Emma Cohen
Associate Solicitor at OTB Legal
Emma is an associate solicitor at OTB Legal. Prior to joining OTB Legal she was an associate solicitor in the immigration department at Bindmans LLP where she worked for over 13 years. She covers all areas of immigration, asylum and nationality law. She has particular interest and experience in complex immigration and nationality cases involving families and children including inter-country adoption and she regularly writes court reports on immigration issues in family cases. Emma qualified as a solicitor in 1995 at Bates, Wells and Braithwaite where she was later a partner in the immigration team. Although she has spent most of her post qualification experience working in immigration law in private practice Emma has also lectured at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and worked in the voluntary sector. She is a volunteer adviser for Rainbow Migration.
Emma is a regular trainer for ILPA and has delivered courses on Nationality Applications for Children, Family Law for Immigration Practitioners, Indefinite Leave to Remain: all you need to know, Criminality in the Immigration Rules, Professional conduct and ethics in immigration cases, Home Office policy, concessions & the exercise of discretion outside the rules, and Discretion – What’s Left? Exploring the use of discretion in immigration and nationality law.
Emma's Upcoming Training
Tuesday 28 September 2021, 10:00 – 13:00, 3.0 CPD Hours
Tutors: Emma Cohen, Bindmans LLP and Meghan Vozila, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Everything you need to know about applying for indefinite leave to remain including family applications, work routes, long residence and the EU settlement scheme. The course will also cover the Life in the UK test / English language requirement, criminality, the calculation of the period leading to settlement, the definition of continuous residence, the use of discretion and Covid 19 related issues. Time permitting, we shall also touch on indefinite leave for refugees and those with humanitarian protection and discretionary leave.
Meghan and Emma’s training for ILPA has been described as “excellent” with delegates valuing the “useful sharing of experiences”.
Emma's Past Training
Tutors: Emma Cohen, Associate in the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality team, Olivia Piercy, Partner in the Family and Matrimonial Law team and Hannah Marshall, Solicitor in the Family and Matrimonial Law at Bindmans
Aimed at immigration practitioners of all levels with no or limited family law experience, this is your chance to learn from the experts – gain a broad outline of all family law issues relevant to immigration practitioners. This interactive session will discuss in-depth case studies.
Options and processes available in divorce/separation
Children law: Public law (care) proceedings; Private law (child arrangements, prohibited steps and specific issue proceedings)
Child abduction;
Domestic violence;
Forced marriage;
Availability of legal aid for family cases
Tutors:Emma Cohen, Bindmans LLP and Meghan Vozila, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Everything you need to know about applying for indefinite leave to remain including family applications, work routes, long residence and the EU settlement scheme. The course will also cover the Life in the UK test / English language requirement, criminality, the calculation of the period leading to settlement, the definition of continuous residence, the use of discretion and Covid 19 related issues. Time permitting, we shall also touch on indefinite leave for refugees and those with humanitarian protection and discretionary leave.
Meghan and Emma’s training for ILPA has been described as “excellent” with delegates valuing the “useful sharing of experiences”.