| |
Name: Joanne Rothwell
Call: 1993 Inner Temple
Qualifications: LLB (Hons), Registered General Nurse (RGN).
Areas of Practice
Asylum and General Immigration, including all aspects of relevant
human rights, a special interest in women and children as asylum
seekers.
[Chambers' practice areas: Asylum, Asylum Support, Common Law, Community
Care, Criminal Defence, Discrimination, Education, Employment, Family
and Children, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigration, Landlord
and Tenant, Local Government, Mental Health, National Security,
Personal Injury, Public Law, Social Security]
Reported cases
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Boybeyi
[INLR] 1997 130 (fresh applications for asylum)
Other cases
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Artan Gjoka
and Shefki Gashi (unreported) 15.6.00 QBD (third country Germany
- Kosovan cases - lawfulness of certification-delay)
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Zeqiri (unreported)
12.3.01 CA (legitimate expectation, unfairness, delay in third country
cases)
R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Samer and
Richi (unreported) 6.6.01 (third country re-certification under
new legislative provisions)
Professional Associations
ALBA, ILPA, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.
Training and Teaching
Facilitator at teaching and training seminars held in-house for
solicitors firms.
Pro Bono/Community Work
Individual cases where clients are unable to meet fees. Bail applications
for BID (Bail for Immigration Detainees).
Research Interests
Asylum issues relevant to women and children.
Background
Previously employed as a nurse and a counsellor working within the
community in the area of reproductive medicine.
|
|
