Polly is one of the founding partners of Deighton Pierce Glynn. 

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She is a recognised expert in public law, civil liberties and human rights. She was recognised as a leading individual in the Legal 500 directory for her work in Housing, Civil Liberties and Human Rights, and is recommended in Chambers Legal Directory for her work in public law and civil liberties and human rights. 

She was highly commended in the Law Society Excellence Award

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She set up the PAP project out of a desire to see law used outside lawyers offices.

Zubier Yazdani is a partner & senior solicitor at Deighton Pierce Glynn.

 

He has particular expertise in relation to children’s rights and trafficking cases and is a recognised leading individual in the legal community for such work. 

 

He has led on developing the firm’s reputation for work for victims of trafficking, encompassing public and private law challenges for such clients. Zubier represents EU nationals facing enforcement action by the Home Office, conducting both public law and private law cases for this client group

Ugo is a Partner and senior solicitor with Deighton Pierce Glynn.

 

She specialises in public law (particularly judicial review and human rights cases) and in actions against the police. She represents individuals, groups and organisations and routinely brings challenges against public authorities (such as government bodies, local authorities and agencies), in a range of areas such as detention and deprivation of liberty, discrimination and equality, housing, destitution and social services, international law and corporate accountability.

Frances is partner and senior solicitor with DPG.

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She specialises in community care and public law cases. She has extensive experience of destitution issues for migrants. 

 

Frances has done many cases challenging negative trafficking decisions of the Home Office for a variety of clients, including sex-trafficked women, children in forced labour and others who have been forced into domestic servitude and criminal activities.

Daniel Carey is a partner who joined Deighton Pierce Glynn in 2013.

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Daniel has substantial experience in public law challenges to local and national government.

 

His successful judicial reviews have included national consultations on changes to legal aid funding, healthcare access for migrants; national legislation governing retention of the public’s telecommunications information;unlawful immigration detention, failures to provide asylum support housing; failures to recognise victims of human trafficking and delays in asylum decision making for unaccompanied children, victims of human trafficking and others.

Helen is a solicitor who joined Deighton Pierce Glynn in September 2021.

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Prior to her legal career, Helen worked in the aid sector, assisting humanitarian responses to refugee flows & displaced people.

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Helen represents clients in judicial review claims, focusing on migrant support challenges. She routinely represents asylum seekers and care leavers seeking adequate accommodation and support from the Home Office or Local Authorities

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Helen is an accredited Level 2 senior caseworker and supervisor under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.

Lorna is a solicitor with DPG having completed her training contract with the firm in 2018.

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She is a volunteer advocate for the Asylum Support Appeals Project, where she represents individuals appealing Home Office decisions to discontinue or refuse support, and an active member of the Colombian Caravana.

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Lorna specialises in judicial review and civil damages claims against the state, in particular unlawful detention, migrant support, discrimination and community care.

Sasha Rozansky is a partner & senior solicitors at Deighton Pierce Glynn.

 

She specialises in all aspects of migrant support, including home office support, healthcare, housing and community care.

 

Sasha has been advising migrants on their rights to support for over 15 years.  She has been writing the Migrant Support update for Legal Action since 2010.

Unkha joined Deighton Pierce Glynn in October 2021. She has over 5 years of experience working in Immigration Law working at various organisations.

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Her previous experience was a varied legal aid caseload, which included asylum claims, bail applications, challenging detention and deportation decisions, EEA applications, stateless applications and trafficking claims. 

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Unkha is an accredited Level 2 Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme. She is also a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association (‘ILPA’), and a Co-convenor of ILPA’s Racial Justice and Equality Working group. 

 

Morisha has recently joined Deighton Pierce Glynn and is our newly appointed PAP Coordinator. She has been supporting the Project to ensure that it is smooth flowing as possible for our members and those on the receiving end of our support.

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She has a strong interest in Human & Civil Rights, especially those around migrant support, having worked with migrant families previously. In her free time, Morisha volunteers her services at various not-for-profit organisations.

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