Sarabjit Singh KC succeeds in tax case in the Court of Appeal - Dec 2022
Public Law
In public law, Sab appears in first-instance judicial reviews for both claimants and public bodies and also has vast appellate experience in the Court of Appeal, having appeared there dozens of times as sole counsel. He has acted in a number of complex cases, particularly where they interact with other areas he practices in. For example, he appeared as amicus in the Court of Appeal in the AR (Pakistan) case on immigration bail powers, has had numerous successful appearances in the Court of Appeal in human rights cases and appeared in the Supreme Court in the important constitutional case of Majera.
Selected Cases
- R (Majera) v SSHD [2021] UKSC 46, [2022] AC 461: Acted as lead counsel for the government in case on legality of acts inconsistent with a court order, described by the Supreme Court as a case of “constitutional importance”.
- Qadir, Abassi, Mohammed, Ali, Nasradin, Saedi and others v Home Office [2021-2023]: Acting as sole counsel for claimants in series of cases alleging false imprisonment against the Home Office for the detention of Dublin III returnees.
- YD (Algeria) v SSHD [2020] EWCA Civ 1683: Successfully resisted challenge by Appellant and UNHCR, brought in Court of Appeal on Refugee Convention and human rights grounds, to legality of Tribunal country guidance on the safety of Algeria for gay men.
- AL (Albania) v SSHD [2019] EWCA Civ 950: Succeeded before the Court of Appeal in arguing the correct approach that a tribunal should take to findings made in a decision in a linked case.
- AS (Afghanistan) v SSHD [2019] EWCA Civ 873, [2019] 1 WLR 5345: Acted in major case in the Court of Appeal, with the UNHCR intervening, on the correct approach to be taken to the reasonableness of internal relocation. See also earlier decision of the Court of Appeal in the same case at [2019] EWCA Civ 208, [2019] 1 WLR 3065, where Sab succeeded in establishing that the Upper Tribunal had statutory and inherent powers to correct errors in the reasons for its decisions.
- R (Guled) v SSHD [2019] EWCA Civ 92: Appeared before the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the implication of an Anisminic error of law in a deportation order.
- SSHD v Lucas [2018] EWCA Civ 2541: Succeeded in case in the Court of Appeal about the scope of FTT bail and the consequent effect on the legality of detention.
- R (Teh) v SSHD [2018] EWHC 1586 (Admin), [2018] 1 WLR 4327: Appeared as leading counsel for the Claimant in a judicial review claim in the Administrative Court and succeeded in arguing that a person with solely British Overseas Citizen status was stateless.
- IT (Jamaica) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 932, [2017] 1 WLR 240: Succeeded before the Court of Appeal on the question of the weight to be attached to the public interest, under the current immigration rules, when considering an appeal by a person who has already been deported against a refusal to revoke a deportation order.
- R (AR (Pakistan)) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 807, [2017] 1 WLR 255: Appeared as amicus curiae in the Court of Appeal in a case concerning the issue of whether the Chief Immigration Officer had the power to vary bail conditions imposed by an immigration tribunal.
- HD (Trafficked women) Nigeria (CG) [2016] UKUT 454 (IAC): Appeared in country guidance case before the Upper Tribunal on whether it was safe for Nigerian sex trafficking victims to be returned to Nigeria.
- OO (Gay Men) (CG) [2016] UKUT 65 (IAC): Appeared in country guidance case on the issue of whether gay men were generally at risk of persecution in Algeria.
- Sarfraz v Disclosure and Barring Service [2015] EWCA Civ 544, [2015] 1 WLR 4441: Appeared for claimant in Court of Appeal case on whether a right to appeal existed against a refusal of permission to appeal against the decision of a body that was not a tribunal of law.
- AA (Algeria) v SSHD [2014] EWCA Civ 1741 and Soares v SSHD [2013] EWCA Civ 575: Succeeded in two cases before the Court of Appeal on the correct application of Article 3(2)(a) of Directive 2004/38/EC, which requires Member States to facilitate the entry and residence of “other family members” of European Union citizens.
- ZS (Jamaica) & Anor v SSHD [2012] EWCA Civ 1639: Successfully appeared in the Court of Appeal on case about whether a non-British child’s best interests required him and his mother to be permitted to remain in the UK.
- Bah (EO (Turkey) – liability to deport) Sierra Leone [2012] UKUT 196 (IAC): Succeeded in case before the President of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) on whether police intelligence from anonymous sources was admissible in deportation appeals.
