Mousumi Chowdhury

Mousumi is recognised as a determined and client focused advocate who specialises in advice, representation and advocacy in all areas of immigration, asylum, nationality and citizenship, bail, human trafficking, deportation and detention cases. She acts for clients from a number of countries, including Nigeria, Gambia, Ghana, Brazil, Turkey, India, Iraq and Cameroon. She is instructed to appear in courts and tribunals at all levels up to and including the Court of Appeal.

Described by one solicitor as ‘an extremely diligent advocate whose attention to detail is exemplary’ Mousumi’s ability to engage judges and opposing counsel in a respectful manner allied with the unwavering and tenacious nature of her advocacy has led to successes both at the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber and makes her a clear choice for solicitors in challenging cases. She also has experience of representing the Secretary of State for the Home Department at the First-tier Tribunal.

Notable Immmigration cases

June 2022: AAC -v- SSHD

Judicial review permission hearing at the Administrative Court in the Royal Courts of Justice. Mousumi represented the Claimant in a case concerning the grant of British Citizenship, permission for judicial review was granted.

June 2022: GK -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellant at the First-tier Tribunal in an EEA direct family member case where relationship was disputed. The appeal was conceded by the Home Office almost immediately at the beginning of the hearing.

April 2022: OWJ and GOJ -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellants in a case where the Home Office alleged there had been fraudulent deception 12 years prior in the obtaining of indefinite leave to remain by the Appellants and sought to revoke the indefinite leave to remain. The appeal was allowed.

April 2022: TJ -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellant at the First-tier Tribunal in a human rights application on the basis of his family life with his step-son from a former relationship. The appeal was allowed.

January 2022: AS and US -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellants, who were Albanian nationals in an indefinite leave to remain revocation case where the Home Office alleged one of the Appellants had committed fraudulent deception to obtain indefinite leave to remain.

January 2022: MLD -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellant at the First-tier Tribunal in a case where the Appellant sought a residence card on the basis of being a family member of an EEA national.

December 2021: JMK -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellant, a national of Lebanon, in a human rights case where a key reason why the Appellant could not return to his country of origin was due to his health reasons.

October 2021: MO (and six dependents) -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented a family who had made an EEA Zambrano case to enter the UK on the basis of a British child. This was a complex case where there was a biological mother, siblings, the mother’s partner and his children from a previous relationship all seeking entry on the basis of their relationship with the British citizen child and the involvement they had in her upbringing.

October 2021: AYS -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellant seeking entry clearance to the UK as the EEA family member of an Irish national. There were multiple hearings in this matter (due to technical difficulties) and at the last hearing, the appeal was allowed in open court.

September 2021: MMK -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellants in a settlement visa application. The Sponsor had significant health issues and the appeal was allowed in open court.

February 2020: IB -v- SSHD

Mousumi represented the Appellant in hearings at the First-tier Tribunal (there were multiple hearings in this case due to its complexity). The matter concerned a child settlement visa where the Appellant’s parent had been granted entry clearance but she had not been due to the ECO not accepting that ‘sole responsibility’ by the parent had been proved despite the evidence provided. At the last hearing in this matter, the Judge allowed the appeal in open court.

January 2020: OOO -v- SSHD

This appeal related to the Article 8 family life of an Appellant who was the step-father to a British Citizen child and whether insurmountable obstacles existed in the Appellant’s relationship with his partner continuing if they had to leave the UK. The appeal was allowed in open court.