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Adrian Berry KC

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Barrister, British nationality law, statelessness, free movement, EU mobility, asylum, immigration, social welfare, education, public law Nationality blog: https://tinyurl.com/mwyx28es Migration blog: https://tinyurl.com/4p3hjchy

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Free Webinar - Housing and Migration: Eligibility for Housing Homelessness Assistance | Garden Court Chambers This webinar will serve as an update and refresher on issues arising on eligibility for housing and homelessness assistance, including in relation to the EU Settlement Scheme. Speakers Maaha Elahi, Ba...

Join us! For our @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social Webinar on Eligibility for Social Housing and Homelessness Assistance under the Housing Act 1996
Tuesday 3 March 2026 5.30. It's free! With myself, Matthew Ahluwalia and Maaha Elahi gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-w...

26.02.2026 12:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Detention and Sale of Transporters in Carriers’ Liability Civil Penalty Law: Part 1 – Detention Home Office immigration powers extend to the detention and sale of transporters. Under statutory warrant there is both civil and criminal jurisdiction in relation to the liability of carriers of pe…

The Detention and Sale of Transporters in Carriers’ Liability Civil Penalty Law Part 1: Detention
tinyurl.com/bdhuxnn8 #civilpenalty #carriersliability #detention #immigration

18.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees

@rli-sas.bsky.social @elizabeth-mav.bsky.social @catbriddick.bsky.social @elisafornale.bsky.social and Professor Elspeth Guild It's today! Not too late to join us for the latest thinking on "Non-refoulement: legal issues around the return of refugees" Register here rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

10.02.2026 07:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Manufacturing Segregation – The Home Office β€˜Earned Settlement’ proposals The Home Office plans to make it more difficult for lawfully present migrants to secure permanent residence in the United Kingdom. Among other things, it plans to do so by penalising those migrants…

Manufacturing Segregation – The Home Office β€˜Earned Settlement’ proposals
#earnedsettlement #UKimmigrationpolicy #HomeOffice tinyurl.com/m6kyy3z5

09.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“’ Calling law practitioners & advisors: FREE seminar navigating civil penalties & appeals in immigration practice

πŸ“…Wed 21 Jan, 6–7:30pm
Speakers Adrian Berry KC, Gordon Lee, Mark Symes & Ubah Dirie will discuss advising on right to work checks.

Book here: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-w...

13.01.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us on Wednesday (21 January) for our free seminar on Employer Civil Penalties for immigration breaches. Top tips on law and policy, how to avoid rookie errors, tactics on appeals to court, and costs issues. See you there!

gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-w...
@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social

12.01.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Non-refoulement Caught Between Custom and Jus Cogens?

Non-refoulement: Caught Between Custom and Jus Cogens?
Join me and colleagues for @rli-sas.bsky.social’s seminar on 16 Feb 2026
A discussion onΒ obligations after the UK Supreme Court'sΒ AAA (Rwanda)Β judgment and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change.
rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

27.11.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sarah Hughes Memorial Lecture: The power of 8: Understanding our senses for safety, regulation and learning This special Sarah Hughes Memorial Lecture invites you to explore how our sensory systems shape the way we feel, connect, and learn.

Book tickets now for the 2025 #SarahHughesTrustLecture. Emily Hills MSc, CNT, OTR, lectures on β€œThe Power of 8: Understanding Our Senses for Safety, Regulation, and Learning”, w/ Lindsay Hardy OTR. Dec 5, 6-8pm @roysocmed.bsky.social, Wimpole Street. Book here www.rsm.ac.uk/events/histo...

10.11.2025 08:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deprivation of citizenship on fraud grounds after Onuzi Onuzi v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWCA Civ 1337, Court of Appeal (judgement handed down 21 October 2025), is yet another case where the lack of detail in the British Nationa…

Deprivation of citizenship on fraud grounds afterΒ Onuzi. What next for appealing on public law principles? #BritishCitizenship #deprivation #fraud
tinyurl.com/3pu7zkup

06.11.2025 12:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ’‘πŸ“ Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes new blog: The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025

Adrian examines The Act, which recently came into force on 27 October 2025.

Read on here πŸ”½
tinyurl.com/3fd73fad
#BritishCitizenship #CitizenshipDeprivation #NationalSecurity

05.11.2025 10:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 The Deprivation of Citizenship (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025 received the Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and came into force the same day. It had been introduced in the House of Commons on 19 Ju…

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Act 2025
#BritishCitizenship #CitizenshipDeprivation #NationalSecurity
tinyurl.com/3fd73fad

03.11.2025 08:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The role of Article 3 and Article 8 ECHR in UK immigration policy By Adrian Berry KC

@soclablaw.bsky.social For a deeper dive into law and politics, read the @soclablaw.bsky.social Substack. Not just the latest post but all of it!
substack.com/@societyofla...