- AAO v Entry Clearance Officer [2011] EWCA Civ 840: Succeeded in the Court of Appeal on case about whether the positive duty on the part of the state to show respect for family life under Article 8 of the ECHR extends to the provision of financial support.
- AO (Iraq) v SSHD [2010] EWCA Civ 1637: Successful in judicial review appeal to the Court of Appeal on the question of whether enforcement action taken against Iraqi nationals was contrary to the Secretary of State’s policy not to take such action against those belonging to countries which were ‘active war zones’.
- MK (Algeria) v SSHD [2010] EWCA Civ 980: Acted in judicial review appeal to the Court of Appeal on the question of the appropriate level of damages to be awarded in cases of unlawful immigration detention.
- R (MC (Algeria)) v SSHD [2010] EWCA Civ 347: Successfully defended judicial review challenge in the Court of Appeal to the lengthy detention, after his prison sentence had expired, of a man with mental health difficulties.
- MD (Jamaica) v SSHD [2010] EWCA Civ 213: Successfully appeared in appeals to the Court of Appeal on the issue of the correct interpretation of the ‘long residence’ provisions in the Immigration Rules.
- CD (Jamaica) v SSHD [2010] EWCA Civ 768: Succeeded in appeal before the Court of Appeal on the circumstances in which the Secretary of State should be permitted to withdraw a concession.
- Sanchez v SSHD [2009] EWHC 3233: Succeeded before Divisional Court in judicial review claim on whether returning a US citizen to the USA, where he claimed he would face a disproportionate prison sentence under California’s ‘three strikes and you’re out’ legislation, would breach Article 3 of the ECHR.
The Changing Face of Judicial Review - Oct 2022
On 20th October 2022 The Hon Mr Justice Garnham will chair our seminar on ‘The Changing Face of Judicial Review’ with expert speakers Philip Havers KC, Marina Wheeler KC, Sarabjit Singh KC,...
Owain Thomas KC and Sarabjit Singh KC to speak at the Legal Training Consultancy’s Clinical Negligence Update 2022 - Sep 2022
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1COR give an update on VAT at latest Legal Training Consultancy Tax Conference - Apr 2022
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Pupillage Application Tips and Life at the Bar with 1COR - Dec 2021
Join our barristers for a remote discussion on everything from applying for Pupillage, life at 1COR and more on Wednesday 19th January 2022. You'll also have a chance to ask our barristers questions...
APIL Child Brain Injury Conference with The Children’s Trust - Nov 2021
We are delighted to be speaking at the first ever virtual APIL Child Brain Injury Conference held in association with The Children's Trust on 2nd November 2021. Hear Lizanne Gumbel QC at 2.55pm...
Live Q&A with Sarabjit Singh QC to mark South Asian Heritage Month - Aug 2021
On Tuesday 3rd August, Sarabjit Singh QC gave a live streamed Q&A to the Government Legal Department (GLD) Race Network to commemorate South Asian Heritage Month. He covered issues such as his...
Legal Training Consultancy VAT Update Conference 2021 - Jul 2021
Join Sarabjit Singh QC as he chairs this Legal Training Consultancy Conference on 20th July and tune in at 16:05 to hear Owain Thomas QC give a recent case law update on Exemptions and Zero Rating. He...
The majority vs Lady Arden: Brexit in action in the courts? - Jun 2021
The case of Balhousie is the first VAT case heard and decided by the Supreme Court following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The most interesting thing about it is just how little emphasis the...
Sarabjit Singh QC and Jim Duffy appear in key Supreme Court immigration case - May 2021
Sarabjit Singh QC and Jim Duffy are due to appear on behalf of the Home Secretary later today in a long-awaited appeal relating to the bail powers of immigration tribunals. SM (Rwanda) relates to a...
Law Pod UK Ep. 143: Henry VIII Powers undermining parliamentary supremacy - May 2021
In this episode, Rosalind English discusses with Isabel McArdle and Sarabjit Singh QC a number of laws containing Henry VIII powers, including the Childcare Act 2016, Section 8 of the European Union...
Sarabjit Singh QC speaks to parliamentary cross-party group on commercial sexual exploitation - Oct 2020
On 30th September, Sarabjit Singh QC addressed the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation, on the subject of legislation concerning access to online pornography by...
