PracticeNadine is an experienced junior, who practices in the field of public law and civil liberties. Many of her cases involve children and their families in an immigration or community care context. She also represents parties in the family courts where there is an immigration element. In addition she is regularly instructed to provide expert reports in such cases. She also has a special interest in human trafficking and has represented many victims of trafficking over the years. A large number of her cases involve points of law arising from the European Convention on Human Rights and other international human rights instruments.
She also has a civil liberties practice, involving civil actions against the police and claims for false imprisonment and assault in immigration detention. BackgroundNadine initially worked as a community worker in the voluntary sector, campaigning for better recreational facilities for children. She later moved into community development work and, whilst employed by the London Borough of Haringey in Tottenham, worked with the Broadwater Farm Youth Association and a number of local women's groups.
Nadine then became a policy analyst at the Greater London Council, where she worked on race, gender and policing issues. In the last months of the GLC she moved to the Police Monitoring Unit to work for a group of London boroughs for the next year and a half, producing a number of pamphlets and articles on the policing of the Irish Community.
After two years as a Women's Development Worker in the London Borough of Ealing, Nadine studied for a Diploma in Law and came to the Bar.
Notable CasesAA (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 12 The Queen on the application of Mlloja v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] EWHC 2833 (Admin) ID & Others v The Home Office [2005] EWCA Civ 39 Behre & Others v Hillingdon London Borough Council [2003] EWHC 2075 (Admin) The Queen on the application of AC v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWHC 3036 (Admin) Sepet v SSHD [2003] UKHL 15
HC & RC (Trafficked women) China CG [2008] UKAIT 00027
SocietiesImmigration Law Practitioners' Association ("ILPA") , Administrative Law Bar Association, Family Law Bar Association and Children's Rights Alliance for England
Other activitiesNadine represents ILPA on the Refugee Children's Consortium, which is comprised of the representatives of the major children's charities, and also on the Human Trafficking NGO Advisory Group which meets with government ministers to discuss the UK Action Plan on Human Trafficking. . Nadine is also on the Advisory Group for the NSPCC National Child Trafficking and Information Line and a member of ILPA's Children's Sub-committee. In addition, she was one of the three founders or the Trafficking Law and Policy Forum.
Nadine is presently conducting research which is funded through UNICEF and entitled Leveling the Playing Field, into the extent to which the housing, educational, health and social needs of unaccompanied foreign children are being met by three different local authorities in England.
PublicationsNadine is the co-author of Levelling the playing field: A UNICEF UK report into provision of services to unaccompanied or separated migrant children in three local authority areas in England, UNICEF (2010)
Putting Children First A guide for immigration practitioners (LAG) (2002) Seeking Asylum Alone Unaccompanied and Separated Children and Refugee Protection in the UK (Harvard University Committee on Human Rights) (2006)
Nadine has contributed to chapters to : A Practical Guide to International Family Law David Hodson published by Family Law (2008) Integrating Diversity The collected papers of the 2007 Interdisciplinary Conference, Dartington Hall published by Family Law at which Nadine was a speaker.
She has also contributed articles to: International Family Law [2006] IFL 119 - 179
Family Law November 2006
Nadine is a co-author of a forthcoming book for Jordan Publishing Ltd which is provisionally entitled Immigration Practice and Procedure in Family Proceedings. Profile updated June 2010
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