Law firm

Paragon Law

Paragon Law is named as solicitors in at least 37 UK judgments from 2006 to 2024, most often in immigration and asylum and civil liberties and human rights.

37
judgments
2
in the last five years
2
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
24
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Immigration and asylum37
  • Civil liberties and human rights20
  • Public and administrative law12

Courts

  • Supreme Court2
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)24
  • High Court9
  • Upper Tribunal2

Counsel most often instructed

  • Mikhil Karnik5
  • Richard Drabble4

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20250
  • 20241
  • 20230
  • 20221
  • 20211
  • 20201
  • 20190
  • 20181
  • 20171
  • 20161
  • 20150
  • 20144
  • 20135
  • 20121
  • 20114
  • 20104
  • 20094
  • 20083
  • 20074

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Paragon Law acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
19 Dec 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 1549 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Detention pending deportation is lawful only for a period which is reasonable in all the circumstances. The Secretary of State must act with reasonable…
32
7 Mar 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 151 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Imperfect transposition of an EU directive following a bona fide misunderstanding does not create an automatic right to Francovich damages. Sufficient…
13
14 Dec 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 1406 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Imprisonment interrupts the continuous lawful residence required for an EEA national to acquire a permanent right of residence. Time in prison does not further…
10
18 Jan 2016
[2016] EWHC 56 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A competent authority assessing a trafficking claim must apply its published policy unless there are reasonable grounds for departing from it and the decision…
5
21 Dec 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 2848 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A successful appeal based on a statutory exception to deportation does not permit the Secretary of State to make a fresh deportation decision on unchanged…
4
22 May 2013
[2013] EWHC 1314 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The Dublin II Regulation establishes an administrative system for allocating responsibility between Member States. Its direct applicability does not, without…
3
7 Jun 2013
[2013] EWHC 1494 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Article 15(1) of the Charter does not confer a general right to work on non-EU nationals. Article 11 of the Reception Directive requires Member States to…
3

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
10 Jun 2022
[2022] EWCA Civ 780 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In an Article 8 “limbo” case, the question is whether refusal of leave is proportionate in the particular circumstances. A person does not automatically…
17 Mar 2021
[2021] UKUT 62 (IAC) · Upper Tribunal: Immigration and Asylum Chamber
A person remains liable to immigration detention, and may therefore remain on immigration bail, while the Secretary of State intends removal and there is some…
21 Dec 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 2848 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
A successful appeal based on a statutory exception to deportation does not permit the Secretary of State to make a fresh deportation decision on unchanged…
4
18 Jan 2016
[2016] EWHC 56 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A competent authority assessing a trafficking claim must apply its published policy unless there are reasonable grounds for departing from it and the decision…
5
18 Dec 2013
[2014] EWHC 1275 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Permission to seek judicial review may be granted where individual maladministration arguably delays determination of an immigration application until after a…
7 Jun 2013
[2013] EWHC 1494 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Article 15(1) of the Charter does not confer a general right to work on non-EU nationals. Article 11 of the Reception Directive requires Member States to…
3
22 May 2013
[2013] EWHC 1314 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
The Dublin II Regulation establishes an administrative system for allocating responsibility between Member States. Its direct applicability does not, without…
3
7 Mar 2013
[2013] EWCA Civ 151 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Imperfect transposition of an EU directive following a bona fide misunderstanding does not create an automatic right to Francovich damages. Sufficient…
13
19 Dec 2011
[2011] EWCA Civ 1549 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Detention pending deportation is lawful only for a period which is reasonable in all the circumstances. The Secretary of State must act with reasonable…
32
14 Dec 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 1406 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Imprisonment interrupts the continuous lawful residence required for an EEA national to acquire a permanent right of residence. Time in prison does not further…
10
17 Feb 2010
[2010] EWHC 225 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A decision that removal would breach human-rights obligations does not necessarily determine that a person is entitled to humanitarian protection. Refugee…
2
20 Mar 2009
[2009] EWHC 1008 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A judicial review claim concerning deportation should generally not proceed where the claimant has an effective statutory appeal addressing the same issue. The…

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Paragon Law is named as solicitors, counted under the firm's current name. The figures are minimums: not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment is counted only when we are confident who acted. The selection of cases listed here is limited, and does not include family, criminal or anonymised cases. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent and not connected with Paragon Law. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.