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
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.
I’m a trustee of ILPA because the organisation has been a great support to me throughout my legal career. Now having the opportunity to use my experience and skills to shape the direction of the organisation, and support it’s development, is really rewarding
Julie Moktadir, ILPA Trustee, Partner at Stone King LLP
| Chair | Adrian Berry, Garden Court Chambers |
| Treasurer | tbc |
| Secretary | Ayesha Mohsin, Solicitor, Kalayaan |
| Committee members | Andrea Als, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP David Ball, 36 Group Simon Barr, Simon Barr Immigration Law Sophie Barrett-Brown, Laura Devine Immigration Hazar El-Chamaa, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Helen Johnson OBE, Refugee Council Grace McGill, McGill and Co Julie Moktadir, Stone King LLP Daniel Rourke, Islington Law Centre |
To get in touch with the chair or any of the trustees, please do so by emailing info@ilpa.org.uk
I’m a trustee of ILPA because I place immense value on the work of the organisation and want to do what I can to support it. The coming years will place tremendous pressures on the sector and we need a thriving ILPA to support its members and to drive policy and practice in the right direction.
Helen Johnson OBE, ILPA trustee and Head of Children’s Services, Refugee Council, Sept. 2020
Staff of the secretariat
| Chief Executive | Nicole Francis |
| Finance assistant, Strategic Legal Fund | tbc |
| 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
| 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, Senior Associate, Bates Wells LLP Sue Shutter, volunteer with the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens and Slough Immigration Aid Unit. Nath Gbikpi, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP |
| Immigration Professional Support Lawyers Network | Shyam Dhir, LexisNexis Tim Richards, Kingsley Napley LLP Josh Hopkins, Laura Devine Immigration |
| Isle of Man | NEW Watch this space – and get in touch to find out more info@ilpa.org.uk – Adrian Berry is the Comittee of Trustees Liaison |
| Legal aid | Polly Brandon, Freedom from Torture Laura Smith, JCWI Ayesha Mohsin, Kalayaan |
| Legislation | Adrian Berry, Garden Court Chambers and Chair of ILPA |
| New York | Tanya Goldfarb, Clintons Jenny Stevens, Laura Devine Solicitors |
| Northern Ireland | Maria McCloskey, Napiers Solicitors Sinead Marmion, Phoenix Law/STEP Carolyn Rhodes, Gillen & Co Solicitors Ashleigh Garcia, Law Centre NI |
| 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 of JCWI. |
| Scotland | John Vassiliou, McGill & Co Solicitors Kirsty Thomson, JustRight Scotland Barry Price of Latta and Co. |
| Southern | Tamara Rundle, Redstart Law |
| South West | Marie-Christine Allaire Rousse, South West Law Sophie Humes, Avon and Bristol Law Centre Dr Connie Sozi, Deighton Pierce Glynn 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 of Fragomen Aisha Choudhry – BWB LLP |