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Alfred Gherson

Solicitor
International Protection

Alfred joined Gherson in 2020 and has developed a strength for managing and running cross-border or politically sensitive cases.

Alfred excels in high-pressure situations, making him perfectly suited to the firm’s expanding complex litigation workload, juggling high volumes of information and competing priorities. He took the lead in the firm’s most complex and long-running appeals in 2024-2026 and received high praise from Senior Counsel and other solicitors for his case management, quality of work and unwavering commitment to his clients.

Alfred plays a pivotal role in some of the firm’s most difficult and complex cases, working closely with Partners across the International Protection and White Collar Crime teams and can always be depended upon to get the job done to the highest standard. Alfred also has a strong interest in identifying and developing the next generation of talent and plays an active role in all internal projects relating to the development and growth of the firm and its members.

Languages spoken: English.
Notable Experience
  • Leading a case and instructing Counsel in a successful 15-day joint appeal in the First-tier Tribunal, involving 18 witnesses and experts which dealt with novel issues of law and procedure.
  • Assisting in lodging a successful application to remove an INTERPOL Red Notice determined by the CCF to be politically motivated. (The representations ran to over 75 pages).
  • Assisting in bringing several Section 23 challenges against sanctions designations imposed against individuals.
  • Preparing successful complex licence applications to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
  • Assisting in challenging the refusal of a complex immigration appeal and the judicial review, which centred on novel issues of law.
  • Admissions & Memberships
  • Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales: 2023
  • Recognitions & Publications
  • “The Human Rights Act and wills: An unlikely but relevant pairing” – Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal.
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