Sarabjit Singh QC discusses age verification online with UK Feminista - Jul 2020
On Monday 6th July, Sarabjit Singh QC joins other expert speakers for a webinar discussing age verification for pornographic websites hosted by UK Feminista. The webinar will explore why leading...
Have you read the latest AvMA Newsletter featuring Sarabjit Singh QC, Robert Kellar QC & Dominic Ruck Keene? - Jun 2020
In the latest AvMA Newsletter, Sarabjit Singh QC, Robert Kellar QC & Dominic Ruck Keene examine key cases, themes and implications during COVID-19 for medical negligence cases. Get the...
1COR Quarterly Medical Law Review – Spring 2020 – Issue 5 - May 2020
Welcome to the fifth issue of the Quarterly Medical Law Review, brought to you by the barristers at 1 Crown Office Row. In this packed edition you will find: Download the Spring 2020 newsletter...
Sarabjit Singh QC acts for Home Office in Jamaica deportation flight cases - Feb 2020
Sarabjit Singh QC was instructed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department in two cases concerning the deportation of criminals to Jamaica that were determined by the High Court and Court of...
1COR hosts Sutton Trust students for an insight into life at the Bar - Oct 2019
What is a barrister? 1COR hosts Sutton Trust Pathways to Law students to give them a glimpse into life at the Bar. 1COR, led by Head of Outreach Jo Moore, welcomes Sutton Trust students to learn...
Sarabjit Singh QC speaks at the JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2019 - Oct 2019
Sarabjit Singh QC joins a panel of speakers for the annual JUSTICE Human Rights Conference on 16th October 2019. The conference offers valuable insight into the human rights issues of the year with a...
Bar Council Social Mobility Advocate Sarabjit Singh QC featured in #IAmTheBar video - Jul 2019
The Bar Council have released a video featuring their Social Mobility Advocates of 2018 and additional future 2019 Advocates as part of their flagship #IAmTheBar social mobility campaign. The Social...
Scope of Duty and Causation: Chester v Afshar Revisited - Jun 2019
Join us for an evening looking at scope of duty and causation in medical claims based on Chester v Afshar [2005] 1 AC 134, which have come to the fore in recent cases such as Pomphrey v Secretary of...
Sarabjit Singh QC and Jo Moore successfully defend British Nationality judicial review claims - May 2019
In R (Hassan & others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2019 EWHC 1288 (Admin), Sarabjit Singh QC and Jo Moore successfully represented the Secretary of State for the Home Department...
Six members of chambers participate in Inner Temple outreach events - Apr 2019
Members of 1 Crown Office Row have been volunteering their time to participate in Inner Temple’s Schools Day events. These events, run in collaboration with the Sutton Trust and other organisations,...
Sarabjit Singh QC features in the latest AvMA Newsletter - Apr 2019
In the April AvMA Newsletter, Sarabjit Singh QC discusses 'Relief from Sanctions' (pg. 23), examining the well-established process that applies when the court is considering any application for relief...
Sarabjit Singh QC features on SOAS Bar Society & Law Society ‘In conversation with barristers, solicitors, and dispute resolution practitioners’ Panel - Mar 2019
Sarabjit Singh QC is delighted to draw on his experience as Bar Council Social Mobility Advocate at a careers event by the SOAS Bar Society and SOAS Law Society. He will join a panel of speakers...
Sarabjit Singh QC in significant Court of Appeal case on internal relocation - Mar 2019
Sarabjit Singh QC appeared in the Court of Appeal for the government on 12th and 13th March 2019, in the important case of AS (Afghanistan) which looks to revisit the law on internal relocation and...
Sarabjit Singh QC profiled as a newly appointed silk - Dec 2018
Each year a few silks are selected by Queen’s Counsel Appointments to speak about their journey to becoming a silk, in order to illustrate the varied backgrounds and experience of today’s QCs. ...
Sarabjit Singh QC featured in The Times as part of ‘The changing face of the modern bar’ - Nov 2018
Sarabjit Singh QC has been featured in today’s edition of The Times in his role as Social Mobility Advocate for The Bar Council. The article, written by Frances Gibb, picks up on the success of...
Sarabjit Singh QC to appear in Supreme Court - Oct 2018
On 30th October 2018, Sarabjit Singh QC will appear in the Supreme Court before Lords Reed, Sumption, Briggs and Kitchin and Lady Arden to seek to defend a unanimous victory on behalf of HMRC in the...
