Rosie Bacon
Rosie joined ATLEU in September 2022 as Activism & Engagement Manager (Lived Experience), to maximise the influence and participation of people with lived experience within ATLEU and the anti-trafficking sector. Since 2018 she has worked in survivor activism, establishing a lived experience panel as part of her role managing an advocacy service for women with complex mental health needs relating to experiences of gendered violence and most recently, developing SafeLives' Authentic Voice work amplifying the voice of those impacted by domestic abuse. Prior to this, she has worked as an advocate in several contexts with people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds and women who have been trafficked or experienced gendered violence, including as a First Responder for the POPPY Project. She is passionate about client-centred approaches and ensuring those with lived experience have access to influence decisions that affect them. To contact Rosie email rosie@atleu.org.uk

Julian Bild
Julian qualified as a solicitor with Wilson LLP, in 1997. Since then he has specialised in representing asylum seekers, but with extensive experience of general immigration work. For many years, Julian supervised the Upper Tribunal work at the Immigration Advisory Service, later becoming their Training and Quality Manager. For the last few years he has worked as a consultant, trainer, and lecturer in immigration and asylum law and practice. He has contributed to publications including the HJT Immigration Manual, the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Handbook, and Butterworth's Immigration Law Service. He has also trained for ILPA, lectured for the Law Society, and has drafted the OISC’s competence assessments. His notable cases include: RN (Returnees) Zimbabwe CG [2008] UKAIT 00083, EM and Others (Returnees) Zimbabwe CG [2011] UKUT 98 (IAC), HH (Criminal record; deportation: "war zone") Iraq [2008] UKAIT 00051 and YT (Minority church members at risk) Eritrea CG [2004] UKIAT 00218. To contact Julian email julian@atleu.org.uk

Lindsay Cundall
Lindsay is an immigration solicitor and public law supervisor, and a training lead in our Sheffield office. Lindsay qualified as a solicitor with Wilson Solicitors LLP in 2010; her training was based in immigration and public law. Lindsay previously worked at Refugee and Migrant Justice, Brighton Housing Trust and the UNHCR, Ecuador. She has extensive experience of preparing immigration applications and appeals at all levels as well as a variety of claims against public bodies and complex Judicial Review applications, particularly on behalf of those who are detained in immigration removal centres or prisons (in non-criminal matters). Her notable cases include The Anti-Trafficking And Labour Exploitation Unit & Anor v The Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 1962 (Admin) (26 July 2022), a judicial review brought by ATLEU as the Claimant, which prompted the introduction of new guidance for UK prisons on supporting survivors. She was also a contributor to Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: Law and Practice. To contact Lindsay email: lindsay@atleu.org.uk To contact Lindsay email: lindsay@atleu.org.uk

Jamila Duncan-Bosu
Jamila is a founding member of ATLEU. Jamila was entered onto the Solicitor’s Roll in 2009, having previously worked for private firms undertaking both Claimant and Respondent employment work. Jamila joined the North Kensington Law Centre in 2006 where she developed particular expertise as a discrimination lawyer and in recent years specialised in working with victims of trafficking and severe labour exploitation. Jamila has contributed to a number of specialist broadcasts and publications on these issues; in 2010 she was interviewed by Radio 4’s File on Four and appeared on Channel 4's Dispatches documentary on 'Britain's Secret Slaves' and more recently has contributed a chapter entitled 'Taking Cases for Victims of Domestic Servitude to the Employment Tribunal' to The Human Trafficking Handbook published by Lexis Nexis. To contact Jamila email jamila@atleu.org.uk

Kate Elsayed-Ali
Kate joined ATLEU in May 2022 as Policy Manager. Kate has twenty years experience in research, campaigning and advocacy for non-governmental oranisations, including fifteen years experience in the anti-trafficking and anti-slavery sector. Before joining ATLEU, Kate worked at Anti-Slavery International as their International Advocacy Manager. In this role, she led international policy and influencing work across all of Anti-Slavery International's regional and thematic programmes and projects, and acted as the organisation's main representative to the United Nations. She has also previously worked for Amnesty International. To contact Kate email kate@atleu.org.uk

Kulvinder Gill
Kulvinder joined ATLEU in September 2021 as a solicitor in the Compensation Unit. Based at the Sheffield office, Kulvinder specialises in bringing damages claims against public authorities and is the Unit’s Legal Aid Contract Supervisor for Claims Against Public Authorities. She completed her training at Hodge Jones & Allen where she qualified in November 2000. In 2007, she re-located to Sheffield and joined the civil liberties teams at Howells LLP. Kulvinder has extensive experience of working with individuals in holding the police and other state agencies to account; pursuing complaints and damages claims for false imprisonment, assault, malicious prosecution, under the Human Rights Act, in negligence, etc. She has also worked with bereaved families following the death of loved ones in custody, secure mental health settings and in the community. To contact Kulvinder email kulvinder@atleu.org.uk

