Authority and trust, evidenced — not asserted.
Immigration expert evidence is scrutinised heavily by opposing parties and by judges. Our experts are selected and instructed against a defined standard of experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness.
Lived, in-country knowledge
- Extended periods of fieldwork or residence in the country of origin.
- Working proficiency in relevant languages, enabling primary-source review.
- Active contact networks: lawyers, journalists, and civil-society actors.
Academic & professional depth
- Postgraduate qualifications in area studies, law, anthropology or politics.
- Peer-reviewed publications and authored NGO or policy reporting.
- Current engagement with the scholarship on the region and claim type.
Recognised before tribunals
- Reports prepared for immigration and asylum tribunals and courts.
- Evidence given in accordance with reported country guidance practice.
- Familiarity with the evidential expectations of decision-makers.
Independent & confidential
- Overriding duty to the decision-maker, expressly declared in every report.
- Secure handling of sensitive material under applicable data protection law.
- Transparent declaration of instructions, sources, and any limitations.
What accompanies each expert report.
Decision-makers assess weight partly by reference to the expert’s standing. Each report is therefore accompanied by a full, verifiable statement of qualifications and experience.
- Full academic and professional curriculum vitae
- Statement of the expert's field of expertise and its limits
- Languages spoken and level of proficiency
- Time spent in, or studying, the country of origin
- List of publications and prior expert reports
- Declaration of independence and duty to the decision-maker
Experts always owe a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care to those instructing them, but when they are instructed to give or prepare evidence for court or tribunal proceedings they have an overriding duty to help the decision-maker on matters within their expertise.
— Expert duty to the court or tribunal
Expert CVs are shared on instruction.
To protect the security of experts who work on sensitive regions, full individual profiles are provided directly to instructing parties rather than published. On enquiry, we will supply the CV of the expert proposed for your matter.