Shafiul Tauhid is a Solicitor specialising in Judicial Review (Immigration), Damages Claim - Unlawful Detention (Immigration) and False Imprisonment (Crime), Professional Negligence (Immigration) and complex Human Rights and Immigration, asylum, nationality cases. He has particular expertise in appellate work, Judicial Reviews and claims. He has been regularly dealing with cases in the Upper Tribunal, the County Court, the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He has conducted over 200 judicial review cases at High Court and Upper Tribunal level. Currently, he is dealing a number of compensation cases of TOEIC/ETS victims against Home Office in the Parliamentary Ombudsman.
Brief info
Areas of expertise
Judicial Review (Immigration):
Mr Tauhid deal with the following type of JRs.
Citizenship
1. Nationality must be granted to an illegitimate child.
2. Discretionary citizenship for under 18 children.
3. Costs Submissions followed by a claim that under 18 children must not pay the application fee.
4. To satisfy KoLL requirements, the Applicant does not need to obtain a report from a consultant but GP.
5. Nationality does not requires the Claimant’s living in the UK 5 years back before the date of the application.
Immigration
6. Fee Waiver.
7. Once Home Office decided an application, she can not withdraw the original decision.
8. TOEIC clients must be granted an appeal right.
9. Visit refusals.
10. Skilled Worker.
11. Settlement
Damages Claim - Unlawful Detention (Immigration) and False Imprisonment (Crime)
Mr Tauhid deal with the following type of claims.
Unlawful Detention (Immigration)
1. Detention (for 10 hours) while the Claimant has lawful residence was unlawful.
2. Whilst an application/legal proceeding live, the Claimant’s detention was unlawful.
3. The Claimant’s detention was unlawful followed by Rule 35.
4. Detention is unlawful as the Claimant had medical issues.
5. Without deciding an application, the Claimant can not be removed means his detention was unlawful.
6. The detention was a breach of the Applicant’s civil liberty hence unlawful.
False Imprisonment (Crime)
1. Claimant’s detention is in breach of his/her rights under Article 5(1) ECHR.
Professional Negligence (Immigration)
Mr Tauhid deal with the following type of claims.
Immigration Lawyers
1. Holding clients’ money without his consent was a breach of SRA Rule.
2. Failure to provide a reasonable service.
3. Failure to follow the limitation periods/deadline.
4. Negligent advice relating to immigration application, appeal or claim.
Complex Human Rights and Immigration, asylum, nationality cases
Mr Tauhid deal with the following type of applications.
Complex Human Rights & Immigration
1. Medical – mental or physical.
2. Best Interest of child – sole parental relationship.
3. Adult Dependency.
4. Human Rights claim in visit.
5. Spouse
6. Adult children and parents.
Asylum
1. Illegitimate child and loan woman.
2. Forced marriage.
3. Political.
4. Medical.
Nationality
1. Discretionary citizenship for under 18 children.
2. Illegitimate child.
3. Naturalisation