaugural Achievement Award’ for the Legal Organisation that has contributed most towards Equal Opportunities. Since then, we believe we have remained at the forefront in this field and are continually looking for ways to stay at the cutting edge in this area.
Since 2019 members and employees are required to complete anti-oppression training, a course delivered by a member of Chambers who provides anti-oppression training to a variety of organisations. This work has been recognised in the Legal Diversity Awards 2021, where one of our members has been shortlisted in the Diversity Champion category. Chambers is also in the process of signing up to the Women in Law pledge initiative through the Bar Council.
Chambers’ Equality and Diversity and Inclusion Committee regularly arranges talks for members and pupils about, but not restricted to, the protected characteristics in the Equality Act. These have so far included barristers/practitioners shedding some insight into their practice and experience at the Bar when they are Legally Trans, have a Disability and strictly adhere to their Faith/Religious practices. Feedback has been extremely positive and these informative and thought-provoking talks will continue and have promoted discussion about inclusivity in our profession.
The Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee within Chambers are currently working on introducing new ways of encouraging applicants from under-repressed groups for pupillage working with Redefined Lawyers. Redefined Lawyers specifically targets aspiring lawyers from underrepresented backgrounds who are missing out on their mini pupillages, work experience and other forms of networking because of COVID. The project has delivered several on-line panel events, skills workshops and Q&A sessions which proved to be hugely popular and well received.
Members of Chambers have signed up to the recent initiative Advocates for Change, as part of the QMU Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring Circle.