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Bindmans LLP Offices

Bindmans LLP
236 GRAY'S INN ROAD
LONDON
WC1X 8HB
England
Visit website 020 7833 4433 020 7837 9792

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Karma Hickman

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+44 (0)20 7833 4433 karma.hickman@bindmans.com View profile View profile

Work Department

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality.

Position

Associate, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality team.

Karma has experience across the field of immigration and nationality law.
She undertakes work in a broad range of areas, assisting individuals, organisations and businesses with the following matters, among others:

    • Family-based visas, including partners, parents and children
    • Citizenship and nationality applications for adults and children
    • Applications for indefinite leave to remain/settlement
    • Appeals, judicial review and administrative reviews
    • Entry clearance
    • Sponsor licences and skilled worker visas
    • Global talent applications
    • EUSS and European applications
    • Human rights cases and applications outside the Immigration Rules
    • Asylum claims based on political views, religious beliefs and sexual orientation

Karma has a keen interest in applications involving children, particularly surrogacy and intercountry adoption cases.

She writes for the leading immigration news website, Free Movement, and is responsible for the site’s courses on surrogacy and Article 8 law.

She also delivers regular training for other immigration and family lawyers through MBL Legal Seminars. Topics include surrogacy, the EU Settlement Scheme and British Nationality law.

Career

  • Karma joined Bindmans LLP as an associate in 2022.
  • She was previously an associate at Bishop & Sewell (2017-2022) and Fisher Meredith (2010-2017), where she qualified in 2012. Before that, she was an immigration paralegal at Birnberg Peirce & Partners (2007-2010),
  • Prior to her legal career, Karma worked in Italy for many years as a journalist, translator and bar manager.

Education

  • Karma obtained a first-class degree in English and Italian Literature at Royal Holloway University of London in 1998.
  • She later studied for a Graduate Diploma in Law, followed by the Legal Practice Course, for which she was awarded a distinction.
  • She holds an LLM (Merit) in International Human Rights Law from the LSE.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Employment > Immigration

Bindmans LLP draws on complementary practices within the firm to provide comprehensive assistance for a range of clients, and has particular strength in crime and extradition. The ‘exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, effective, tenacious and organised’ team is noted for their bespoke solutions across the full gamut of immigration work. Co-head Alison Stanley is noted for her ‘unparalleled experience and real client commitment’, and is experienced in immigration litigation at all levels. She works alongside co-head Liz Barratt, whose practice encompasses a range of complex issues arising from nationality, and is highly active on behalf of Turkish clients. Senior consultant Tanya Goldfarb leads the team in business immigration matters, working across all sectors but with substantial experience in the creative sector. Roberta Haslam is a crucial contact for asylum, human rights, and deportation issues, while Karma Hickman specialises in family matters, particularly those involving surrogacy. Solicitor Elisabeth Attwood, who joined the firm in May 2022, is noted for the complexity of her litigation work.

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