Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
Who we are
ILPA’s Board of the Directors is its Executive Committee which is elected annually by the membership. All members of the Executive Committee are members of ILPA.
All aspects of ILPA’s work are supported by its Secretariat of paid staff.
ILPA’s work is organised into subcommittees.
All ILPA's work is carried out by its members, supported by the Secretariat.
The Executive Committee of ILPA
To get in touch with members of the Executive Committee, please get in touch with the ILPA Secretariat.
President: Ian Macdonald QC, Garden Court North Chambers (Head of Chambers) and Garden Court Chambers
Chair: Adrian Berry, Barrister, Garden Court Chambers
Secretary: Adam Weiss, Caseworker (OISC level 3), foreign qualified lawyer (New York State), Legal Director of the AIRE Centre
Treasurer: Esther Lieu, Pupil barrister, Coram Chambers
Committee members:
| Syd Bolton | Solicitor, Migrant Children's Project, The Coram Children's Legal Centre |
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Hazar El Chamaa |
Solicitor, Penningtons Solicitors LLP |
| Katie Dilger | Solicitor, Wesley Gryk solicitors |
| Zofia Duszynska | Hammersmtih and Fulham Law Centre |
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Ayesha Mohsin |
Solicitor and Partner, Luqmani Thompson and Partners |
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Jed Pennington |
Solicitor, Bhatt Murphy solicitors |
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Sue Shutter |
Immigration caseworker for Fiona Mactaggart MP |
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Ronan Toal |
Barrister, Garden Court Chambers |
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Meghan Vozila |
Solicitor, Sturtivant & Co. solicitors |
Staff of the Secretariat
The General Secretary of ILPA is Alison Harvey and the staff team comprises:
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Legal Officer |
Sarah Myerscough |
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Finance Manager with Administration: |
Lana Norris |
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Training and Membership Coordinator |
Shahrzad Nouraini (Maternity Cover for Helen Williams) |
| Information Officer | Philip Reilly |
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Personal Assistant to General Secretary: |
Elizabeth White |
ILPA Subcommittees
ILPA organises its work into subcommittees. The current range of subcommittees and their convenors are shown below. All convenors are members of ILPA. To contact a subcommittee convenor, please get in touch with the ILPA Secretariat. ILPA also convenes ad hoc working groups around particular topics and the staff can help you identify who would be the best person to speak to on a particular topic.
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Access to Justice |
Mark Henderson, Doughty Street Chambers and Alison Pickup, Doughty Street Chambers |
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Children |
Judith Dennis, British Refugee Council and Baljeet Sandhu, Migrant and Refugee Children's Legal Unit (MiCLU), Islington Law Centre |
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Detention and Asylum Fast-Track |
Steve Bravery; Kay Everett, Wilsons Solicitors LLP and Pierre Mahklouf,BID |
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Economic Migration |
Philip Barth; Tom Brett-Young, ASG Immigration; Philip Trott, Bates, Wells and Braithwaite LLP |
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European |
Elspeth Guild, Kingley Napley LLP and Alison Hunter, Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP |
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Family and General |
Pat Saini, Penningtons Solicitors LLP and Sue Shutter |
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Immigration Offences |
Jawaid Luqmani, Luqmani Thompson and Partners and Richard Thomas, Doughty Street Chambers |
| Legal Aid | Ayesha Mohsin, Luqmani Thompson and Partners, Sonia Routledge, Birnberg Peirce and Partners |
| Refugee | Eric Fripp, Lamb Building and Ana Gonzalez, Wilsons Solicitors LLP |
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South West |
Rosie Brennan, University of Plymouth and Natasha Williams, Nicholas Moore Employment Solicitors |
| Training | Shahrzad Nouraini and Elizabeth White, ILPA (Helen Williams, ILPA is on maternity leave) |
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Yorkshire and North East |
Ish Ahmed, Bankfield Heath solicitors and Christopher Cole, Parker Rhodes and Hickmott Solicitors |