Hannah Khalifah
Hannah joined ATLEU in July 2022 as a housing solicitor and supervisor. She was shortlisted as a finalist in the Housing category for the 2022 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award and is a Junior Executive Member of the Housing Law Practitioners Association. Hannah undertakes a range of housing work, and has particular expertise in challenging local authority decisions in respect of their duties under the Housing Act 1996 (as amended) by way of judicial review. Hannah's work also includes representing clients in cases concerning possession, disrepair and anti-social behaviour injunctions. She has extensive experience working with vulnerable clients and is passionate about achieving the best outcome for them. To contact Hannah email hannah@atleu.org.uk

Joseph Maggs
Joseph joined ATLEU in April 2023 as a paralegal in housing and public law. He previously worked as a public law paralegal at Wilson Solicitors, with a focus on immigration detention cases, and was a coordinator of SOAS Detainee Support. He has volunteered at The Unity Project and Hackney Migrant Centre, and is a trustee of the Institute of Race Relations. Joseph completed the GDL at BPP University and is currently studying the Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy. To contact Joseph email: joseph@atleu.org.uk

Laura McDonald
Laura joined ATLEU in 2020 as a paralegal working in housing and public law. She previously worked as a housing paralegal at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, where she focused on homelessness and defending possession claims. She completed the GDL at City, University of London. She has previously volunteered at the Free Representation Unit and the School Exclusion Project. Before studying law, Laura worked at the European Commission, and as a project manager at the International Growth Centre. To contact Laura email: laura@atleu.org.uk

Victoria Marks
Victoria is a founding member of ATLEU. Before becoming a lawyer Victoria developed a start up not for profit organisation assisting disadvantaged young people in inner city London. It was an innovative initiative bringing together creative professionals with young people to re-engage them in mainstream education and enhance their employability. Victoria has since retrained in law and worked as a caseworker at the North Kensington Law Centre between 2010 and 2012. She was called to the bar in 2009 and cross qualified to become a solicitor in 2015. She is an accredited Level 2 immigration advisor. She has a strong civil and public law practice representing clients in housing and community care cases and those seeking compensation from their traffickers or the state. She has represented clients in the Employment Tribunal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, the County Court and High Court. She has particular expertise in working with extremely vulnerable and traumatised clients. Her notable cases include Chandhok & Anor v Tirkey UKEAT/0190/14/KN in which it was established for the first time that caste discrimination is in principle prohibited under the Equality Act as an aspect of race. To contact Victoria email victoria@atleu.org.uk

Lydia Powell
Lydia is ATLEU’s interim Activism & Engagement Manager (Lived Experience). She specialises in participatory practices and co-production with migrants who are minoritised by systemic and structural inequalities. Using creative approaches and community organising, she addresses power dynamics in workshops to facilitate skills training and leadership. She is an Advisory Board member at Creating Ground CIC after delivering projects with migrant women and supporting their campaigning work. She also runs freelance Community History Projects across London. She completed her MA in Migration and Global Development at Sussex, and centres decolonial approaches to finding new ways to build stronger communities. To contact Lydia email lydia@atleu.org.uk

Liz Perry
Liz joined ATLEU in August 2022 as a public law and training lawyer. Before joining ATLEU, Liz specialised in community care law, including Court of Protection welfare work, involving individuals who lacked capacity to make decisions about their care and support arrangements. Liz qualified as a solicitor in 2011. She began her career at the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, working in immigration and asylum law, then she joined the Disability Rights Unit at Pannone Solicitors and later at Slater & Gordon solicitors where she developed her community care and welfare work in the Court of Protection before moving on to develop a community care and welfare based Court of Protection unit at Kirklees Law Centre. Liz undertakes public law cases at ATLEU, covering a wide range of issues including challenges regarding the identification of victims within the trafficking and modern slavery system and failures of public authorities to ensure victims receive appropriate support services. Part of Liz's role also includes delivering training and offering support to support providers about the rights and entitlements of survivors. To contact Liz email liz@atleu.org.uk

Claire Physsas
Claire was called to the Bar in 2004 and specialises in Immigration, Asylum and Public Law at One Pump Court Chambers. She joined ATLEU in November 2022 as Lead Training Lawyer on a consultancy basis. She has extensive experience of representing victims of trafficking in judicial review matters and in appeals before the Immigration and Asylum Chambers. She has provided expert immigration advice in cases involving victims of trafficking before the Family Courts. Claire is currently ranked in Legal 500 2023 as a Leading Junior in Immigration and has been ‘Recommended for trafficking cases’ by Legal 500. She provides training on the legal rights and entitlements of victims of trafficking. To contact Claire, email: clairephyssas@atleu.org.uk

Shakila Rathukankanamalage
Shakila joined ATLEU in 2022 as a trainee solicitor and Justice First Fellow. She previously worked as a paralegal at Knights Plc working in family law, helping vulnerable people. She completed her law degree at the Staffordshire University and her LPC and LLM at the University of Law in Manchester. Shakila has lived in three countries and is fluent in Sinhala and Italian. To contact Shakila email: shakila@atleu.org.uk

