Marcela Navarrete > Wilson Solicitors LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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697 HIGH ROAD
TOTTENHAM
LONDON
N17 8AD
England
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Marcela Navarrete
Work Department
Immigration department
Position
Solicitor
Career
Marcela joined the firm in 2008 and qualified as a solicitor in 2010.
Prior to joining Wilsons Marcela spent a year working with Codepu, a human rights organisation based in Chile, where she worked on cases dating back to the Pinochet dictatorship. She then worked for the Immigration Advisory Service as a caseworker working on appeals to the Upper Tribunal.
Marcela practices a range of immigration law, including asylum and human rights cases, EU law applications and appeals and deportation, advising legally aided and private clients. She has extensive experience of preparing applications and appeals at all levels as well as complex Judicial Review applications. She has had conduct of a number of appeal in the Court of Appeal most of which have settled by consent.
She is particularly committed to representing individuals who have suffered injustice as a result of the way their cases have been processed by the Home Office and those who have been in immigration detention. She acted for one of the claimants in the recent challenge to the Detained Fast Track system. She is currently acting for a number of individuals challenging the legality of the Home Office’s current Detained Asylum Casework process which was brought in following the suspension of the Detained Fast Track process.
Languages
Fluent Spanish and French
Education
Marcela studied English and French at the University of Sussex with a year placement studying at the University of Toulouse-Le Mirail. She converted to Law and obtained distinction in the GDL at the University of Westminster. She then completed her LPC at the College of Law where she also obtained a distinction.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
(Next Generation Partners)Wilson Solicitors LLP works on a wide range of complex and sensitive asylum, human rights, and deportation mandates, deploying its team of specialists who are each regarded as ‘highly knowledgeable in their respective fields‘. Anita Vasisht
heads the practice, with experience in complex asylum claims and specific niches in national security and Palestinian refugee claims. Ana Gonzalez handles work concerning asylum and apostacy, and Muhunthan Paramesvaran has notable experience before appellate courts. Matthew Davies has a practice that encompasses human rights in respect of EU nationals and international surrogacy, Marcela Navarrete has expertise in handling claims around detention and is noted for her ‘excellent work on Afghan judiciary judicial review work‘, Aisling Ni Chuinn remains at the forefront of matters concerning the removal of vulnerable asylum seekers to third countries, and Chris McKendry has a strong track record in work relating to national security. Associates Imogen Townley and Mala Savjani are also key contacts, as is senior consultant Michael Hanley.