Amanda Jones

Barrister

Great James Street

Continuing our mission to highlight the fusions between different areas of the law, immigration and public law specialist Amanda Jones of Great James Street looks at sham marriages, offering expert insights for immigration lawyers as well as family practitioners. In particular, Amanda looks at:

Marriages and relationships under the EEA Regulations

“Genuine and subsisting” relationships

Preparing for the application

Anticipating difficulties

Preparation for an appeal

Appellant's and sponsor's witness statements

Other witnesses

Interpreters

Relevant Law

EEA Regulations 2016

About Amanda

Amanda is a specialist in immigration and public law. She has advised and appeared in numerous immigration matters in the Court of Appeal, and in the Administrative Court on appeals, judicial review and injunctions. Emergency judicial review grounds and out-of-hours injunction applications (including, if necessary, to the Court of Appeal) are a regular part of her practice.

Amanda advises regularly on the Public Sector Equality Duty and other matters relating to the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, including discrimination. Amanda is also instructed on matters related to sex-based and gender reassignment protections under the Equality Act, and associated disciplinary and political disputes.

Amanda is instructed in asylum cases, particularly in relation to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia. She also deals with entry clearance work, including the points-based system, visitors, and family reunion, deportation appeals in relation to criminal convictions or alleged terrorist connections, and cases in which a threat to national security is alleged.

Amanda frequently advises on and drafts fresh claims in relation to human rights and asylum, after an initial appeal has been exhausted, and has been instructed on a numbers of cases involving breaches of policy and legitimate expectation in immigration law.