Top Ranked in Legal 500 2019 - 2021:
Gita Patel is recommended in the Legal 500 for her Immigration practice, 'Gita is a highly experienced barrister with a good reputation in the legal immigration community. She is very friendly and bubbly person. She is very knowledgeable in terms of case law. She has an excellent rapport with our staff. She goes the extra mile for all our clients.'
Top Ranked in Chambers and Partners 2012 - 2020
Gita is a highly experienced barrister with a good reputation in the region. She has a broad immigration practice regularly appearing in the Court of Appeal and Administrative Court, and has notable expertise acting for vulnerable appellants. Acting exclusively for claimants, she attracts praise for her sensitive representation of vulnerable clients, including victims of trafficking and seriously ill asylum seekers. Areas of expertise include human rights law, asylum and public law issues.
Strengths: "She is very knowledgeable in terms of case law." "She has an excellent rapport with instructing solicitors. She goes the extra mile for all our clients, and always tries to get the best possible result for them." "Just very, very effective. It's her experience and know-how: she has a really good understanding of the dynamics of a hearing room and is very wise, very understated and gets the job done."
Gita has specialised in immigration and asylum law since 2000.
Gita speaks Gujarati and understands Urdu.
Lecture Experience:
Gita lectures as part of the Immigration Lecture Team and has covered topics such as;
Family and private life under Article 8
Challenging decisions of the AIT
The new Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006
The Refugee Qualification Directive
The Statement of Changes under the Immigration Rules
Immigration, detention and deportation - the current state of play
Interests
Outside the Law:
Gita's interests include cooking, travelling, reading and writing.
Immigration, Asylum and Nationality
Gita has specialised exclusively in immigration and asylum law, coincident with the advent of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the dispersal of asylum seeker to the northwest by NASS.
She practises in all aspects of this work and appears before Immigration Judges, Designated Immigration Judges and Senior Immigration Judges in single and panel hearings, both in First Tier and Upper Tribunal.
Gita has also appeared before the Court of Appeal and Administrative Court in asylum and immigration matters.
In asylum cases she has dealt with appellants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Sri Lanka, Iran, Iraq, Cameroon, DRC, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Palestinian Occupied Territories and Togo.
A significant part of Gita's practice has involved the application of human rights principles to the dispersal of asylum seekers to the northwest by NASS.
She has particular experience in representing vulnerable appellants, particularly minors, the elderly, females and those with mental health issues, and Human Rights arguments are almost always at issue in such cases.
Gita undertakes advisory work on immigration and judicial review matters in line with Chambers' quick turnaround policy and will consider pro bono work on its merits.
Administrative and Public Law
Gita's practice involves using public law principles at every turn, and she has extensive experience of judicial review proceedings in the high and appellate courts.
Public Access
Gita accepts Immigration Law instructions on a Direct Access basis for appropriate cases. Please refer to the below pricing range for their services; this is subject to case type, complexity and seniority or experience of the barrister. Accurate quotes will be provided prior to commencement of the work involved.
Advice & Preparation: £175 - £275 + VAT
Conferences: £250 - £500 + VAT
*FT immigration hearings: £500 - £750 + VAT
*Bail hearings: £350 - £500 + VAT
*These price ranges for hearings at Manchester IAC, other courts will incur a travel charge.
Please contact our Senior Immigration Clerk, Courtney ([email protected]), for more information.*
Judicial Review Cases
- [RLG] Mushtaq (R on the application of) v Entry Clearance Officer of Islamabad, Pakistan (ECO - procedural fairness) [2015]
- Jabang (R on the Application of) v SSHD [2011] EWHC 2478
- Ping on 3 Limited v SSHD [2011] EWHC 2196
- EP & Another (R on the Application of) v SSHD [2010] EWHC 2189
- Ahmed (R on the Application of) v SSHD [2010] EWHC 2779
- Umar (R on the Application of) v SSHD [2009] EWHC 2779
- Essomba (R on the Application of) v SSHD [2009] EWHC 2300
Court of Appeal & Human Rights Cases
- TH Burma v SSHD [2011] EWCA Civ 1521
- MF Sri Lanka v SSHD [2011] EWCA Civ 915
- AK Bangladesh v SSHD [2009] Civ 1586
- XZ China v SSHD [2008] EWCA Civ 342
Court of Appeal Immigration Cases
- Ishtiaq v SSHD [2007] EWCA Civ 386
- Il (Pakistan) [2006] EWCA Civ 1413