Who we are
ILPA’s board of directors is its committee of trustees which is elected annually by the membership. All members of the committee of trustees are members of ILPA. All ILPA’s work is carried out by its members, supported by the staff of the secretariat. Get in touch with any of us through info@ilpa.org.ukILPA’s committee of trustees
Meet the ILPA committee of trustees here
| Chair | Hazar El-Chamaa, Penningtons Manches Cooper |
| Treasurer | Vacant |
| Secretary | Ayesha Mohsin, Solicitor, Kalayaan |
| Committee members | Andrea Als, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP David Ball, 36 Group Sophie Barrett-Brown, Laura Devine Immigration Gabriella Bettiga, MGBe Legal Enny Choudhury, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) Tanya Goldfarb, Gya Williams Immigration Helen Johnson, Refugee Council Grace McGill, McGill & Co. Solicitors Julie Moktadir, Stone King |
In January 2021 Adrian Berry was appointed Patron of ILPA, see announcement.
| ILPA Patron | Adrian Berry, Garden Court Chambers |
The trustees of ILPA are voted for by the membership and elections take place around the Annual General Meeting each year in November. If you would like to stand as a trustee and want to know more about what it entails then find out more here and contact Helen in the office info@ilpa.org.uk – we would encourage any interested members to stand.
To get in touch with the chair or any of the trustees, please do so by emailing info@ilpa.org.uk
Staff of the secretariat
| Chief Executive | Nicole Francis |
| Strategic Legal Fund, Project Manager | Claire Tindale |
| Legal and parliamentary officer | Robin Pickard |
| Office administrator | Esme Kemp |
| Legal director | Sonia Lenegan |
| Finance, and office manager | Lana Norris |
| Training officer | Amira Rady |
| Membership manager | Helen Williams |
ILPA’s working groups and convenors
ILPA organises its work into working groups. The current range of working groups and their convenors is shown below. All convenors are members of ILPA. To contact a working group convenor, please email info@ilpa.org.uk ILPA also convenes ad hoc working groups around particular topics and the staff of the secretariat can help you identify who would be the best person to speak to on a particular topic
| BAME | Duduzile Moyo, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrations Jenny Okafor, Corper Solicitors Toufique Hossain, Duncan Lewis Unkha Banda, Praxis Community Projects Noémie Adam, Birnberg Peirce Amna Ashraf, McGill & Co. Solicitors |
| CaseSpace | Nigel Leskin, Birnberg Peirce and Partners, plus various – join us |
| Children | (Convenors to be confirmed) |
| Courts and tribunals | Rowena Moffatt, Doughty Street Chambers Nicola Burgess, JCWI Allan Briddock, One Pump Court |
| Economic migration | Tom Brett-Young, Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP Anushka Sinha, Kemp Little LLP James Perrott, Macfarlanes LLP |
| European | Alison Hunter, Wesley Gryk Solicitors Elspeth Guild, Kingsley Napley Jonathan Kingham Lexis PSL Immigration |
| Family and personal | Katie Dilger Nath Gbikpi, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP Nicole Masri, Rights of Women |
| Immigration Professional Support Lawyers Network | Shyam Dhir, LexisNexis Tim Richards, Kingsley Napley LLP Josh Hopkins, Laura Devine Immigration |
| Isle of Man | Watch this space – and get in touch to find out more info@ilpa.org.uk |
| Legal aid | Polly Brandon, Freedom from Torture Laura Smith, JCWI Ayesha Mohsin, Kalayaan |
| Legislation | Adrian Berry, Garden Court Chambers |
| New York | Tanya Goldfarb, Clintons Jenny Stevens, Laura Devine Immigration |
| Northern Ireland | Maria McCloskey, Napiers Solicitors Sinead Marmion, Phoenix Law/STEP Carolyn Rhodes, Gillen & Co Solicitors Sarah Henry, Granite Legal Services |
| North West | Lucy Mair of Garden Court North Chambers Denise McDowell, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, Emma Morgan, Shoosmiths LLP Shara Pledger, Lattitude Law |
| Refugee | Ali Bandegani, Garden Court Chambers Beya Rivers, Hackney Community Law Centre |
| Removals, detention and offences | Bahar Ata, Duncan Lewis Pierre Makhlouf, Bail for Immigration Detainees Sairah Javed, JCWI |
| Scotland | John Vassiliou Kirsty Thomson, JustRight Scotland Barry Price, Latta and Co. |
| South West | Marie-Christine Allaire Rousse, South West Law Sophie Humes, Avon and Bristol Law Centre Glyn Lloyd, Newfields Law |
| Yorkshire and North East | Chris Cole, Parker Rhodes and Hickmott Solicitors Ish Ahmed, Bankfield Heath Solicitors Emma Brooksbank, Freeths LLP Nichola Carter, Carter Thomas Solicitors Bryony Rest, David Gray Solicitors |
| Well-being | Kat Hacker, Helen Bamber Foundation Emily Heinrich, Fragomen Aisha Choudhry, Bates Wells |