At Here for Good, we value the strong relationships we have with other organisations. Find out more about our partnerships here, from the law firms and volunteer lawyers that offer their services pro bono, to the organisations we have collaborated with to deliver vital and innovative services.
LAW FIRMS
Supporting the charity from its inception, Bindmans LLP, in particular John Halford (Partner and Head of Public Law & Human Rights) and Liz Barrett (Partner and Head of Immigration Law), continue to provide comprehensive pro bono legal support.
Wesley Gryk LLP is a specialist immigration and asylum firm. The firm has provided valuable legal support to Here for Good, including authoring the Advice Guide and delivering advice to the charity's clients.
Fragomen and Here for Good have a pro bono partnership which has been crucial to the expansion of the charity's advisory service. Lawyers from Fragomen take on urgent cases for the charity pro bono and have helped us to grow the service to ensure that we can help all those who need it.
Allen & Overy have provided vital legal and strategic support to Here for Good since the charity was first set up. We continue to work with the firm on a range of projects.
Carter Thomas and Here for Good have a new pro bono partnership which will help continue to grow the charity's advisory service.
MPB solicitors is a law firm specialising in Immigration Law, Human Rights and Family Law situated in Putney, London
South West London Law Centres
SWLLC helps local people to access justice and uphold their rights, by providing specialist legal advice on debt, housing, employment, benefits and immigration.
Clifford Chance is one of the world's pre-eminent law firms, with significant depth and range of resources across five continents.
Justitia Chambers has joined forces with Here For Good, to assist vulnerable EU nationals in the UK. Justitia Chambers is a specialist immigration and asylum set, striving to fight for the marginalised and vulnerable in society.
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Richmond Chambers immigration barristers provide pro bono casework support and representation to clients of Here for Good, helping to make a difference to the lives of the country’s most vulnerable EU citizens.
VOLUNTEER LAWYERS
Tsige Berhanu
Tsige is a partner at Keystone Law LLP. Her practice covers a wide range of immigration and nationality law including advising EEA nationals under the EU Settlement Scheme as well as the British Nationality Act. Further details can be found here.
Barry O'Leary
Barry is a partner at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP and his practice deals with the full range of immigration and nationality issues. You can read more about him here.
Zahira Patel
Zahira is a Solicitor at Fragomen LLP, advising on all aspects of UK immigration law including the Points Based system, naturalisation and applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Zahira has a particular interest in advising European nationals on Brexit and how this is likely to impact their rights. She has set up and coordinated partnerships with various charities to provide pro bono assistance to European nationals who would otherwise be unable to access legal advice. This includes individual casework with Here For Good as well as delivering pro bono presentations on Brexit and the EU Settlement Scheme for various European communities with New Europeans.
Zahira speaks English and Gujaratti.
Zoe Pavlou
Zoe is an Associate in Fragomen’s London office. She supports a range of clients from the financial sector, from leading investment banks to smaller financial services companies. Zoe advises on all UK immigration matters and European Law.
Prior to joining Fragomen, Zoe worked within a large international firm in Cyprus, where she provided advice in the areas of corporate and immigration law. Here, she prepared and submitted immigration applications on clients’ behalf for Cyprus permanent residency and citizenship. While in Cyprus Zoe has raised £3,000 for charity to assist jobless families struggling due to the economic crisis.
Zoe speaks English and Greek.
Isaac Abraham
Isaac is a Caseworker in the Immigration Team at Wilson Solicitors LLP. He assists with matters spanning the full range of immigration and nationality issues. In addition to acting as a volunteer adviser for Here for Good, most recently during the London is Open bus tour. Isaac has also assisted with and advised on a number of fundraising applications.
Andrew Jones
Andrew is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP where his practice covers a wide range of immigration, asylum and nationality matters. He has particular experience assisting European nationals and their family members to enforce and protect their freedom of movement rights. Andrew previously worked for a legal aid firm where he developed a successful practice assisting low-income EU nationals in complex cases, including challenges to deportation and immigration detention.
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Irene Molioti
Irene is an accredited Level 2 Caseworker with the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme and a qualified Greek lawyer. She works in the immigration department of Irvine Thanvi Natas Solicitors as a Senior Immigration Caseworker.
Irene has experience in the fields of immigration, asylum, EU, nationality and public law. She regularly assists individuals with the submission of complex human rights applications and the preparation of deportation appeals. Part of her job at ITN Solicitors is to attend legal surgeries and provide pro bono immigration advice to individuals in a variety of legal matters. Irene is keen on assisting vulnerable clients that require advice and representation in respect of their immigration matters.
Irene speaks fluent English, Greek and Italian.
Gabriella Bettiga
Gabriella is a solicitor and Italian qualified lawyer. She is the Director of MGBe Legal, an OISC regulated company providing advice on immigration, asylum and nationality law, particularly in relation to EEA nationals and family members, asylum and complex human rights applications and appeals. Gabriella regularly delivers training with ILPA and HJT, and publishes articles on immigration for Free Movement and Londra-Italia among other publications. Gabriella is a member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee and Chair of the Independent Cost and Funding Adjudicators at the Legal Aid Agency (Ministry of Justice). She is a volunteer lawyer for UKCEN.
