Oliver Oldman

Recent Work

• Representing a Chinese national in relation to his successful appeal against the refusal of his asylum claim on political grounds.
• Representing a Russian national facing politically motivated criminal proceedings in their successful asylum claim on political grounds.
• Advising a Russian national facing an extradition request and Red Notice in relation to their asylum claim
• Bringing a judicial review challenge to the lawfulness of para 9.4.1 of the Immigration Rules
• Advising a Russian national facing a politically motivated prosecution in relation to the impact of their second EU nationality on their asylum claim
• Acting pro bono for a female Afghan judge and her son in relation to applications for leave to enter the UK outside the Immigration Rules
• Acting for a Saudi national in her successful asylum claim brought on political grounds and membership of a particular social group.
• Acting for an Indian national in his successful asylum appeal brought on sexuality grounds, following a fresh claim.
• Acting for an Afghan national in his successful asylum appeal brought on political grounds, following the Home Office’s decision to exclude him from the protection of the Refugee Convention.
• Acting for an Albanian family in their successful asylum appeal following a challenge to the decision to certify the initial claim as clearly unfounded.
• Acting for a DRC national in his successful appeal against deportation on human rights grounds.
• Securing leave to remain for the parent of a British citizen under Appendix FM under the 10-year route.
• Preparing successful discretionary registration applications for minor siblings in local authority care.
• Acting for a Somali national in his successful application for immigration bail and securing an injunction barring deportation.

Areas of Expertise

Oliver regularly acts for clients in relation to complex asylum and human rights claims and appeals. These claims often involve politically motivated prosecutions, abuse of process and state corruption. Oliver routinely advises on issues including admissibility, multiple nationalities and exclusion.

A core part of Oliver’s practice concerns the interface between immigration and criminal law. He has significant expertise in advising on and challenging deportation decisions, criminality-based refusals and cancellation decisions; and has prepared numerous successful immigration bail applications.

Oliver has several years’ experience of bringing judicial review claims before the Upper Tribunal and High Court. These claims have covered the full spectrum of immigration and asylum decision-making, included challenges to certification, delay, and Part 9 refusals. Oliver’s practice also includes bringing challenges before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (“SIAC”). Oliver has brought a number of false imprisonment claims in the high Court and County Court in relation to clients detained under immigration powers.

Oliver also has a general private client immigration practice which includes preparing family and private life applications under the Immigration Rules; human rights applications outside the Immigration Rules; applications under the EU Settlement Scheme; and naturalisation and registration applications.

Professional Societies & Memberships

• Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)
• Law Society

What clients and directories say

In the Press

Oliver Oldman was mentioned by several publications in August 2022 for acting in the case of a female Afghan judge appealing against a Home Office decision. These include:

• • Sky News
  • The Guardian
  • Daily Mail 
  • Independent 
  • The Times
  • Arab News
  • inews 

Further Information

Oliver completed his undergraduate legal studies at University College London in 2010, before obtaining a Master of Laws in Public International Law, also at UCL. Before starting legal practice, he was a Legal Consultant at the International Bar Association. Oliver completed his legal training at Bindmans LLP, where he then practised for 4 years before joining Kingsley Napley.