Overview
Zeeshan Raza began his career at the bar in 2012 and has over that time established himself as a well-respected and sought after practitioner in his specialist field of Immigration and Human rights law. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the immigration rules, both in the context of personal and business immigration.
As a marker of his expertise, he has been involved in a number of high profile cases addressing current contentious legal issues, including both in the Upper Tribunal as well as the Court of Appeal.
Zeeshan leaves no stone unturned in the preparation of his cases nor in his commitment to providing high quality representation for both his professional and lay clients.
Immigration & Human Rights
Court of Appeal
- Kaur v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 1353 (17 November 2023)
The Court of appeal considered the impact of an adverse ETS/TOEIC decision in the context of an Article 8 proportionality assessment outside of the rules. The Court allowed the Appellant’s appeal. In doing so, the Court commented: In this appeal we have been assisted by submissions of sustained high quality and clarity from Mr Zeeshan Raza - Secretary of State for the Home Department v Patel [2022] EWCA Civ 36 (21 January 2022)
The Court of Appeal here revisited the application of the principles in Devaseelan and Ocampo relating to 2nd appeals in the context of an ETS/TOEIC dispute. - Khurshid v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1515 (18 October 2021)
The Court of Appeal considered whether it could reconstitute as a Divisional Court in order to hear an application for Judicial Review against a refusal of permission to appeal by the Upper Tribunal (IAC). - The Secretary of State for the Home Department v Ali [2021] EWCA Civ 1357 (14 September 2021)
The Court of Appeal considered the correct approach to paragraph 39E of the Immigration rules. This case has gone on to be cited in further ongoing litigation involving the correct approach to paragraph 276B of the Immigration rules. - MI (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 1711 (18 November 2021)
The Court of Appeal considered the correct approach to s.117C(5), unduly harsh test in the context of a medium offender facing deportation.
Upper Tribunal (IAC)
- DK and RK (ETS: SSHD evidence, proof) [2022] UKUT 00112
The Upper Tribunal considered the quality of, and approach to be taken towards the Secretary of States evidence in challenges involving ETS/TOEIC.
Languages
- Fluent in Urdu and Punjabi.
News
Zeeshan Raza appears in the Court of Appeal lead case on deprivation of citizenship
The Court of Appeal is to hear lead appeal on correct approach to deprivation of citizenship in cases concerning s.40(3) of the BNA 1981,...
