Chambers News
April 2012
New Tenants: Chambers is delighted that Katherine John has joined chambers on the successful completion of her pupillage.
New Tenants: Chambers is delighted that Janick Fielding, Naomi Carpenter, Edward Culver and Nancy Marsh have joined chambers.
Team KBW: 4 of our members took part in the Reading half marathon raising funds for Launchpad, Reading's independent supported housing charity.
January 2012
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Patrick McMorrow and Isaac Maka have joined chambers.
December 2011
New Tenants: Chambers is delighted that Farah Amin, Peter Collins and Michaella Jacobs have joined chambers.
October 2011
Building on their work in this specialist area Michael Salter of Ely Place, and Chris Bryden of 4KBW this week gave evidence to a Parliamentary Group Inquiry into potential amendments to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997(Click here for more info.
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Lee Harris has joined chambers.
June 2011
New Tenant: Chambers is delighted that Gwynn Price Rowlands has joined chambers.
Sanjay Lal
Practice Profile
Areas of Practice
Sanjay specialises in public and human rights law with an emphasis on immigration, medical regulation and professional discipline and sports law. This includes work for the General Medical Council, the General Dental Council and the ACCA dealing with all aspects of professional regulation.
In the immigration and human rights law field Sanjay represents appellants in refugee and international protection appeals and has a particular interest in the interface between mental health and refugee protection, and social entitlement generally, including housing. Sanjay also sits as a First Tier Tribunal Judge in these areas (see below). He has a particular interest in medico-legal matters. He is regularly instructed in business and professional immigration appeals, and also advises on nationality law issues generally in particular for professional and business people.
Sanjay has acted in a number of high profile matters which include representing sports people in the immigration and regulatory process. For example, he represented Al Bangura, for Watford F.C., in his matters before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal as well as before the Football Association.
Sanjay was a Visiting Lecturer in Law at King's College London (2005-2009) and University College London (1992-3). He was also an occasional tutor in advocacy at the Inns of Court School of Law (1995-7).
Reported Cases
R (AHK and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 287; [2009] 1 WLR 2049 (whether to appoint a special advocate on judicial review of a refusal of British citizenship where Home Secretary disputed good character and was not willing to disclose relevant material on public interest grounds).
I and others v Director of Public Prosecutions [2001] UKHL 10; [2002] 1 AC 285 (the leading case on the criminal law of affray).
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Roomy [1991] Imm AR 483 (male rape as persecution).
Judicial Appointments
Tribunal Judge (First Tier Tribunal: Social Entitlement Chamber)
Asylum Support and Social Security law since 2006.
Tribunal Judge (First Tier Tribunal: Health, Education and Social Care Chamber)
Mental Health Review Tribunal since 2007 (former part-time President)
Lawyer Chairman of the Residential Property Tribunal Service
Awards
Evered ver Heyden Foundation Prize for best performance in Advocacy Formal Assessment (Reserve)
Hardwick Scholarship
Sir Thomas More Scholarship
Cassel Scholarship
Professional Membership
Member of the ARDL
Interests
Fitness, reading
