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Wilson Solicitors LLP Offices
697 HIGH ROAD
TOTTENHAM
LONDON
N17 8AD
England
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Chris McKendry
Work Department
Immigration
Position
Solicitor
Career
Chris joined the firm in 2009 and qualified as a solicitor in 2013.
Chris has a particular interest in complex political cases, including SIAC appeals. He has experience across a wide range of immigration work, including sexuality and gender-based asylum claims, criminal deportation and human rights cases. Chris also acts regularly for vulnerable clients, including those with severe mental or physical health issues.
Chris also volunteers for charities UKGLIG and Body and Soul.
Education
Chris read law at the University of Leeds and holds a Masters Degree in Public International Law from Kings College London.
Leisure
Interests: Music, reading, football and spending time with his family
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration: human rights
Providing ‘large-scale representation in immigration and asylum cases at consistently high quality’, Wilson Solicitors LLP is a reputed group of immigration lawyers in the field of asylum, human rights and deportation. The group has notable expertise in detention issues and cases before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, and represents a broad range of clients, including victims of trafficking and modern slavery and asylum seekers from countries such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Ukraine. The practice is led by ‘insightful and strategic‘ Anita Vasisht
, an expert in complex asylum and national security cases, and supported by Ana Gonzalez, who specialises in all aspects of asylum and personal immigration, and Muhunthan Paramesvaran, who regularly litigates in the higher courts. The group also includes Matthew Davies, who focuses on complex immigration issues, ‘true trailblazer‘ Michael Hanley, who specialises in complex nationality work as well as work at the intersection of immigration and family law, and ‘strategic lawyer‘ Marcela Navarrete, head of the firm’s detention service. Chris McKendry is key contact for political and national security cases.