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Webinar: Palestinian refugees and Article 1D (18 December 2023)
In this live webinar, Grace Capel and Jasmine Quiller-Doust discuss the special status of Palestinian refugees and Article 1D of the Refugee Convention. Understanding Article 1D is essential if you find yourself representing Palestinian refugees as th ...
6th December 2023How to become an OISC level 2 adviser
This is the second in our series of blog posts on how to become an OISC adviser and we are writing this as we publish our new OISC Level 2 Accreditation online course, available only to members. Our first post covered what you need to do to register a ...
24th November 2023Briefing: Article 1D of the Refugee Convention and Palestinian refugees
Immigration lawyers tend to have a good grasp of the definition of a refugee. We can confidently recite the “well-founded fear” definition at Article 1(A)(2) of the 1951 UN Convention on the Status of Refugees (the “Refugee Conv ...
16th November 2023How to become an OISC adviser
If you want to give immigration advice and you are not fully legally qualified then you will need to get registered with the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, or “OISC”. You will need to pass exams, prove that you have experience, p ...
7th August 2023New course: how to work with interpreters effectively
Immigration lawyers will occasionally, or in some cases frequently, take on a client whose level of English is limited. Or they may not speak any English at all. It’s crucial that lawyers understand their instructions and that clients understand the ...
30th March 2023