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SUMMARY:FREE 3127 A Voice for Vulnerable Court Users in the Justice System
DESCRIPTION:A Voice for Vulnerable Court Users in the Justice System\, Communicourt CPD Training\n\nThis event is open to ILPA members only. If you are not already an ILPA member\, but would like to attend this training\, please contact the ILPA Secretariat about membership (info@ilpa.org.uk). \n‘A Voice for Vulnerable Court Users in the Justice System’ is a CPD-accredited webinar run by Communicourt. This session will support legal professionals in your practice and raise awareness of how communication difficulties can impact your clients.During this session\, our expert practitioners will discuss the critical role of communication in legal proceedings. We also discuss what strategies can support to address communication challenges faced by court users with learning disabilities or language barriers. \nKey topics to be covered include: \n· learning how to recognise when your client may need additional support with communication \n· strategies that may assist your client with communication needs\, and learning how to apply these strategies in legal conferences and court hearings \n· gaining insight into key aspects of the intermediary role\, and learning more about working alongside an intermediary \n· understanding the process of applying for an intermediary and how intermediary assistance is funded \nParticipation in this webinar will contribute to your CPD requirements\, and attendees will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion. \nLevel: All Levels \nType of Course: Overview \nTutors: Communicourt
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/free-3127-a-voice-for-vulnerable-court-users-in-the-justice-system/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251002T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251002T170000
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SUMMARY:WEB 3106 Domestic Violence in Immigration Law
DESCRIPTION:By the end of the course practitioners will feel confident in dealing with applications/challenges in these matters under the new provisions\n\n\nLevel: Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced \nDescription: \nBy the end of the course practitioners will feel up to date with the new provisions and confident in dealing with applications and challenges in these matters. \nIn this webinar\, we will cover the following: \n\nDefinition of Domestic Violence\nThe amended Concession – Migrant Victims of Domestic Abuse Concession\nThe updated immigration rules – Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse (VDA)\nTransnational Abandonment Cases under the rules\nHow to Use Policy Guidance in Applications and Challenges\nChallenging decisions – administrative review and judicial review\, appeals?\nEU law and Domestic Violence Survivors\nMore Complex Cases\nHuman Rights and Protection Claims for Victims of Domestic Abuse\nPractical Tips and Examples\nCase Studies\n\nAudience: This is aimed at practitioners at all levels. It is a refresher for those more experienced or looking to stay up to date\, we will look at the new immigration rules and the provisions to address transnational abandonment. The course provides an overview for beginners and there is detailed analysis and tips in more complex cases. \n\n\nTutor: Priya Solanki\, One Pump Court Chambers \nPriya is a busy and experienced specialist in immigration\, asylum\, human rights and nationality law. She appears regularly before the First-Tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal\, Immigration and Asylum Chambers and the Administrative Court. She has an expanding practice in the Court of Appeal. \nShe has a particular interest in and experience of cases involving domestic violence\, trafficking\, mental health issues and vulnerable clients. \nPriya has recently authored a book on migrant victims of domestic violence – http://www.lawbriefpublishing.com/product/migrantvictimsofdomesticviolence/ \nShe regularly provides in-house training\, seminars and webinars. \nShe is cited as a leading junior in Immigration (including business immigration) in Legal 500 with the Directories stating\, “she has a sharp mind and demonstrates excellent client care”\, “she is tactically astute\, good under pressure and very persuasive in court” and “she is very knowledgeable in presenting appeals”. \nPriya has also recently been appointed as a Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge (Immigration and Asylum).
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3106-domestic-violence-in-immigration-law/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251002T163000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251002T173000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250114T090835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250114T093527Z
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SUMMARY:ILPA Courts and Tribunals Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This is a working group meeting for ILPA members.\n\n\nThis is a Working Group meeting for ILPA members. If you are not already an ILPA member\, but would like to attend this meeting\, please contact the ILPA Secretariat (info@ilpa.org.uk). \nDescription: \nILPA Working Groups are open to all ILPA members. Whether you are just getting started in your career\, or an expert in your field\, we welcome everyone at our Working Group meetings. \nCourts and Tribunals Working Groups will be held on Zoom\, unless stated otherwise. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting remotely on Zoom. \nWe look forward to seeing you there. \nIf you haven’t done so already\, we strongly recommend that you sign up to the Working Group\, to ensure you don’t miss out on any important information. \nAudience: \nILPA Members \nPlease note: \n\nMeeting attendees will be muted on entry\, so please raise your hand if you wish to speak and then unmute yourself when called upon by a Co-convenor.\nPlease ensure your Zoom name contains your name and organisation name when you join the meeting.\nILPA Working Group meetings are recorded. Please bear this in mind when making contributions\, and particularly if you are sharing anything confidential. The recording is for the purpose of the minutes and will not be shared with members. Minutes of Working Group meetings will ordinarily be uploaded to the members-only party of the ILPA website. Please note that the chat will also be recorded and the ILPA Secretariat may get in touch with you after the meeting in relation to contributions you make at the meeting.
