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Benjamin Hawkin

Benjamin Hawkin

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No5 Barristers’ Chambers

No5 Barristers’ Chambers

England - London Bar

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Immigration (including business immigration)

No5 Barristers’ Chambers has developed ‘an excellent reputation in immigration law’, with members regularly acting in high-profile cases before the immigration tribunals, all levels of the English and Welsh Courts, as well as the European Court of Human Rights. Benjamin Hawkin led Jessica Smeaton in Celik v SSHD, the lead case on the Home Office’s interpretation of Articles 10 and 18 of the Withdrawal Agreement. Manjit Singh Gill KC was instructed in the landmark Rwanda litigation while Ranjiv Khubber acted in Castro v SSHD, a case concerning the deportation of an EU national and the refusal of both his human rights claim and his claim under the EU Settlement Scheme.
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Work Department
 Immigration & asylum; Public law & judicial review
Position

Ben practises in immigration & asylum, mental health, prison law and public law, with a particular emphasis on human rights issues. He has appeared at every level of the tribunal and court system, representing victims of human rights violations, leaders of political groups, high-ranking military officers, diplomats, terrorists, financiers and long term serving prisoners.

He is ranked as a Leading Junior in The UK Legal 500, which noted that “He wins near-impossible cases by identifying new arguments“ (2016) and has “specialist knowledge of a range of areas including asylum, deportation and entry clearance” (2015).

Ben has been involved in a number of groundbreaking cases in the Higher Courts, including R (Q and Others) v SSHD [2003] EWCA Civ 364 (challenging the controversial withholding of benefits from asylum seekers), R (Iran) and Others v SSHD [2005] EWCA Civ 982 (the leading case on material errors of law) and ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4 (the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the rights of children and British citizens).

He is also a member of Amicus, and took part in its work on the Kenny Richey case.

Career

Called to the Bar 1998

Memberships
Education
  • LL.B (Hons) London School of Economics (1994-97)
  • Bar Vocational Course, Inns of Court School of Law (1997-98)

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  • 'No5 Chambers has an excellent reputation in immigration law.'
  • 'Excellent immigration group with outstanding immigration practitioners and excellent and knowledgeable clerking.'
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