Central London Office: Head Office
Nelson House
153 - 157 Commercial Road
LONDON
E1 2DA
Telephone:
Fax:
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday, 10am - 4pm
Refugee and Migrant Justices central London office is our Head Office. It provides the full range of
our services
by prior appointment, and a number of other services to clients as well.
Drop-in advice clinics
Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, 9.30am-1pm
Clients are seen on a ‘first come, first served basis. If you come to this advice clinic, we can help you best if you bring with you
- evidence of means: information which shows you cannot afford to pay for legal advice yourself
- papers from any previous legal adviser you have had
- the latest decision from the Home Office in your case if this applies
- someone who can speak English (if you cant speak English yourself)
We cant guarantee to take your case on, but we will give you up to one hour of advice in the first instance.
We also run strategic litigation from our Central London office
We have a team of five specialist lawyers who concentrate on representing clients whose cases are best pursued in the High Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.
They represent clients in individual matters such as challenging unlawful removals: we recently secured a decision requiring the government to arrange for the return of a client who had been unlawfully removed from the UK - see our
press releases
. The strategic litigation team also takes class actions on behalf of groups of clients: we are currently challenging the Home Office delay in the issuing of status papers to those who have been recognised as refugees - people who have been given protection but who are prevented from getting on with establishing their lives in the UK because the Home Office has not processed their paperwork in a timely way.
RMJs strategic litigation team also pursue cases which test or clarify the law: we have recently been given funding to petition the House of Lords about the interpretation of the dicta from Baroness Hale in
AH (Sudan) [2007] UKHL 49
on the proper approach in the appellate courts to decisions of specialist tribunals (such as the AIT) and, in particular, how those dicta should be applied when reviewing the consistency of the decision of the AIT in country guidance cases.
Information on our strategic litigation can be found on the
Strategic Litigation pages.