Nath Gbikpi
Nath is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors. Her practice covers a wide range of immigration, asylum and nationality law, with particular emphasis on applications based on partnership, family and private life; asylum on the basis of sexual identity; and the rights of Europeans and their family members. She is a co-convenor of the ILPA Well-Being Working Group. Nath also volunteers for Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre and UKLGIG; writes regularly for Free Movement; and is a JCWI trustee.
Russell Hodges
Russell is a Solicitor at Fragomen LLP in London. He provides advice and support on a broad range of matters under the UK Immigration Rules and European Law. This includes a special focus on the Points Based System, settlement, British citizenship and the new EU Settlement scheme. Russell has worked to safeguard the rights
and privileges of European nationals and their families in the UK through support under the new Settled Status scheme as a volunteer caseworker on a pro bono basis.
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Nichola Carter
Nichola founded Carter Thomas and heads the firm’s immigration team. She qualified as a solicitor in 1999 and has spent the two decades since then helping people to resolve complex immigration and nationality law issues. You can read more about Nichola here.
Ruth Jowett
Ruth, an associate at Carter Thomas, has substantial experience assisting individuals to navigate the UK’s immigration and nationality system. She is particularly experienced in preparing applications for EEA/EU nationals and their family members and British citizenship applications. Ruth became passionate about immigration whilst working with the UK’s Refugee Council in 2013 and she has also worked with NGOs offering assistance to asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable foreign workers in Hong Kong. Ruth is recognised in The Legal 500.
Gina Savanhu
Gina Savanhu is a an OISC registered immigration advisor and the founder of GDS
Immigration Law. She qualified as a solicitor in 2007. She has worked in the area of
immigration in law since 2003, and in that time she has gained significant experience in
assisting individuals (including EU citizens and their family members) with their initial
applications, and in challenging adverse decisions in the Tribunal and the higher courts.
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Aisha N. Ahmed
Aisha is a Solicitor at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and advises on all aspects of UK Immigration law including under the Points Based System, international protection, human rights and nationality. Aisha also has extensive experience in complex EU law matters including deportation, derivative rights and retained rights of residence as well as applications under the new EU Settlement Scheme.
Aisha is also accredited as a Level 2 Senior Caseworker with the Law Society’s Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme.
Nick Gore
Nick is an associate solicitor in the immigration team at Carter Thomas. His passion for this field of law began in 2014 whilst working with ASSIST, a Sheffield based charity supporting destitute asylum seekers, and subsequently the South Yorkshire Refugee and Justice Group. Nick volunteers for the renowned EU Rights Clinic based in Brussels and is recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ in The Legal 500. Nick provides advice on all aspects of UK immigration and nationality law and has assisted many EU/EEA nationals to secure status under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Jessica Walker
Jessica is a senior associate specialising in immigration law at Carter Thomas. She provides advice to individuals and businesses on a range of legal matters, including EU law and the EU Settlement Scheme, and has prepared hundreds of successful applications for individuals seeking to live in the UK. Jessica has been advising clients on immigration law matters since 2014. Before developing a career in immigration law, Jessica worked as a volunteer for the International Citizen Service in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Jessica is recognised in The Legal 500 as a ‘Rising Star’.
Manuel Padilla
Manuel is the principal solicitor at MPB Solicitors. He offers advice in every aspect of immigration law and has extensive experience advising EU nationals and their families. He as strong links with the Latin American community in London. He is the first in-house solicitor for the charity Latin American House and collaborates with other Latin American charities and organisations throughout London.
Jonathan Kohler
Jonathan is a solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP. He assists his clients with a wide range of immigration, nationality and asylum law matters and regularly helps European nationals and their family members to make immigration and British citizenship applications. You can read more about him here. As well as volunteering as an advisor with Here for Good, Jonathan also volunteers for the Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre
Farah Choudhry
Farah is a Trainee Solicitor at Fragomen LLP, based in London. She joined Fragomen as a Legal Assistant and progressed to commencing a Training Contract with the firm.
She has worked in the area of Immigration law for over 5 years. Farah provides support on a wide range of Immigration matters, such as the Points Based System, Spousal, Ancestry and Nationality applications.
She has been heavily involved with reviewing the new EU Settlement Scheme and has a keen interest in assisting individuals with securing their status. Farah also assists on a pro bono basis for applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.
Farah speaks English and Punjabi.
Shanaz Haque
Shanaz is a Manager at Fragomen LLP. Shanaz has over 12 years of corporate immigration experience, advising clients on immigration strategies and compliance and a broad range of applications including applications under the points based system and now the new immigration system, settlement, nationality and European legislation. Shanaz also advises private clients on a wide range of matters including discretionary applications.
Shanaz has been heavily involved with assisting global organisations to strategically plan in advance of Brexit, providing townhall training to businesses and their employees and assisting individuals with applying for status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Shanaz is passionate about using her expertise to assist those who are not in a financial position to seek the legal advice they may need to successfully secure their status in the UK.