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/ilpa-courts-and-tribunals-working-group-meeting-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250708T092246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250708T092246Z
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SUMMARY:WEB 3113 Financial Requirements of Appendix FM
DESCRIPTION:It’s all about the money! Together we’ll explore the financial requirements of Appendix FM.\n\n\nLevel: Intermediate \nDescription: \nAt the end of the course participants should fully understand the financial requirements in Appendix FM\, the transitional arrangements in place for those who started on the partner route pre-April 2024\, and the related evidential requirements in Appendix FM-SE\, leaving them equipped to handle a range of applications involving different financial circumstances. \nTopics will cover the requirements for partners and other family members under Appendix FM and Appendix FM-SE\, including: \n• new minimum income requirement and transitional provisions \n• calculating level of income/savings required \n• permitted sources of income \n• specified evidence \n• methods of calculating salaried employment\, self-employment\, non-employment income and cash savings \n• combining sources of income \n• adequate maintenance test \n• other sources of income\, financial support or funds and the differing exceptionality tests \n• case studies \nThe aim of this course is to provide an overview of the financial requirements for partner-based applications for entry clearance and leave to remain made under Appendices FM and FM-SE\, and to explore in detail aspects of those rules. Come prepared with a calculator! \nAudience: The session is aimed at those who are already practising in this area\, and will assume working knowledge of the structure of Appendix FM within the immigration rules. \n\n\nTutors: Diana Baxter\, Partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP and Adam Cotterill\, Senior Associate at HCR Legal LLP. \nDiana is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP\, a leading UK immigration firm. She is ranked as a Band 1 immigration lawyer by Chambers UK and a ‘Leading Partner’ by the Legal 500. \nDiana’s immigration and nationality practice covers a wide range of immigration\, nationality and asylum law\, with particular emphasis on complex family applications. \nAdam is a Senior Associate at HCR Law where he is the personal and individual immigration lead. He has over 15 years’ experience in UK immigration law. He advises both individuals and organisations on the full breadth of UK immigration. Adam previously worked for 6 years in the immigration team at a Top 50 international law firm and trained and worked for 8 years at a Band 1 boutique immigration law firm.
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3113-financial-requirements-of-appendix-fm/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251014T183000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
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SUMMARY:ILPA Refugee Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This is a working group meeting for ILPA members.\n\n\nThis is a Working Group meeting for ILPA members. If you are not already an ILPA member\, but would like to attend this meeting\, please contact the ILPA Secretariat (info@ilpa.org.uk). \nDescription: \nILPA working groups are open to all ILPA members. Whether you’re just getting started in your career\, or an expert in your field\, we welcome everyone at our Working Group meetings. \nThis ILPA Refugee Working Group meetings will be held in hybrid format\, hosted remotely on Zoom and in person. \nWhether you plan to attend in person or remotely\, please register in advance of the meeting on this page. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting remotely on Zoom. \nWhere meetings are also hosted in person\, they will take place at Garden Court Chambers\, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields\, London\, WC2A 3LJ. If you would like to attend in person\, in addition to registering as requested above\, please email legal@ilpa.org.uk as soon as possible and no later than 5pm the day before the Working Group meeting to indicate that you would like to attend in person\, so that your details can be added to the guest list for the purposes of managing numbers and facilitating entry to the building. \nWe look forward to seeing you there. \nIf you haven’t done so already\, we strongly recommend that you sign up to the working group here\, to ensure you don’t miss out on any important information. \nAudience: \nILPA Members. \nPlease note: \n• Meeting attendees will be muted on entry\, so please raise your hand if you wish to speak and then unmute yourself when called upon by a Co-convenor. \n• Please ensure your Zoom name contains your name and organisation name when you join the meeting. \n• ILPA Working Group meetings are recorded. Please bear this in mind when making contributions\, and particularly if you are sharing anything confidential. The recording is for the purpose of the minutes and will not be shared with members. Minutes of Working Group meetings will ordinarily be uploaded to the members-only party of the ILPA website. Please note that the chat will also be recorded and the ILPA Secretariat may get in touch with you after the meeting in relation to contributions you make at the meeting.
