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Bates Wells Offices

Bates Wells
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
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Tim Barnden

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020 7551 7612 t.barnden@bwbllp.com

Work Department

Immigration

Position

Tim is a Partner in the Immigration Department advising clients across the full range of personal, and family-based immigration, and human rights and refugee based claims. More than 25 years qualified, he started his practice in the Legal Aid sector, moving on to work for 10 years within a highly regarded niche immigration firm: Wesley Gryk LLP, before joining Bates Wells. Tim led the Immigration Team as Head of Department for 5 years from 2018 to 2023. In addition to leading on the department’s personal and human rights immigration practice, Tim is Bates Wells’ LGBT+ Ambassador. He is equally at ease working with high-net-worth individuals and their families, organisations and businesses, couples and family groups, and vulnerable applicants.

Career

  • Trained and qualified at Wilson & Co
  • Legal Aid asylum and human rights lawyer at Glazer Delmar
  • Private immigration associate to partnership at Wesley Gryk LLP

Memberships

  • Former Chair of Trustees of UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG) and ongoing volunteer lawyer for the same.
  • Former Trustee/Board member Immigration Law Practitioners Association (ILPA)
  • Trainer for ILPA, Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC) and many others

Education

  • Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. BA English 1986
  • College of Law. Common Professional Examination and Legal Practice Course 1993

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Immigration

(Leading individuals)

Tim Barnden –Bates Wells

Bates Wells stands as ‘one of the top immigration firms in the country‘ through the depth of its expertise, and is able to handle the full range of complex immigration matters for personal, business, and HNW clients. The firm’s corporate practice, headed by the ‘helpful, efficient, and incredibly friendly’ Chetal Patel, who also heads the wider immigration practice, is noted for its immigration strategy and diverse client base that includes SMEs, large corporates, and charities. Senior associates Aisha Choudhry and Smruti Jeyanandhan are key contacts for business immigration matters. The human rights, appeals, and overstays work is focused primarily on Article 8 and families mandates, and includes a range of complicated appeals. Tim Barnden heads up this area, and has a reputation for handling matters relating to LGBTQ+ individuals, while associate Matthew James focusses on EEA nationals and their families. Solicitor Alice Bennington acts across the full range of the firm’s offering.

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