Taher Gulamhussein

Taher Gulamhussein

Taher Gulamhussein.

Taher qualified as a solicitor in 2019 having studied philosophy at University College London and law at the University of Westminster. He completed his solicitor training contract at Legal 500 firm Birnberg Peirce & Partners.

Taher specialises in complex cases involving political asylum, criminal deportation, human rights claims and EU law.

Taher is accredited as a Supervising Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme, a stringent process involving exams and regular re-accreditation. He is an experienced advocate at both the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal.

Taher has invaluable experience of assisting and advocating for vulnerable people who are victims of state violence. Before qualifying as a solicitor, he dedicated many years of his life to working and volunteering in a number of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and charities including the Network for Police Monitoring, Islamic Human Rights Commission, StopWatch, Release, and Y-stop. He is one of the founders of the Anti-Raids Network and the Stop Deportations Network.

In those capacities, Taher has sat on a number of panels including the British Transport Police Stop and Search Community Consultation Group, the College of Policing Stop Search Strategic Scrutiny Group, and Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary Stop and Search External Reference Group. He has also contributed to Home Office consultations that have led the Home Office to change its policy guidance.
Taher speaks English (native) Gujarati (fluent), Lisan al-Dawat (fluent), Brazilian Portuguese (semi-proficient), Hindi (basic), Urdu (basic), Arabic (basic), French (basic) and Spanish (basic).

Notable Cases

Upper Tribunal

Costea v SSHD, DA/00364/2020
Successful appeal against decision of First-Tier Tribunal to dismiss EEA’s national’s appeal against a deportation order

SSHD v MHR, PA/01121/2021
Successfully resisted appeal by SSHD against decision of the First-Tier Tribunal to allow the asylum and protection appeal of Iraqi national of Kurdish ethnicity

AAM v SSHD, PA/01330/2021
Successful appeal against decision of the First-Tier Tribunal to dismiss asylum appeal of Iraqi national of Kurdish’s ethnicity

KQS v SSHD, PA/02276/2020
Successful appeal against decision of the First-Tier Tribunal to dismiss asylum appeal of Iraqi national of Kurdish’s ethnicity

FMA v SSHD, PA/09518/2019
Successful appeal against decision of the First-Tier Tribunal to dismiss asylum appeal of Iranian national of Kurdish’s ethnicity

SSHD v Shermahomed, DA/00105/2018
Successfully resisted appeal by SSHD against decision of the First-Tier Tribunal to allow an EEA national’s appeal against deportation

Media Appearances

TELEVISION

‘What life is like for asylum seekers in the UK’, Channel 4, 2 October 2020