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/ilpa-refugee-working-group-meeting-15/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250903T134450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T101719Z
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SUMMARY:WEB 3130 ILPA Sponsorship Law Conference (In-person)
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to attend ILPA’s annual Sponsorship Law Conference\, hosted as a hybrid event.\n\n\nWe are delighted to invite you to ILPA’s annual Sponsorship Law Conference\, our flagship annual event for immigration professionals navigating the UK’s evolving immigration sponsorship law and policy landscape. \nThis year’s conference comes at a pivotal moment\, in light of significant changes to the UK’s visa sponsorship framework\, UK Visas and Immigration’s (‘UKVI’s) changing sponsor compliance expectations\, and the publication of the UK Government’s Immigration White Paper in May 2025. \nWith sweeping reforms announced in the White Paper now beginning to take effect—including higher skill and salary thresholds for Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility route applicants\, and stricter sponsor compliance requirements—this is an essential opportunity to hear what’s happening and what to expect next from experts in this area. \nWe are thrilled to welcome back our brilliant Co-Chairs: \n\nNichola Carter\, Partner at Keystone Law\nNicolette Bostock\, Partner at Withers LLP\n\nWe are also pleased to be joined once again by senior representatives from UKVI: \n\nAdam Lee\, Work Services Operations Lead\nJames Turner\, Head of Work Services\n\nAlongside them\, a panel of leading immigration practitioners will share observations\, insights and practical guidance on navigating changing sponsorship law and policy. \nThe full programme is shown below. Book now to secure your place—this promises to be one of our most timely and impactful conferences yet. \n\nILPA Sponsorship Law Conference Agenda 2025 \n🕘 10:00 – 10:05 | Opening Remarks \nSpeakers: Nichola Carter (Keystone Law)\, Nicolette Bostock (Withers) \n\nWelcome and housekeeping\nOverview of the day\nParticipation guidelines for hybrid attendees\n\n🕘 10:05 – 10:40 | Home Office Keynote \nSpeakers: Adam Lee and James Turner\, UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office)\nTopic: Recent and upcoming developments for sponsors and sponsored migrants \n\nLatest statistics and trends including compliance trends\nUKVI latest updates and priorities for the year ahead\nRoll out of new sponsor management system and e-Visa systems\nPriority services and operational updates\nUpdates: White Paper/ SSHD Labour Party Conference announcements\n\n🕘 10:40 – 11:00 | Live Q&A with the Home Office \nSpeakers: Adam Lee and James Turner\, UK Visas & Immigration \n🕚 11:00 – 12:10 | Deep Dive: Sponsor Licence Compliance \nSpeakers Natasha Chell (Laura Devine Immigration)\, Joe Middleton KC (Doughty Street Chambers)\nSession Highlights: \n\nCompliance triggers and risk areas\nDue diligence\, audits\, and sponsor support\nEnforcement strategies and case law insights\nPractical tips for navigating complex scenarios\n\n🕒 12:10– 12.25 | Coffee Break \n☕ Refresh and reflect \n🕐 12:25 – 13:30 | Sponsorship of Business Owners  \nSpeaker: Tom Brett-Young (VWV LLP) \n\nImpact of April 2025 changes on minimum salary requirement and genuineness assessment in Skilled Worker licence and migrant applications\nCurrent trends: evidence requests and decisions\nAlternative categories\n\n🕜 13:30 – 14:15 | Lunch Break \nTime to recharge and connect \n🕑 14:15 – 15:15 | Complex Issues in Sponsored Worker Applications \nSpeakers: Jonathan Kingham (Lexis Nexis)\, Malini Skandachanmugarasan (Winckworth Sherwood LLP)\nSession Highlights: \n\nInterplay between Immigration Rules\, policy\, and practice\nKey developments for sponsored workers\nTrending topics\n\n🕒 15:15 – 15:30 | Coffee Break \nRefresh and reflect \n🕐 15:30 – 16:05 | Tricky issues with Corporate Restructures & Sponsorship  \nSpeaker: Joanna Hunt (DAC Beachcroft) \n\nWhat to look out for when managing sponsor licences and sponsored workers during corporate changes\nLatest trends\, tips and observations on corporate restructures from practice\n\n🕞 16:05 – 16:40 | Spotlight: Sports sector workers \nSpeakers: Glyn Lloyd (Newfields)\nRoutes Covered: \n\nSponsorship within the elite sports sector- an overview\nDiscipline-specific commentary\nLatest changes\, trends and observations\nSponsored visa conditions and restrictions – pro-tips\nSports visitors- permitted activities and permitted paid engagements\n\n🕓 16:40 – 17:00 | Closing Q&A & Remarks \nSpeakers: All panelists and Chairs \n\nFinal reflections\nAudience questions\nWrap-up and next steps
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3130-ilpa-sponsorship-law-conference-in-person/
LOCATION:Euston Square\, Euston Square\, London\, England\, NW1\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250903T134452Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251010T103911Z
