Legal Aid Expert Witness
Specialist country condition and expert witness evidence for legally aided asylum and immigration proceedings across the United Kingdom.
Court-standard country of origin information addressing conditions in the applicant's country of nationality or former habitual residence. Reports are scoped to the specific protected characteristics and grounds of appeal in each case.
Expert analysis of persecution risk, human rights violations, and state protection failures. Structured for Article 3 ECHR and Refugee Convention claims before the Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
Assessment of political conditions, security situations, and targeted violence relevant to asylum claims. Sources include UN reports, Home Office CPINs, and verified open-source intelligence.
Oral expert evidence at First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal hearings. Experts are prepared for cross-examination and comply with the overriding duty to the tribunal under Practice Direction 12.
All expert evidence is commissioned through instructing solicitors holding legal aid certificates. We do not accept direct instructions from asylum seekers.
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