📢 Calling law practitioners & advisors: FREE seminar navigating civil penalties & appeals in immigration practice 📅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...

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

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 on obligations after the UK Supreme Court's AAA (Rwanda) judgment and the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. rli.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Book tickets now for the 2025 #SarahHughesTrustLecture. Emily Hills MSc, CNT, OTR, lectures on “The 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...

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

💡📝 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 🔽 tinyurl.com/3fd73fad #BritishCitizenship #CitizenshipDeprivation #NationalSecurity

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

@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...

The great poet of the English Republic and of free speech comes to @innertemple.org.uk “Give 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

💡📝 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 🔽 tinyurl.com/2fvftape #Asylum #Migration #EULaw #HumanRights #Italy #Albania

🚨 Episode 3 of Labour Legislates is now LIVE! Reform’s Asylum Plan: Does it stack up? Listen on Apple, Amazon, and Acast. feeds.acast.com/public/shows...

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC writes in new Cosmopolis blog: 'The ECHR & UK international relations'💡📝 "To contend that #ECHR withdrawal is a simple act without consequential effect is simply to blind oneself to international political reality..." Read here 🔽 tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm #HumanRights

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

💡📝 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)'. Read on here 🔽 cosmopolismigration.com/2025/08/27/i...

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

📢 The European Circuit Annual Conference 2025 - Lawyering in a Phase of Upheaval 📆18-20 September 📍Asser Institute, The Hague ⚖️Garden Court's Abigail Holt, Adrian Berry KC @berryadrianc.bsky.social and Acland Bryant will be speaking at the conference. 🔽Register & more info: tinyurl.com/24mu7rbt

Looking forward to speaking at The European Circuit Annual Conference 18-20 September 2025, on the Migration Panel, alongside colleagues from the Netherlands, Italy, and France: Nikki Vreede, Marco Bona, and Lisanne Chamberland-Poulin. Come join us! www.europeancircuit.com/event/annual...

🔽Garden Court's Adrian Berry KC @berryadrianc.bsky.social produces briefing on the Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill for ILPA @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social

The Deprivation of Citizenship Orders (Effect during Appeal) Bill - My briefing for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) tinyurl.com/55bzwdbb

Don't miss our Immigration Law for Housing Practitioners session on 15 July with leading expert @berryadrianc.bsky.social of @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social! More info and registration: tinyurl.com/LAGN2K1

Earned Settlement and Citizenship: The pursuit of virtue in the White Paper ‘Restoring Control over the Immigration System’ #Britishcitizenship #earnedcitizenship #immigrationwhitepaper tinyurl.com/4khtdkyk

@ilpaimmigration.bsky.social looking forward to speaking at our event on the immigration White Paper tonight, alongside my brilliant colleagues!

@soclablaw.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social Progressive Realism: Labour’s approach to international law and foreign policy #internationallaw #foreignpolicy #humanrights #UKpolicy #borderpolicy #labourparty tinyurl.com/2mb6whch

Progressive Realism: Labour’s approach to international law and foreign policy #internationallaw #foreignpolicy #humanrights #UKpolicy #borderpolicy tinyurl.com/2mb6whch

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Come join us today at 6 pm (British Summer Time)! All you need to know on Migration and Human Rights in the Age of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees Register here: sciforum.net/event/Topics...

Come join us on 11 June at 6 pm (British Summer Time)! All you need to know on Migration and Human Rights in the Age of the Global Compacts Register here: sciforum.net/event/Topics...

We were delighted to welcome so many of our new silks at a dinner to celebrate their appointments last Wednesday ✨⚖️🥂

📢 @legalactiongroup.bsky.social: Immigration Law for Housing Practitioners 🏠⚖️ Join @berryadrianc.bsky.social for an online session on how immigration status affects eligibility for homelessness assistance & social housing under the Housing Act 1996. 📅 Wed 4 June, 17:30 Book ▶️ tinyurl.com/3mb5snnd

@ilpaimmigration.bsky.social @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social

📣 It's #SilksDay! Congratulations to our Adrian Berry (@berryadrianc.bsky.social), who has been appointed #KingsCounsel today! #DoRightFearNoOne👏👏👏 Find out more 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/adrian-berry... (Right photo credit: Jess Hurd 📸)

Finally released: the recording of the launch event in December on the Guide to litigating the right to a nationality published by UNHCR & Open Society Justice Initiative - feat. @berryadrianc.bsky.social Waikwa Wanyoike of OSJI & Anne Laakko of UNHCR #statelessness section - and myself

Pleased to represent @ilpaimmigration.bsky.social at the meeting with the UN Human Rights Commissioner in London today. The Commissioner was in listening mode as regards human rights problems in the UK and stressed the need for solidarity

The work on the Border Security Bill continues. It's in Parliament. Plenty of time to get involved....

⚡ 40 years of ILPA! Our wonderful Patrons @berryadrianc.bsky.social, Elspeth Guild and Alison Stanley share their thoughts on our 40th anniversary. Read what they have to say 👇👇 ilpa.org.uk/forty-years-...

🚨 Our Adrian Berry @berryadrianc.bsky.social quoted in German @taz.de article: "On one hand, immigrants are criticized for not integrating, but on the other hand, they are not allowed to integrate. "This...makes them feel like second-class citizens." 🚨 Read on here (German) 🔽 taz.de/Migration-na...

📣 We're hiring!! We're looking for a Legal Officer to support our policy and advocacy work, and to help coordinate strategic legal advice and litigation. More details 👇 ilpa.org.uk/legal-office... ⏰ Apply by 9am, Monday 24 February ⏰

New barriers in the ‘good character’ test for naturalisation as a British citizen: Refugees crossing the Channel likely excluded. I’m quoted in this story in taz by @reportinggb.bsky.social taz.de/Migration-na...

🚨 NEW BLOG: 'Deprivation of #Citizenship on conduct grounds: procedural fairness, discretion, & post-decision review after Kolicaj' 🚨 Our Adrian Berry @berryadrianc.bsky.social outlines the decision in SSHD v Kolicaj [2025] EWCA Civ 10. Read here 🔽 nationalityandcitizenshiplaw.com/2025/02/10/d...

Deprivation of citizenship on conduct grounds: procedural fairness, discretion, and post-decision review after Kolicaj #Britishcitizenship #DeprivationofCitizenship #Lossofcitizenship #proceduralfairness tinyurl.com/nhjwudx4

Huge thanks to @kingsleynapley.bsky.social for hosting us; to our Patrons, @berryadrianc.bsky.social, Elspeth Guild and Alison Stanley, for sharing what ILPA means to them; to our guest speaker, Baroness Chakrabarti; and to all our members for making ILPA what it is today 👏👏