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SUMMARY:WEB 3131 ILPA Sponsorship Law Conference (Online)
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to attend ILPA’s annual Sponsorship Law Conference\, hosted as a hybrid event.\n\n\nWe are delighted to invite you to ILPA’s annual Sponsorship Law Conference\, our flagship annual event for immigration professionals navigating the UK’s evolving immigration sponsorship law and policy landscape. \nThis year’s conference comes at a pivotal moment\, in light of significant changes to the UK’s visa sponsorship framework\, UK Visas and Immigration’s (‘UKVI’s) changing sponsor compliance expectations\, and the publication of the UK Government’s Immigration White Paper in May 2025. \nWith sweeping reforms announced in the White Paper now beginning to take effect—including higher skill and salary thresholds for Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility route applicants\, and stricter sponsor compliance requirements—this is an essential opportunity to hear what’s happening and what to expect next from experts in this area. \nWe are thrilled to welcome back our brilliant Co-Chairs: \n\nNichola Carter\, Partner at Keystone Law\nNicolette Bostock\, Partner at Withers LLP\n\nWe are also pleased to be joined once again by senior representatives from UKVI: \n\nAdam Lee\, Work Services Operations Lead\nJames Turner\, Head of Work Services\n\nAlongside them\, a panel of leading immigration practitioners will share observations\, insights and practical guidance on navigating changing sponsorship law and policy. \nThe full programme is shown below. Book now to secure your place—this promises to be one of our most timely and impactful conferences yet. \n\nILPA Sponsorship Law Conference Agenda 2025  \n🕘 10:00 – 10:05 | Opening Remarks \nSpeakers: Nichola Carter (Keystone Law)\, Nicolette Bostock (Withers) \n\nWelcome and housekeeping\nOverview of the day\nParticipation guidelines for hybrid attendees\n\n🕘 10:05 – 10:40 | Home Office Keynote \nSpeakers: Adam Lee and James Turner\, UK Visas and Immigration (Home Office)\nTopic: Recent and upcoming developments for sponsors and sponsored migrants \n\nLatest statistics and trends including compliance trends\nUKVI latest updates and priorities for the year ahead\nRoll out of new sponsor management system and e-Visa systems\nPriority services and operational updates\nUpdates: White Paper/ SSHD Labour Party Conference announcements\n\n🕘 10:40 – 11:00 | Live Q&A with the Home Office \nSpeakers: Adam Lee and James Turner\, UK Visas & Immigration \n🕚 11:00 – 12:10 | Deep Dive: Sponsor Licence Compliance \nSpeakers Natasha Chell (Laura Devine Immigration)\, Joe Middleton KC (Doughty Street Chambers)\nSession Highlights: \n\nCompliance triggers and risk areas\nDue diligence\, audits\, and sponsor support\nEnforcement strategies and case law insights\nPractical tips for navigating complex scenarios\n\n🕒 12:10– 12.25 | Coffee Break \n☕ Refresh and reflect \n🕐 12:25 – 13:30 | Sponsorship of Business Owners  \nSpeaker: Tom Brett-Young (VWV LLP) \n\nImpact of April 2025 changes on minimum salary requirement and genuineness assessment in Skilled Worker licence and migrant applications\nCurrent trends: evidence requests and decisions\nAlternative categories\n\n🕜 13:30 – 14:15 | Lunch Break \nTime to recharge and connect \n🕑 14:15 – 15:15 | Complex Issues in Sponsored Worker Applications \nSpeakers: Jonathan Kingham (Lexis Nexis)\, Malini Skandachanmugarasan (Winckworth Sherwood LLP)\nSession Highlights: \n\nInterplay between Immigration Rules\, policy\, and practice\nKey developments for sponsored workers\nTrending topics\n\n🕒 15:15 – 15:30 | Coffee Break \nRefresh and reflect \n🕐 15:30 – 16:05 | Tricky issues with Corporate Restructures & Sponsorship  \nSpeaker: Joanna Hunt (DAC Beachcroft) \n\nWhat to look out for when managing sponsor licences and sponsored workers during corporate changes\nLatest trends\, tips and observations on corporate restructures from practice\n\n🕞 16:05 – 16:40 | Spotlight: Sports sector workers \nSpeakers: Glyn Lloyd (Newfields)\nRoutes Covered: \n\nSponsorship within the elite sports sector- an overview\nDiscipline-specific commentary\nLatest changes\, trends and observations\nSponsored visa conditions and restrictions – pro-tips\nSports visitors- permitted activities and permitted paid engagements\n\n🕓 16:40 – 17:00 | Closing Q&A & Remarks \nSpeakers: All panelists and Chairs \n\nFinal reflections\nAudience questions\nWrap-up and next steps
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3131-ilpa-sponsorship-law-conference-online/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251020T120000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250714T143745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250805T105432Z
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SUMMARY:FREE 3118 A Voice for Vulnerable Court Users in the Justice System
