I am first and foremost an immigration problem solver. I work to establish rights of residence in the UK for individuals, couples and families, even in the most challenging of circumstances, and often in the face of a refusal culture. To find solutions I often collaborate with other practitioners, particularly from the worlds of family law and criminal law.
I have nearly three decades of experience of working with a truly diverse client base. I make it my job to deliver positive outcomes whether dealing with creatives, refugees, LGBT+ applicants, vulnerable adults, children, or high net worth individuals.
I am also lucky to work in a firm which has the right resources, and with colleagues whose expertise can meet the variety of the challenges that our caseloads present.
- Member of ILPA, co-trainer for ILPA’s flagship “Significant Others” course, former ILPA board member/trustee, co-chair of recent ILPA Conference on Family and Immigration Law.
- Successfully challenged the attempt by the Home Office to deprive a long-term resident of Albanian origin of his British Citizenship by way of lengthy proceedings before the Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber.
- Assisted an ultra-high net worth applicant and her children to secure permanent status in the UK notwithstanding her navigating complex divorce proceedings.
- Supervised the successful appeals of 2 Rwandan sons, now young adults, to join their mother in the UK after a prolonged delay in the Home Office consideration of their applications.
- Applied for and secured discretionary stay for the very elderly US mother of dual US/British national children;
- And also for the vulnerable Indian father of a long-term resident son here.
- Helped a dual British/German transgender client to align their British passport with their gender identity.
- Secured a visa for a transgender US national to relocate urgently to the UK as the spouse of a British citizen.
- Succeeded with an appeal on behalf of an elderly Chinese national to continue to reside in the UK with her daughter and her granddaughter following a tragic family bereavement.
- Secured permanent status in the UK for a mother and daughter who had been absent from the UK for extended periods prior to their applications.
- Assisted with a successful visa application for the mother of Irish children, on the basis of their relocation to the UK and being treated as settled here.