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Duncan Lewis Solicitors are representing Tajay Thompson, who was due to be deported to Jamaica on a charter flight on 11 February 2020. We were successful in obtaining an injunction preventing his removal on the flight. Mr. Thompson arrived in the UK at the age of five. He has completed his primary and secondary education in the UK, and attended college in the UK. His parents and extended family are all resident in the UK. At the age of 17 he was forced and threatened into selling drugs, and in October 2015 he was convicted for drug offences. We provided the Secretary of State evidence relating to Mr Thompson’s case along with detailed submissions as to why he should not be removed from the UK. Despite our efforts, the Secretary of State was determined to proceed with the removal without giving proper consideration to the evidence and our submissions. Mr Thompson’s removal was only stopped after we successfully obtained an injunction. In granting a stay of removal, the judge recognised that Mr Thompson’s claim was meritorious. He now has the opportunity to pursue his claim in the UK without the threat of removal. Mr Thompson was represented by our Luton-based public law trainee solicitor Nabeela Arshad under the supervision of public law director Bahar Ata. Adrian Berry of Garden Court Chambers instructed.