01.11.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The great poet of the English Republic and of free speech comes to @innertemple.org.uk
β€œGive me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.”
#milton #Paradise_Lost #Areopagitica PS that Royal Proclamation is Charles II banning his books

30.10.2025 20:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’‘πŸ“ Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes new Cosmopolis blog: 'The Italy-Albania Protocol on collaboration on migration matters: externalisation & non-refoulement'

Read on here πŸ”½
tinyurl.com/2fvftape
#Asylum #Migration #EULaw #HumanRights #Italy #Albania

27.10.2025 12:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Episode 3 of Labour Legislates is now LIVE!

Reform’s Asylum Plan: Does it stack up?

Listen on Apple, Amazon, and Acast.

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27.10.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Italy-Albania Protocol on collaboration on migration matters: externalisation and non-refoulement The Italy-Albania Protocol concluded in November 2023 is an attempt by Italy to operate an asylum and migration policy off-shore, so that persons subject to Italian immigration control are taken to…

The Italy-Albania Protocol on collaboration on migration matters: externalisation and non-refoulement
#asylum #offshore #migration #EUlaw #humanrights #Italy #Albania tinyurl.com/2fvftape

27.10.2025 10:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@gardencourtlaw.bsky.social

29.09.2025 12:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Standing room only at our @soclablaw.bsky.social event on asylum policy with @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social’s @zoebantleman.bsky.social, @tonyvaughanmp.bsky.social and Alison Pickup of @helenbamber.bsky.social. A privilege for me to chair

29.09.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The role of Article 3 and Article 8 ECHR in UK immigration policy Introduction What role do Article 3 and Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) play in allowing foreign nationals to enter into and remain in the UK? Is there any basis to cons…

The role of Article 3 and Article 8 ECHR in UK immigration policy
#ECHR #HumanRights #UKimmigration
tinyurl.com/2p5p7yyu

25.09.2025 09:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably for the best! :)

20.09.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A hugely stimulating session on migration policy. As usual I leant so much from fellow panelists!

20.09.2025 14:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The European Circuit Annual Conference 2025 continues into its second day, with discussion on the International Criminal Court and the fight against impunity for atrocity crimes

20.09.2025 09:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In The Hague speaking at The European Circuit 2025 Annual Conference, on Europe-wide migration issues, alongside colleagues from the Netherlands, Italy, and France: Nikki Vreede, Marco Bona, and Lisanne Chamberland-Poulin.

19.09.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A doomed enterprise: the Policy Exchange attempt to claim that the UK can leave the ECHR without breaching the Good Friday Agreement By George Peretz KC

A doomed enterprise: the Policy Exchange attempt to claim that the UK can leave the ECHR without breaching the Good Friday Agreement
substack.com/@societyofla...

16.09.2025 13:13 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations By Adrian Berry KC

Subscribe to the new @soclablaw.bsky.social Substack and enjoy more writing on the ECHR and other legal topics...
The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations substack.com/@societyofla...

16.09.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes in new Cosmopolis blog: 'The ECHR & UK international relations'πŸ’‘πŸ“

"To contend that #ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without consequential effect is simply to blind oneself to international political reality..."

Read here πŸ”½
tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm
#HumanRights

11.09.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations The suggestion that the United Kingdom might withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights for immigration purposes is misconceived. To contend that ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without …

The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations
#ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration
tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm

11.09.2025 07:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Title (Bold): Adrian Berry KC
Subheading: Year of Call: 1998 | Year of Silk: 2025
"Adrian is a leading expert in British nationality law and always a pleasure to work with. He deploys his extensive legal knowledge with remarkable acumen and intelligence."

Legal 500, 2025 (Immigration, Tier 1)

Title (Bold): Adrian Berry KC Subheading: Year of Call: 1998 | Year of Silk: 2025 "Adrian is a leading expert in British nationality law and always a pleasure to work with. He deploys his extensive legal knowledge with remarkable acumen and intelligence." Legal 500, 2025 (Immigration, Tier 1)

πŸ’‘πŸ“ Garden Ct's Adrian Berry KC (@berryadrianc.bsky.social) writes in a new blog: 'Immigration Civil Penalty Employment Scheme to be extended to Sub-contractors, Agency Workers & Gig Economy (Border Security, Immigration & Asylum Bill 2025)'.

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cosmopolismigration.com/2025/08/27/i...

27.08.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Immigration Civil Penalty Employment Scheme to be extended to Sub-contractors, Agency Workers and the Gig Economy (Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2025) Introduction The immigration status-based civil penalty employment scheme is to be extended beyond employment cases to other work characterised as self-employment. Businesses securing services from…

Immigration Civil Penalty Employment Scheme to be extended to Sub-contractors, Agency Workers and the Gig Economy (Border Security, Immigration and Asylum Bill 2025)
#civilpenalties #immigrationcontrol #employment #selfemployed
tinyurl.com/5n8pmdmh

27.08.2025 08:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ The European Circuit Annual Conference 2025 - Lawyering in a Phase of Upheaval

πŸ“†18-20 September
πŸ“Asser Institute, The Hague

βš–οΈGarden Court's Abigail Holt, Adrian Berry KC @berryadrianc.bsky.social and Acland Bryant will be speaking at the conference.

πŸ”½Register & more info:
tinyurl.com/24mu7rbt

10.07.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0