Sarah Smith
Sarah is a Scottish qualified solicitor based in our Sheffield office. She qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 2011 and is accredited as a senior immigration caseworker under the Law Society's Immigration & Asylum Accreditation Scheme (IAAS). She previously worked as an immigration solicitor with Latta & Co in Glasgow and Howells LLP in Sheffield. She has worked in the field of immigration since 2013 and has broad experience in preparing immigration and asylum applications and appeals and of working with vulnerable clients, in particular with unaccompanied asylum seeking children. She advises survivors of trafficking on their immigration status and assists them to apply for asylum and other forms of leave to remain. To contact Sarah email sarah@atleu.org.uk

Freddy Russell
Freddy joined ATLEU in 2021 as a paralegal working in the Compensation Unit. He has previously supported immigration and asylum barristers with a particular focus on representing individuals held in immigration detention. During this time, he appeared in a BBC documentary titled ‘Who should get to stay in the UK?’ regarding an Article 3 ECHR medical case he worked on. Freddy has also worked as an outreach advocate for the Hestia Modern Slavery Response Team. He completed the GDL at BPP Manchester and, before studying law, he graduated with a BSc in social anthropology at the London School of Economics. To contact Freddy email: freddy@atleu.org.uk

Carita Thomas
Carita qualified as a solicitor in 2008 and worked at Sheffield firm Howells LLP before joining ATLEU in 2015. She is accredited as a senior immigration caseworker and supervisor and police station representative. She was shortlisted as a finalist in the immigration category for the 2014 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards. Carita is the co-convenor of the Legal Aid Working Group of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association and is a former committee member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers. In 2013 Chambers and Partners noted her “excellent work with vulnerable clients, particularly victims of trafficking”. She was ranked individually in Chambers and Partners 2014 as an associate to watch with the entry stating: “Sources say: “She will work herself to death for her clients. She does quality work and is very thorough, which makes a difference.”” Carita's work for private paying clients has covered all areas of immigration law from family migration, European law applications, citizenship, judicial review and business migration. Her notable trafficking cases include AB v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1490 (Admin) (22 May 2015) in which the court quashed a finding that the Claimant was not a victim of trafficking and ordered the government to remake the decision, ruling that it was unlawful for the SSHD not to engage with expert evidence or give reasons if she chose to reject it.  To contact Carita email carita@atleu.org.uk

Johanna White
Jo joined ATLEU in September 2022 as a solicitor in the Immigration Unit. She qualified as a solicitor with in 2019 and is accredited as a supervising senior immigration caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme. She has worked as an immigration caseworker since 2014, initially with Kesar & Co Solicitors and at Citizens Advice Southwark. She is experienced in working with vulnerable clients, including survivors of trafficking, on a range of immigration, asylum and nationality issues. Her notable cases include OO (Nigeria), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 338, a successful challenge to a Home Office ‘deport first, appeal later’ policy. To contact Jo, email: johanna@atleu.org.uk

Amy Westendarp
Amy has over 20 years fundraising and communications expertise with charities here and abroad focused on human rights, gender equality, social justice, refugee issues and homelessness. Amy is currently Co-Chair on the board of directors for Refugee Sanctuary Scotland which supports destitute, homeless refugees in Scotland with safe temporary accommodation, emergency grants and travel funds to tackle isolation. Amy has been the Trusts and Foundations Manager for an international development charity tackling extreme poverty and progressing the UN sustainable development goals. She has also previously fundraised for Shelter, Amnesty International, International Justice Mission and the street children’s charity New Life Nyambene. Amy also worked in community development with black and minority ethnic groups for the Glasgow Violence against Women Partnership and for Saheliya, an award winning mental health charity for BME women. To contact Amy, email: amy@atleu.org.uk

Caroline Forster
Caroline joined ATLEU as Head of Operations in October 2019. Before joining ATLEU Caroline was Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Operations at the Social Investment Business (SIB). At SIB Caroline had lead responsibility for all of SIB’s investment activity and other operational areas of the business including people, finance, governance and business systems. Caroline is a member of the board of London Funders, the membership body for funders and investors in London’s civil society, and of the Committee of the Metropolitan Migration Foundation which was established to help migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers, and the communities they live in. Caroline has also worked on NESTA’s investment programme, in European funding in higher education, for a London based community organisation and in local government economic development and regeneration. To contact Caroline email: caroline@atleu.org.uk

Kuda Tayengwa
Kuda has over twelve years experience in drafting legal costs and a sound working knowledge of Legal Aid procedures. She has covered multiple cases from civil to family law and litigation. She has a keen interest in the procedures associated with legal costs and is now a cost drafting specialist. She is working in a specially created role by the London Legal Support Trust for ATLEU, Hammersmith Law Centre and the Mary Ward Legal Centre. She also completed her LLB Law Degree and is currently studying the Legal Practice Course part-time.

Marsha Lowe
Marsha has worked in marketing, campaigns and research in the voluntary and creative sectors since 2001. She joined ATLEU in November 2015 as their marketing and project manager. Marsha is a senior project manager who joined ATLEU from UCL where she was managing a national pilot survey at the Institute of Child Health. Previously, she worked at The Children’s Society in a variety of roles across media, campaigns and marketing. She is a founding director of Oxygen Arts, a creative media production company that specialises in targeting and working with diverse communities. To contact Marsha email marsha@atleu.org.uk