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 aspects of ILPA’s work are supported by its secretariat of paid staff. All ILPA’s work is carried out by its members, supported by the Secretariat. Get in touch with any of us through info@ilpa.org.uk
All ILPA’s work is carried out by its members, supported by the Secretariat. Get in touch with any of us:
ILPA’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 contact the office info@ilpa.org.uk – we would encourage any members to stand.
| 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 Natasha Gya Williams, Gya Williams Immigration Helen Johnson, Refugee Council Grace McGill, McGill and Co Julie Moktadir, Stone King 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
Staff of the secretariat
| Chief Executive | Nicole Francis |
| Finance assistant, Strategic Legal Fund | Emmanuel Benedetti |
| Legal and parliamentary officer | Charles Bishop |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| Immigration Professional Support Lawyers Network | Shyam Dhir, LexisNexis Tim Richards, Kingsley Napley LLP Josh Hopkins, Laura Devine Immigration |
| Isle of Man INew) | New, March 2020 – watch this space – 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 | New, March 2020 – get in touch info@ilpa.org.uk |
| 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 | Nicola Braganza, Garden Court Chambers Annie Campbell, North Kensington Law Centre Ali Bandegani, Garden Court Chambers |
| Removals, detention and offences | Pierre Makhlouf , Bail for Immigration Detainees Helen MacIntyre, Wilson Solicitors LLP Sairah Javed of JCWI. |
| Scotland | Darren Stevenson, McGill & Co Solicitors Kirsty Thomson, JustRight Scotland Fraser Latta 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 | Nath Gbikpi – Wesley Gryk LLP Kat Hacker – Helen Bamber Foundation (on sabbatical) so Emily Heinrich of Fragomen is covering Aisha Choudhry – BWB LLP |