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 and if you’d like to join us, nominations are now open for the 2021 election, deadline 1 November 2021, see nominations site 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, Burness Paull 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 |
| Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive | Nicolette Busuttil |
| Legal Director | (Vacant: recruiting now) |
| Fundraising and Communications Officer | Orla Gill |
| Finance, and Office Manager | Lana Norris |
| Training Officer | Amira Rady |
| Legal and Parliamentary Officer | Marianne Schönle |
| Diversity, Equality and Membership Officer | Violeta Tatu |
| Strategic Legal Fund Project Manager | Claire Tindale |
| 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
| 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, Deloitte LLP James Perrott, Mayer Brown |
| Family and personal | Katie Dilger, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP Nath Gbikpi, Islington Law Centre Nicole Masri, Rights of Women |
| Immigration Professional Support Lawyers Network | Shyam Dhir, LexisNexis Tim Richards, Kingsley Napley LLP Miglena Ilieva, Laura Devine Immigration |
| European | Alison Hunter, Wesley Gryk Solicitors Elspeth Guild, Kingsley Napley Jonathan Kingham Lexis PSL 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, Gya Williams Immigration, and trustee of ILPA 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 | Ali Bandegani, Garden Court Chambers Beya Rivers, Hackney Community Law Centre |
| 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 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 Myra Leung, Burges Salmon |
| 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 |