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Mr Toufique Hossain
Work Department
Public Law
Position
Toufique Hossain is a director of public law and immigration at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He works predominantly under legal aid in order to represent those most in need. His practise is dominated by judicial review, leading strategic litigation where he represents individual claimants and NGOs who seek to challenge Executive decisions, policies and practices.
He has extensive experience in the Administrative Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, litigating across a range of areas and regularly conducting high-profile challenges to unlawful policies and practices, including unlawful detention and unlawful removals from the UK.
Some of his most notabe cases include:
- SM v Lord Chancellor [2021] EWHC 418
- (CRA, CJO, CAS) v Lord Chancellor (challenge to LAA Regulations)
- Detention Action v SSHD (access to justice – phone access)
- FB & Anor v SSHD (Removal Window Policy)
- Hussein v SSHD & G4S
- Morita & Ors v SSHD
- Rehman & Ors v SSHD & SSJ
- TH and others [2016] EWCA Civ 815
- Wasif v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 82
- JS (Sudan) [2013] EWCA Civ 1378
Toufique continues to have conduct of several lead complex cases. He has had conduct in unlawful detention cases involving mental health issues; Rule 35 and evidence in relation torture; lead cases challenging removals to France, Cyprus and Malta; removals to DRC; challenges to detention involving long-term detention of Chinese nationals and Afghan charter flight cases.
In addition to challenging injustice through litigation, Toufique aims to advocate human rights by speaking out in the media. His appearances in The Guardian, Sky News, Russia Today, BBC and Channel 4 brings attention to the crucial role of legal aid, in holding the executive to account and in providing justice for those most in need.
Career
Toufique qualified as a solicitor in 2004, he joined Duncan Lewis Solicitors in 2011 and was made a partner-level director in 2013.
In October 2017, Toufique was named The Times ‘Lawyer of the Week’ for his work leading Duncan Lewis’ challenge to the Home Office detention policy in relation to torture survivors. He has been recognised on multiple occasions and has been shortlisted for the Civil Lawyer Award at the 2019 Asian Legal Awards and Human Rights Solicitor of the Year at the 2019 Law Society Excellence Awards. In 2017 he was shortlisted for Lawyer Monthly’s ‘Public Law Solicitor of the Year’, The Legal Aid Practitioners Group’s (LALY) ‘Immigration and Asylum Lawyer of the Year’, and the Law Society’s ‘Human Rights Lawyer of the Year’. His team was shortlisted for Legal Aid Team of the Year at the Solicitors Journal Awards 2017 and at the LALY Awards in 2020 and 2021.
Languages
Bengali.
Memberships
Toufique is accredited as a Supervisor and Level 3 Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme. There are only a small number of immigration practitioners throughout England & Wales that hold this quality mark. He is also a member of Amnesty International, ILPA, and is on the Board of Trustees – Article 1/Waging Peace.
Education
Toufique received his LPC from the College of Law, London and his LLB Law from University College London (UCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
(Leading individuals)With a niche specialism in immigration judicial review cases engaging human rights in relation to removal, unlawful detention, suitability of immigration accommodation, and civil liberties, Duncan Lewis Solicitors leads in many of the most high-profile challenges of government departments and decisions. Asylum, protection, deportation, and modern slavery are among the firm’s other strengths in this area, and Toufique Hossain is a leading figure in this work. The firm has a large and capable team, with James Packer, Ahmed Aydeed, Bahar Ata, Claire Ryan, and Rohena Wallace all noted for their expertise in this area. Tamana Aziz heads the firm’s business immigration practice, and is ‘a fountain of knowledge and experience’, with a practice which straddles individuals and businesses with particular experience in complex appeals, applications under EU law, and training in immigration issues. Aziz works alongside Vicash Ramkissoon who works for international businesses and HNW individuals.
London > Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
(Leading individuals)The civil liberties and human rights group at Duncan Lewis Solicitors is a ‘behemoth in the legal aid sector’, and is noted as having a ‘particular specialism in migrants’ rights cases.’ Toufique Hossain is a key contact in this regard, with his practice remaining committed to fighting for the right to liberty and refuge from persecution. James Packer is another influential member of the team, regularly involved in test cases concerning access to the courts, unlawful detention and forced removals from the UK.
London > Public sector > Administrative and public law
(Leading individuals)Duncan Lewis Solicitors has established a well respected judicial review claimant practice, representing a spectrum of vulnerable claimants in cases relating to human rights, prison, mental capacity and social welfare issues. The team has recently been representing clients in the lead challenge to the SSHD’s Rwanda policy, with Ahmed Aydeed being a key contact on that front. James Packer is director of the public law department and litigates across a broad range of areas, while immigration specialist Toufique Hossain regularly represents vulnerable individuals, including asylum seekers and victims of torture. Rohena Wallace is also highly recommended.
South East > Employment > Immigration
(Next Generation Partners)With extensive knowledge in challenging human rights breaches in removal and unlawful detention cases, Duncan Lewis Solicitors frequently helms asylum, deportation and immigration mandates. Toufique Hossain often caters to asylum-seekers who have been victims of sexual abuse, torture, and trafficking. Rohena Wallace is experienced in representing vulnerable clients, including those being held under immigration powers and with mental health problems. All of the individuals that have been mentioned split their time between Harrow and London.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Social housing
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate