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.

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.

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, conflict and natural disasters around the world.

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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’s previous experience has included challenging removals and deportations by the Home Office through judicial review, local authority age assessments of age-disputed unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, unlawful detention and study restrictions.

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