Reports made for the moment they matter.
Asylum Reports prepares independent expert evidence for asylum and immigration proceedings — country conditions, credibility, and risk on return — written to the standard of the forum where the document will be filed.
Four rules that decide whether we take an instruction.
A report that cannot be filed is not a report.
We exist to produce expert evidence that a decision-maker can follow, challenge, and weigh — not material that reads as advocacy or that has to be rebuilt to meet formal requirements after the draft is done.
The document is the deliverable
Every instruction produces a report, letter, or country note that can be filed and tested. Briefings that cannot survive as evidence are not what we sell.
Independence is structural
The duty runs to the court or tribunal. Where the country material does not assist the instructing party, the report says so. We will not accept an instruction that requires advocacy for an outcome.
Forum first, then draft
FRCP 26(a)(2)(B) form, IRB disclosure practice, UK IAC / CPR–FPR practice, ART merits-review framing, UNHCR RSD standards, or Article 3 ECHR risk assessment — settled before writing begins, against the forum where the report will be filed.
Scope and fees in writing
Nothing is an instruction until the expert, the format, the deadline, the fee, and what is excluded are confirmed. Enquiries do not create obligations.
Nothing begins until scope and fees are agreed in writing.
From request to filed report.
Request received
Forum, country, issues, and deadline. Case identifiers are not required. We reply within one working day — with a proposal or a clear decline.
Expert proposed and scope agreed
Who will write the report, why they are matched to the country and ground, the standard the document will follow, and the fee. Work does not start without this.
Evidence gathered and drafted
Sources dated and attributed as the report is written. If a directed question cannot be answered on the available material, you are told during the work, not at delivery.
Filed, then supported
Delivered to the agreed deadline. Supplementary opinions and hearing evidence are available if the case moves on — from the same expert wherever possible.
The boundaries are part of the practice.
Decline early rather than repair late.
Invent coverage we cannot source
If the right expert is not available for the country and ground, we decline. A refused instruction is better than an unsustainable report.
Write to a preferred outcome
We will not reshape findings to fit a case theory. Instructing parties who need advocacy need an advocate — not an expert report.
Hide limits
Thin records, contested sources, and questions outside expertise appear on the face of the report. Stated limits are what make the rest usable.
Public expert profiles are not listed here until each specialist's areas, jurisdictions, and report experience have been verified for publication. See Our Experts for how assignment works in the meantime.
Questions before you instruct
- Where is Asylum Reports based?
- We work with instructing lawyers, NGOs, and tribunals worldwide. Correspondence is handled across time zones; enquiries are answered within one working day. Administrative contact: London.
- Do you only act for claimants?
- We accept instructions from immigration lawyers, NGOs, tribunals (including joint and tribunal-appointed experts), and individuals. The evidential standard does not change with who instructs; independence and the duty to the forum do not either.
- When does work actually begin?
- Only after scope and fees are agreed in writing — the expert, the format, the deadline, and what is excluded. Sending an enquiry or a draft brief does not start the clock or create an instruction.
Ask whether expert evidence would help.
A short enquiry costs nothing and saves a wasted instruction.