DESCRIPTION:This event is open to ILPA members only. If you are not already an ILPA member\, but would like to attend this training\, please contact the ILPA Secretariat about membership (info@ilpa.org.uk).\n\n\n‘A Voice for Vulnerable Court Users in the Justice System’ is a CPD-accredited webinar run by Communicourt. This session will support legal professionals in your practice and raise awareness of how communication difficulties can impact your clients.During this session\, our expert practitioners will discuss the critical role of communication in legal proceedings. We also discuss what strategies can support to address communication challenges faced by court users with learning disabilities or language barriers. \nKey topics to be covered include: \n· learning how to recognise when your client may need additional support with communication \n· strategies that may assist your client with communication needs\, and learning how to apply these strategies in legal conferences and court hearings \n· gaining insight into key aspects of the intermediary role\, and learning more about working alongside an intermediary \n· understanding the process of applying for an intermediary and how intermediary assistance is funded \nParticipation in this webinar will contribute to your CPD requirements\, and attendees will receive a certificate of attendance upon completion. \nLevel: All Levels \nType of Course: Overview \nTutors: Communicourt
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/free-3118-a-voice-for-vulnerable-court-users-in-the-justice-system/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T130000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250729T100127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250729T101310Z
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SUMMARY:WEB 3119 Adoption: a guide for immigration practitioners (In-person)
DESCRIPTION:This session will enable immigration practitioners to understand the  core principles of inter-country adoption.\n\n\nLevel: Intermediate- Advanced \nThis session will enable immigration practitioners to understand necessary arrangements and the basic family and immigration law principles of inter-country adoption and the immigration routes to allow internationally adopted and adoptive children to enter the UK. \nTopics include: \n• The different categories of inter-country adoption. \n• Immigration routes to entering the UK as an adopted or adoptive child \n• ECOs attitudes to foreign adoptions \n• Evidence needed to ensure children are permitted to enter \n• British Citizenship acquisition and registration of internationally adopted children \n• Current issues of immigration concern\, including the concept of ‘habitual residence\,’ ‘special restriction’ and ‘de facto’ adoptions and kafala ‘adoptions’ \nType of course: Overview \nAim of course: To enable immigration practitioners to understand the core principles of inter-country adoption and the immigration routes to allow internationally adopted and adoptive children to enter the UK. \nAudience: A basic understanding of family immigration law is necessary. No prior knowledge of inter-country adoption is needed. \n\n\nTutors: Naomi Angell at Osbornes Law\, Alison Hunter at Wesley Gryk Solicitors and Kathryn Cronin of Garden Court Chambers \nNaomi Angell is a consultant at Osbornes Law and heads their adoption surrogacy and fertility law unit. She specialises in intercountry and domestic adoption\, international and domestic surrogacy\, fertility law and children’s cases with an immigration interface. Naomi is recognised as a leader in her field in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 directories. She advises and represents children\, birth parents and extended family members\, intended parents in surrogacy cases\, adopters and foster parents. In addition she advises and acts as an expert witness to local authorities\, foreign courts\, lawyers and organisations involved in cross border children’s cases. \nAlison Hunter is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors. Over two decades of practice\, she has developed extensive experience in all areas of UK nationality and immigration law. Her specialist knowledge of European free movement law and her expertise in intercountry adoption matters are both widely recognised. \nKathryn Cronin has an extensive and varied immigration\, asylum and family law practice. She is known for her representation of vulnerable clients\, in particular asylum and human rights cases involving women and children. Kathryn was ranked for immigration (Band 1) and family law in Chambers UK 2020. Kathryn has considerable experience in crossover areas where family or childcare cases involve associated issues on immigration status\, or concerning immigration cases where there are family and childcare law and practice considerations. She frequently advises in family proceedings concerning immigration and nationality issues as well as international adoptions\, international surrogacy arrangements and transnational care and child placement arrangements. She is author of the text: Child Migration: Family and Immigration Laws\, Bloomsbury 2025.