Katie Good
Katie is a solicitor at Fragomen LLP where the practice covers a wide range of immigration and nationality matters.
She has particular experience assisting European nationals and their family members following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. She also specialises in family reunification cases and citizenship applications.`
Katie speaks English and French
David Ritchie
David is a solicitor at Fragomen LLP with over 7 years’ experience in immigration law. David’s practice covers all aspects of UK-inbound immigration and European free movement law, with a particular focus on corporate immigration under the points-based system.
David has a background in working in the fields of asylum and human rights law and is passionate about supporting vulnerable people through the difficulties of the UK’s immigration processes. This includes pro bono support to help ensure European nationals and their family members secure the status to which they are entitled following Brexit.
SUPPORTERS
Katie Commons
Katie Commons, Project Coordinator at the Migrant’s Law Project, has extensive experience in fundraising for immigration law initiatives.
She supported Here for Good with trusts and foundations applications.
Mayssa Benchenaa
Mayssa Benchenaa is a Swiss, Dutch and Algerian national who completed her degree in Graphic Design at the Arts University Bournemouth in 2015.
Following this, she worked in London for the independent creative communications consultancy Carr Kamasa Design for two years. She is responsible for Here for Good’s logo, infographics and website.
Diane Gueho
Diane, a Mauritian national, graduated with a Film Production degree from the Arts University Bournemouth in 2015 year.
She is currently working as a freelance photographer and cinematographer in London, and carried out the photography for Here for Good's website.
Elisabeth Atwood
Libby was part of the team between November 2020 and April 2022, working from Bindmans LLP. Libby was the Here for Good Volunteer coordinator and EUSS caseworker.
Libby is a qualified solicitor who formerly specialised in commercial litigation and she has a Master’s degree in Human Rights. Libby has previously worked with a number of pro-bono and charitable organisations, most recently Islington Law Centre.
Unkha Banda
Unkha joined the team in 2021, working from Bindmans LLP. Unkha provided advice and assistance to EEA nationals and their family members on the impact of Brexit, and focused particularly on complex casework.
She is a solicitor and a Level 2 Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.
Carla Mirallas Martinez
Carla joined the team in 2019 working from Bindmans LLP. She provided advice and assistance to EEA nationals and also coordinated Here for Good's network of volunteer lawyers.
Carla is a Registered European Lawyer (REL) and an accredited Level 2 Caseworker with the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.
Faith Scott Deuchar
Faith was Here for Good’s previous Fundraising and Communications Officer. She worked at Here for Good between October 2018 and July 2019, having previously worked at Amnesty International UK. Faith’s work was vital to Here for Good’s development as a young charity, helping us secure a number of important and strategic grants.
Faith was also a volunteer at PEN International, a freedom of expression organisation, and involved in the campaign for the release of imprisoned filmmaker, Oleg Sentsov.
Hannah Blitzer
Hannah was Here for Good's Fundraising and Evaluation Officer, having previously worked in fundraising and development for a UK international charity and a non-profit in the US. She managed Here for Good's Fundraising and Evaluation strategy.
Hannah is also a Doctoral (PhD) Researcher at the University of Sussex, specialising in environmental law and social justice. She holds a LLB, LPC, and LLM in International Human Rights Law.
Owen Morgan
Owen was Here for Good's Outreach and Communications Officer, having previously worked at Opportunity International and the Northern Ireland Bureau. He coordinated advice events for EEA nationals across the UK, and oversaw the charity's communications strategy.
He is a graduate of University College London, and speaks Spanish and Italian.
Stefan Rollnick
Stefan was Here for Good's first intern, working on fundraising and communications. He has a degree in Biotechnology from Bristol University and a Masters in Science Communication from Imperial College London. He has a background in politics and policy, previously working with Chatham House on global sustainable development, alongside political organising in south London.
He now works as a Digital Misinformation Analyst for the Welsh First Minister.
AC Grayling
Professor A.C.Grayling CBE is a Supernumerary Fellow at Oxford University and Founder/Master of the New College of the Humanities in London and was a founding trustee of Here for Good.
He is one of the world’s leading philosophers, having also authored over thirty books.
Anthony has been a leading voice in the debate surrounding the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, strongly advocating the protection of rights for EEA citizens living in the UK.
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
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The UN Migration Agency (IOM)
The UN Migration Agency was first established in 1951 and is the leading inter-governmental organisation working in the general field of migration.
Paragon Law and Here for Good commenced their partnership in February 2020 to provide support to vulnerable EU nationals in the Midlands. Paragon Law and Here for Good are partners in our EUSS advice service.
The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) is a London based charity providing free legal advice on European human rights law and EU law. The AIRE Centre and Here for Good are partners in our EUSS advice service.
Wilsons Solicitors provides our expert legal team making up our Ukraine Advice Service. They assist with visa applications under the Homes for Ukraine scheme and the Ukraine Family scheme.