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 | Matthew Lewis |
| Secretary | Ayesha Mohsin, Solicitor, Kalayaan |
| Committee members | Andrea Als, Vialto Partners David Ball, 36 Group Sophie Barrett-Brown, Laura Devine Immigration Gabriella Bettiga, MGBe Legal Aisha Choudhry, Bates Wells Tanya Goldfarb, Bindmans Grace McGill, Burness Paull Julie Moktadir, Stone King |
January 2022: We are delighted to announce the Elspeth Guild has joined us as patron of ILPA, see announcement
| ILPA Patrons | Adrian Berry Elspeth Guild |
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 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
The secretariat is made up of the following roles, contact info@ilpa.org.uk for details or to get in touch with any of us.
Chief Executive
Legal Director
Legal Officer
Legal and Parliamentary Officer
Senior Legal Projects Manager
Finance and Office Manager
Membership Manager
Content and Digital Channels Manager
Training Officer
Administration Officer
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, with links to their pages which will give you more detail and an opportunity to subscribe to their mailing lists. This is member only content but if non-members want to find out more then do get in touch.
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.
| Children | (Email list only) |
| Courts and Tribunals | Rowena Moffatt, Doughty Street Chambers Nicola Burgess, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) Allan Briddock, One Pump Court |
| Digitisation | Andrew Tingley, Tingley Dalanay Jane O’Loughlin, The University of Edinburgh Kezia Tobin and Monique Hawkins, the3million Victoria Welsh, Laytons ETL |
| Economic migration | Tom Brett-Young, Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP Anushka Sinha, Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law James Perrott, Mayer Brown |
| European | Alison Hunter, Wesley Gryk Solicitors Jonathan Kingham Lexis PSL Immigration |
| Family and personal | Katie Dilger, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP Nath Gbikpi, Islington Law Centre Nicole Masri, Rights of Women Bryony Rest, David Gray Solicitors |
| Immigration Practice Development Working Group | (Note name changed May 2022, previously Immigration Professional Support Lawyers Network) Shyam Dhir, LexisNexis Tim Richards, Kingsley Napley LLP Miglena Ilieva, Laura Devine Immigration |
| Legal aid | Polly Brandon, Freedom from Torture Ayesha Mohsin, Kalayaan |
| Legislation | Adrian Berry, Garden Court Chambers |
| New York | Tanya Goldfarb, Bindmans Jenny Stevens, Laura Devine Immigration |
| Northern Ireland | Sinead Marmion, Phoenix Law/STEP Sarah Henry, Granite Legal Services Philip McNally, KMPG Ireland |
| 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 | Amy Childs, The 36 Group Ferial Saada, Ferial Solicitors Mark Symes, Garden Court Chambers Melissa Darnbrough, Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit Monika Nollet, Asylum Aid |
| Racial Justice and Equality Working Group | Duduzile Moyo, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrations Toufique Hossain, Duncan Lewis Unkha Banda, Bindmans LLP Noémie Adam, Birnberg Peirce Amna Ashraf, Burness Paull |
| Removals, detention and offences | Bahar Ata, Duncan Lewis Pierre Makhlouf, Bail for Immigration Detainees Sairah Javed, JCWI |
| Scotland | John Vassiliou, Shepherd and Wedderburn Barry Price, Latta and Co. Anushya Kulupana, JustRight Scotland |
| South West | Marie-Christine Allaire Rousse, Gya Williams Immigration 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 Nick Gore, Carter Thomas Solicitors Bryony Rest, David Gray Solicitors |
| Well-being | Kat Hacker, Helen Bamber Foundation Emily Heinrich, Fragomen (on sabbatical) Aisha Choudhry, Bates Wells Deepa Chadha, UKCISA |