Lucy King
'Lucy is very professional in her work and her style in court is impressive. She is very articulate and thorough in her dealing with cases.'
Civitas Law’s immigration team provides ‘an extremely valuable service in Wales’. Lucy King handles a broad range of immigration and asylum law claims, including those founded on allegations of persecution, ill-treatment, and trafficking. She regularly appears in both the First Tier and Upper Tribunals, representing appellants and the Home Office. Isabelle Knight is praised for her ‘analytical mind and logical approach to complex issues’. She has been instructed in relation to a wide variety of matters, including asylum appeals, bail hearings, EU settlement scheme appeals, deportation appeals, Article 3 medical cases, and human rights appeals. Cathrine Grubb’s practice covers judicial review challenges to deportation and immigration detention, while Owain Rhys James’ experience includes unlawful detention claims and age assessment appeals.
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- 'Doing legal aid immigration work, they are providing an extremely valuable service.'
- 'Whilst the pool of counsel in Cardiff is generally excellent, there is a certain indelible quality about Civitas which means they are always first choice.'
- 'The clerking is efficient, fast, friendly and professional.'
- 'The clerks make instructing Civitas a pleasure. They always go the extra mile to ensure instruction is smooth and often reply out-of-hours and quickly to ensure the best service.'
Lawyers
Leading juniors
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Rising stars
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Isabelle Knight
‘Isabelle is incredibly thorough and diligent in her preparation, offering helpful strategic advice to secure the best chances of success. This carries over into her advocacy, in which she can concisely and confidently guide the judiciary to the heart of an issue.’