Abigail Smith

Tooks Chambers

8 Warner Yard
London
United Kingdom
EC1R 5EY
(020) 7841 6100
clerks@tooks.co.uk

Ranked In

London (Bar)
Immigration (Band 4 )

Profile

Specialisation: Immigration, asylum, human rights, prison law, extradition and other related public law areas. Significant cases include: VW (Uganda) & AB (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 5; RS (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 839; FK (DRC) v Secretary of State for The Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 1545.

Professional Memberships: Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (Executive Committee Member 2006 - 2008), Administrative Law Bar Association, Human Rights Lawyers’ Association, Prisoners’ Legal Rights Group, Legal Action Group, Amnesty International.

Career: Abigail was called to the Bar in 2003 having gained experience working for Deighton Guedalla and Glazer Delmar, as well as various NGOs, including the Irish Refugee Council, North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service, Bail for Immigration Detainees and Liberty.

Personal: LLB (Ling Germ), Trinity College Dublin, 1997; LLM, London School of Economics, 2001.