Abstract
This paper seeks to introduce readers to the regulation of immigration advice, and how this can work in practice in clinical legal education. The case study of Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre demonstrates that although the statute does not ideally seem to fit with the regulation of university law clinics, it is possible to be compliant. Far from being a negative aspect, regulation in these unique legal advice settings can actually provide a rich ethical learning environment and produce well rounded future lawyers.
Highlights
Frances Ridout* (Queen Mary University of London, UK) Deirdre Gilchrist (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, UK) Jeremy Dunn (Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, UK) Abstract: This paper seeks to introduce readers to the regulation of immigration advice, and how this can work in practice in clinical legal education
The OISC was established by Part 5 of the 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act[2] in response to growing concerns that vulnerable migrants, in particular asylum seekers, were falling prey to
The OISC has been in operation for the last 17 years and currently regulates approximately 3000 advisers operating in 1500 registered organisations
Summary
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)[1] is the statutory regulator of immigration advice and services in the United Kingdom. Solicitors working in law firms and barristers in chambers are likely to be fully regulated by their respective regulatory bodies, further; they are normally permitted to supervise non-legally qualified staff to provide immigration advice and services acting on behalf of the regulated organisation. Practicing solicitors working in Law Centres and certain charitable organisations that have been permitted to employ solicitors to provide advice and services to the public are not (in England and Wales) permitted to supervise others. This means that while practicing solicitors in these settings may be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority, or barristers regulated by the Bar https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/91 (as of 17/08/2018).
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