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Application for Reconsideration of Permission at an Oral Hearing - Specialist Immigration Solicitors for JR against the UKVI

: Written by: Arshad Mahmood; Last Updated: 08 April 2026

You can apply for reconsideration of your permission to apply for Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office UKVI at an oral hearing after the permission has been refused by the court on papers or permission has been granted subject to conditions or on certain grounds only. It is very common for applications for permission for Judicial Review (JR) to fail at the paper consideration stage and succeed at an oral hearing stage because the legal representations at the oral hearing stage are more effective, and due consideration is also given by the Judge in an oral hearing than on paper consideration of the permission application by the court.

Request for consideration of permission at an oral hearing must be made on the relevant application form provided by the court at the same time when the decision on the permission application is served on you. You must file the application for permission to be considered at an oral hearing within 7 days of the judge's decision being sent to you.

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No Win, No Fee for Judicial Review (JR) Against the Home Office UKVI

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors can act for your Judicial Review (JR) against the Home Office UKVI on No Win, No Fee basis which means you will not have to pay our legal costs if you do not succeed in your Judicial Review and if we do succeed in the Judicial Review (JR) we will recover our legal costs from the Home Office UKVI.

The No Win, No Fee agreement does not cover disbursements or third-party costs, e.g. court fees and barrister fees in relation to your Judicial Review proceedings, and you will have to pay such costs for us to prepare and issue the Judicial Review proceedings. If we recover our legal costs from the Home Office UKVI in the event of succeeding in Judicial Review proceedings, the disbursement which you would have paid would be refunded to you, as such disbursements will also be recovered from the Home Office UKVI. However, if we are not able to recover our legal costs from the Home Office UKVI, you will not be able to recover the court fee and the Barrister's fees. It is also important that if you fail in your Judicial Review claim, the court may order the legal costs of the Home Office UKVI to be paid by you.

Please note that we will only take on your case on a No Win, No Fee basis if we find that there are good grounds to challenge the unlawful decision of the Home Office UKVI.

Procedure for Oral Hearing

Notice of the hearing is given to you, the Respondent and any interested party by the Court List Office. An oral hearing is allocated 30 minutes of court time. If it is considered that 30 minutes of court time is insufficient, you may provide a written estimate of the time required for the hearing and request a special fixture. Neither the Respondent nor any other interested party need attend a hearing on the question of permission unless the court directs otherwise. The legal representatives of the Applicant and the Respondent or any interested party will attend the court hearing and argue their case before the Upper Tribunal Judge.

Legal Costs if Your Application is Unsuccessful

The general rule is that the losing party in a substantive claim for judicial review will be ordered to pay the other parties' costs. However, the Judge considering the matter has discretion to deal with the issue of costs as he/she considers appropriate in all of the circumstances. Costs may be awarded in respect of an unsuccessful paper application. Any application by the defendant/interested party for costs will normally be made in the Acknowledgement of Service.

Appeal Against the Refusal of Permission to Apply for Judicial Review

If the court refuses your application for permission to apply for Judicial Review (JR), your legal representative can orally apply to the court for permission to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the decision of the court to refuse permission at an oral hearing. In most cases, such an oral request is also refused by the court, which leaves the Applicant with the option of applying to the Court of Appeal itself for permission to appeal against the decision of the Upper Tribunal or the High Court.

How Can We Help?

Our specialist team of immigration solicitors and lawyers at Premium Solicitors are experts in dealing with renewal application for permission to apply for judicial review. Our immigration solicitors can provide you with fast, friendly, reliable and professional legal services for your application for permission at an oral hearing. The casework to be carried out by our expert team of immigration solicitors will entail the following:

Our immigration solicitors will assess the reasons given by the Judge in refusing the permission application on paper.
Our immigration solicitors will discuss the reasons for refusal of permission with you in detail and advise you about the weaknesses and strengths of your Judicial Review matter.
Our immigration solicitors will prepare an application and grounds for reconsideration of permission at an oral hearing.
Our immigration solicitors will submit the renewal application to the court along with supporting grounds for renewal of permission at an oral hearing.
Our immigration solicitors will instruct a Barrister and prepare a Brief to Counsel for the Barrister to appear before the Judge and argue the case for the permission to be granted by the court at an oral hearing.
Our immigration solicitors will carry out all the follow-up work on your renewal of permission application at an oral hearing until a decision is received from the court on your permission application.

Specialist Immigration Solicitors for Challenging Refusal Decisions

Our immigration solicitors are specialists in challenging UK visa refusal decisions through a Judicial Review against the Home Office UKVI. As one of the best immigration solicitors, we have an excellent track record of helping clients successfully challenge refusal decisions through a Judicial Review against the Home Office UKVI. Our highly experienced and fully qualified immigration solicitors can provide fast, friendly, reliable, and fixed-fee immigration advice and legal representation for challenging immigration refusal decisions by way of a Judicial Review against the Home Office UKVI.

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