Proud to partner with The Sutton Trust to positively impact social mobility through their extensive programmes - Oct 2018
Each year it is great to read The Sutton Trust's 'Student Destination' report, which highlights the positive impact and examples of people who benefited from their social mobility programmes. We...
Sarabjit Singh QC appears in Court of Appeal in significant deportation case - Oct 2018
Sarabjit Singh QC will appear for the Secretary of State for the Home Department before the Court of Appeal (David Richards, Holroyde and Nicola Davies LJJ) on 23rd October 2018 in a significant case...
Sarabjit Singh QC to speak on I Am The Bar panel at the Bar Council Pupillage Fair - Oct 2018
Sarabjit Singh QC, as a Bar Council Social Mobility Advocate, has been asked to speak about his pathway to law as part of the I Am The Bar panel session. Attendees will then have the opportunity to...
Sarabjit Singh QC interviewed as a Social Mobility Advocate for The Bar Council’s ‘I am the Bar’ - Jul 2018
Delighted to announce that Sarabjit Singh QC is a Social Mobility Advocate for The Bar Council' 'I am the Bar' campaign. Get to know more about his life, career and his excellent advice by reading...
Congratulate Jo Moore as the new head of Outreach at 1COR - Jul 2018
Jo is taking over from Sarabjit Singh QC as head of Outreach at 1 Crown Office Row. 1COR continues to lead the Bar with social mobility initiatives and 2018 has seen us involved in an impressive...
Sarah Lambert QC and Sarabjit Singh QC take silk - Feb 2018
26th February 2018 is the day for QCs to be appointed with Sarah Lambert and Sarabjit Singh taking silk, accompanied by their families and Senior and First Junior Clerks Matthew Phipps and Andrew...
Sarah Lambert and Sarabjit Singh appointed Queen’s Counsel - Dec 2017
1 Crown Office Row is proud and delighted to announce that Sarah Lambert and Sarabjit Singh have been successful in their applications for Silk. Sarah was called to the Bar in 1994 and has long...
1 Crown Office Row promotes access to the Bar - Jul 2017
On Saturday 1st July, nearly 200 young people graduated from the Sutton Trust's Pathways to Law programme. This programme selects highly able 16-year-olds from less advantaged backgrounds and provides...
Sarabjit Singh Succeeds on behalf of the United Kingdom in European Court of Justice - Feb 2017
In September, Sarabjit Singh represented the United Kingdom at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg in a case concerning the cultural exemption from VAT. The case was set to have ramifications...
Sarabjit Singh to lead Matt Donmall in landmark rating law case in Supreme Court on Monday - Nov 2016
On Monday 7th November 2016, Sarabjit Singh will lead Matt Donmall in an important rating law case on the circumstances in which buildings under reconstruction should be subject to non-domestic (also...
Equality & Diversity Mini Pupillage Scheme - Oct 2016
In 2016 1COR launched an Equality & Diversity Mini Pupillage Scheme because they wanted to play a greater role in helping the Bar to become as diverse and inclusive as possible by attracting able...
Sarabjit Singh to represent UK in European Court of Justice - Sep 2016
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Equality & Diversity Mini-Pupillage Scheme is launched - Jun 2016
In an attempt to create a more diverse and inclusive bar, 1COR has set up a scheme to enable people from less privileged backgrounds to increase their chances of gaining pupillage with us through an...
Sarabjit Singh appears in the Supreme Court - Jun 2016
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Sarabjit Singh wins for the Roald Dahl Museum against HMRC - May 2014
The case turned on whether expenditure incurred on exhibits in the Roald Dahl museum was directly and immediately linked not only to admissions to the museum but also to sales in the museum shop. If...
New appointments to the Attorney General’s A and C Panels - Feb 2014
We are delighted to announce the following new appointments to the Attorney General's Panels - Peter Skelton, Robert Kellar and Sarabjit Singh to the A Panel and Isabel McArdle and Alasdair Henderson...
Sarabjit Singh wins in Court of Appeal in EU Law case - May 2013
Sarabjit Singh, acting for the Secretary of State for the Home Department ("the SSHD"), has won an important case in the Court of Appeal on the interpretation of Article 3(2)(a) of Directive...
Sarabjit Singh wins VAT case for HMRC in Upper Tribunal - Apr 2013
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New Appointments to the Attorney General’s A, B and C Panels – February 2013 - Feb 2013
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