OUR TEAM
Ashley specialises in immigration, asylum and nationality law and has extensive experience advising businesses and individuals on all aspects of UK immigration law having worked in this area since 2005. She is dual qualified in Scotland and England & Wales.
Ashley regularly acts for businesses, providing strategic advice to corporate clients to assist with their business planning, most recently in relation to Brexit and sponsorship under the skilled worker route. She also represents clients in defending civil penalty notices for allegedly employing illegal workers.
Ashley has significant experience of working with high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs. She also has particular expertise in obtaining endorsements for clients under the Global Talent Visa scheme.
Ashley regularly assists clients with their family-based applications, EU Settlement Scheme applications and applications for naturalisation. She is often instructed to provide expert reports for the courts in care proceedings and acts for local authorities, providing advice and training in relation to children and young persons in care.
In addition to her advisory work, Ashley is a skilled litigator, with experience of litigating cases at all levels from the First Tier Tribunal to the Court of Justice of the EU. Ashley also has a particular interest in complex EU law and recently acted for a national charity in a successful judicial review challenge of Home Office Covid-19 guidance which resulted in a positive change to government policy guidance.
Ashley is a regular trainer for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association and writes on developments in immigration law and is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales Immigration Law Committee. She is also ranked in Immigration in both the UK’s leading legal directories The Legal 500 and Chambers UK.
"Ashley is responsive and innovative."
"She is really good at going the extra mile for her clients and explaining things in a lot of detail."
"Ashley provides warm, welcome and clear advice."
"Ashley Fleming has been very helpful with my enquiry and I am very happy with the communication and working with her. She is very professional in her field."
"Ashley Fleming is innovative and pragmatic."
"Ashley Fleming is thorough, efficient, and easy to work with. She has great attention to detail."
"I really enjoyed working with Ashley."
"I cannot recommend her highly enough. Ashley was knowledgeable and went above and beyond to give me the best advice and representation. A superb solicitor with a warm character."
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