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3119-adoption-a-guide-for-immigration-practitioners-in-person/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251023T180000
DTSTAMP:20260525T201631
CREATED:20250320T132125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T133520Z
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SUMMARY:ILPA New York Working Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:This is a working group meeting for ILPA members.\n\n\nThis is a Working Group meeting for ILPA members. If you are not already an ILPA member\, but would like to attend this meeting\, please contact the ILPA Secretariat (info@ilpa.org.uk). \nDescription: \nILPA working groups are open to all ILPA members\, whether you’re just getting started in your career\, or an expert in your field\, we welcome everyone at our members’ meetings. \nThe New York subcommittee was formed in October 2013 to bring together members practising UK immigration law in New York. It brings the perspective of practitioners in the United States to all aspects of entry clearance and related matters. \nIf you haven’t done so already\, we strongly recommend that you sign up to the Working Group here\, to ensure you don’t miss out on any important information. \nAudience: \nILPA Members based in New York. \nPlease note: \n\nMeeting attendees will be muted on entry\, so please raise your hand if you wish to speak and then unmute yourself when called upon by a Co-convenor.\nPlease ensure your Zoom name contains your name and organisation name when you join the meeting.\nILPA Working Group meetings are recorded. Please bear this in mind when making contributions\, and particularly if you are sharing anything confidential. The recording is for the purpose of the minutes and will not be shared with members. Minutes of Working Group meetings will ordinarily be uploaded to the members-only party of the ILPA website. Please note that the chat will also be recorded and the ILPA Secretariat may get in touch with you after the meeting in relation to contributions you make at the meeting.
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/ilpa-new-york-working-group-meeting-11/
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SUMMARY:WEB 3124 Complex legal & practical issues arising from the EUSS  (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:This course will address complex legal and practical issues arising in the context of the EU Settlement Scheme.\n\n\nLevel: Intermediate \nDescription: \nThis course will address complex legal and practical issues arising in the context of the EU Settlement Scheme. The course aims to equip practitioners with an understanding of how to deal with these issues in their cases. \nPart 1 of this course will provide a general update on the EU Settlement Scheme with a particular focus on: \n1. Late applications and remedies \n2. Automation and Residence requirements \n3. Joining Family Members \n4. Case law updates \n5. Other emerging key issues \nPart 2 of this course will focus on deportation and certification in relation to beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement. \nYou can attend one or both of these sessions. If you’d like to attend both you can receive 10% off your second booking using the code EUSS10– just enter this code at checkout when booking part 2 of the course. \nAudience: \nThe session is aimed at all practitioners working with EU clients. \n\n\nTutors: Mala Savjani\, Associate Solicitor at Wilson Solicitors LLP and Eva Doerr\, Barrister at Garden Court Chambers \nMala is a Solicitor at Wilson Solicitors LLP. Her practice covers a wide range of immigration\, asylum and nationality law\, with particular focus on the EU Settlement Scheme and retained EU law\, family and private life applications and applications made outside of the Rules. She also works on complex Judicial Reviews and appeals for a wide range of clients. She is currently working on the SAFE Project looking into strategic challenges of the EUSS. \nEva is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. Eva has extensive experience in immigration\, asylum and public law\, having worked in this field since 2015. She has developed a particular interest and experience in EU free movement law and the impact of Brexit on EEA nationals and their family members. Eva mainly delivers training on EU free movement law and the EU Settlement Scheme (beginner and advanced). She has spoken at the Annual Free Movement Conference and the ILPA AGM.
URL:https://ilpa.org.uk/event/web-3124-complex-legal-practical-issues-arising-from-the-euss-part-1/
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