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KIARA VAN HOUT
Legal Associate
LL.B (Hons) (Cantab) (First Class)
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Education:
- Bachelor of Civil Law, Distinction, from Merton College, University of Oxford
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Law, First Class, from St John’s College, University of Cambridge
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Scholarships:
- Merton Lawyers’ BCL Scholarship, awarded by Merton College and the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford (2023)
- McAulay Scholarship, awarded by St John’s College (2019-2021)
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Practice:
Since joining Richmond Chambers, Kiara has worked on a range of personal immigration matters. She has worked on family and partner visa applications including adult dependent relative visas, spouse visas and unmarried partner visas. She has worked on visitor visa applications and appeals against visitor visa refusals. She has also worked on a range of human rights and asylum matters.
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Experience:
- Associate to the Honourable Justice McDonald at the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia
- Legal and Policy Intern, Refugee Status Determination Section at the United Nations Refugee Agency in Geneva, Switzerland
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Languages:
French (~B1 intermediate)
