Law firm

Thompson & Co

Thompson & Co is named as solicitors in at least 27 UK judgments from 2003 to 2025, most often in immigration and asylum and public and administrative law.

27
judgments
1
in the last five years
1
in the Supreme Court or Privy Council
14
in the Court of Appeal

Practice areas

  • Immigration and asylum24
  • Public and administrative law17
  • Civil liberties and human rights4
  • Family and children4
  • Cross-border disputes1

Courts

  • Supreme Court1
  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)14
  • High Court11
  • Upper Tribunal1

Counsel most often instructed

  • T U COORAY3

Judgments by year

  • 20260
  • 20251
  • 20240
  • 20230
  • 20220
  • 20210
  • 20200
  • 20191
  • 20181
  • 20170
  • 20160
  • 20150
  • 20140
  • 20131
  • 20123
  • 20112
  • 20103
  • 20093
  • 20082
  • 20072

Cases later courts cite most

Cases Thompson & Co acted in that later judgments cite most often.

Date Case Cited by
23 Jun 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 719 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Immigration Rules have a quasi-legal status because they are the rules laid before Parliament under the Immigration Act 1971 and may found an appeal. They may…
67
21 Jun 2006
[2006] EWHC 1671 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules, further submissions constitute a fresh claim only where they are significantly different and, taken with the earlier…
8
8 Dec 2005
[2005] EWHC 2815 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
An Asylum and Immigration Tribunal reconsideration is a single process. Its preliminary finding that the original tribunal made a material error of law is…
8
17 Apr 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 790 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a foreign-criminal deportation appeal under Article 8, the tribunal must determine proportionality on the facts found. It must give considerable weight to…
4

Recent cases

Date Case Cited by
27 Mar 2025
[2025] EWCA Civ 353 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
For the purposes of sections 78 and 79 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, the circumstances in which an appeal remains not finally determined…
17 Apr 2018
[2018] EWCA Civ 790 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
In a foreign-criminal deportation appeal under Article 8, the tribunal must determine proportionality on the facts found. It must give considerable weight to…
4
18 Jan 2012
[2012] EWCA Civ 9 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Under paragraph 353 of the Immigration Rules, further asylum or human-rights submissions require a two-stage assessment. The material must be significantly…
1
16 Jan 2012
[2012] EWHC 18 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A claim is clearly unfounded where, after conscientious assessment of the evidence, facts and law, it cannot succeed on any legitimate view. A general risk of…
15 Sep 2010
[2010] UKUT 328 (IAC) · Upper Tribunal: Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Where automatic deportation under section 32 of the UK Borders Act 2007 is disapplied by an exception in section 33, the established law governing…
1
23 Jun 2010
[2010] EWCA Civ 719 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Immigration Rules have a quasi-legal status because they are the rules laid before Parliament under the Immigration Act 1971 and may found an appeal. They may…
67
8 Oct 2009
[2009] EWHC 3137 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under paragraph 353 of the Immigration Rules, further submissions amount to a fresh claim where, taken with the material previously considered, they create a…
8 Oct 2009
[2009] EWCA Civ 1171 · Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Permission to appeal may be granted where it is arguable that the Secretary of State, when refusing to treat further representations as a fresh claim, applied…
19 Jun 2009
[2009] EWHC 1390 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under paragraph 353 of the Immigration Rules, further submissions constitute a fresh claim only where they are significantly different and, taken with the…
4 Jun 2008
[2008] EWHC 1367 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A judicial review claimant owes the court a duty of full and frank disclosure of all material facts, documents and procedural obstacles. A failure of candour…
1
10 Nov 2006
[2006] EWHC 3048 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
A legitimate expectation of a substantive immigration outcome requires a clear and unambiguous representation by an official with appropriate authority.…
21 Jun 2006
[2006] EWHC 1671 (Admin) · High Court: Administrative Court
Under rule 353 of the Immigration Rules, further submissions constitute a fresh claim only where they are significantly different and, taken with the earlier…
8

Based on judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law) in which Thompson & Co 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 Thompson & Co. Something wrong or missing? Tell us. All law firms.