Persecution Expert

Persecution evidence for UK asylum and immigration tribunals

We match solicitors and Legal Aid practitioners with persecution expert witnesses who analyse Convention grounds, state protection, and relocation: the legal frame, not a country brochure.

Persecution Expert is a United Kingdom service. We connect immigration solicitors, barristers, and Legal Aid practitioners with persecution expert witnesses for First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal proceedings in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Our content addresses UK asylum law, Home Office decision-making, and Immigration Tribunal practice. We do not provide expert witness matching for courts, tribunals, or immigration systems outside the UK.
The European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg
The Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan seen from the air

Reports for the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, across England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

A courtroom in the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom at Middlesex Guildhall

How persecution is proven

Country experts describe conditions. Persecution experts test whether the claimed harm meets the Refugee Convention framework Immigration Judges actually apply.

  1. 01

    Name the Convention ground

    Political opinion, religion, race, nationality, or particular social group, including imputed grounds and mixed claims. Refusals often mislabel the risk.

  2. 02

    Test state protection

    Whether the Home Office correctly assessed ability and willingness of the state to protect against state and non-state actors.

  3. 03

    Stress internal relocation

    Whether relocation is reasonable and safe in light of the claimant's profile, not a generic national average.

  4. 04

    Write for the tribunal

    Independent analysis that meets Immigration Tribunal Practice Direction paragraph 10 and the Adam Pipe expert report guidance.

Services

Need a persecution expert?

Send a short case note with the country, the claimed ground, the refusal reasons and your hearing date. We confirm expert fit, scope, and Legal Aid compatible timing where relevant.