Atty Adetula
Atty is a Trainee Solicitor whospecialises in personal immigration matters (family type applications, indefinite leave to remain applications, British citizenship).
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Emma Cohen
Emma qualified as a solicitor in 1995 and has worked for almost all her career in immigration law acting for individuals and organisations. She has recognised expertise in the complex immigration area of international adoption and surrogacy and is the first port of call for many clients and other practitioners in this area.
She acts in a variety of immigration/nationality cases, with a focus on family cases involving children, adoption, surrogacy and extended family members, besides making applications under and outside the immigration rules.
Emma has recently made a number of entry clearance applications for children adopted abroad to accompany their parents to the UK. She also specialises in visa applications for children abroad to join relatives in the UK where there are serious and compelling circumstances.
Her work acting for local authorities representing children in care and care leavers is also of note. She has unique expertise in discretionary applications for British nationality for children, often achieving successful outcomes in complex cases which do not fall within the usual criteria and has made a number of applications to register children adopted abroad by British citizens in countries whose adoption processes are not recognised in the UK. She also advises European nationals and their families about their status in light of Brexit.
Emma trains regularly for the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) and has recently presented courses on Children’s Nationality Applications, Criminality and the Immigration Rules and Indefinite Leave to Remain. She is a volunteer adviser for Rainbow Migration (previously the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG)).
Emma is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) and is a Law Society IAAS Accredited Supervisor and Senior Caseworker.
Lydia Watkinson
Lydia is an Associate Solicitor in ther Business Immigeation Team at OTB Legal Lydia has experience in both family applications and work visas. Lydia has experience of working on complex legal cases, and has successfully represented clients in complex judicial review challenges.
Mark Lilley-Tams
Mark is a Solicitor and cofounder of OTB Legal. Mark is head of the Personal Immigration Team.
Sally McEwen
Sally McEwen is a director and cofounder of OTB Legal
Sally completed her law degree at the University of Essex. She has been practising immigration law for 19 years. Prior to becoming a Director at OTB Legal, Sally has worked in private practice for both niche immigration law firms, and in immigration departments for larger firms, being head of the immigration team at a London firm. Sally also spent time working for a large not for profit organisation.
Sally is an experienced advocate in both the First Tier, and Upper Tier Tribunals.
Areas of Expertise
Sally specialises in all aspects of the Points Based System (Tier 1 (Investor) and Entrepreneur), Tier 2 sponsor licences, and Tier 2 employment and Tier 4 student and sponsor licences)
Level 2 Accredited Advisor and Supervisor under the Solicitors Regulation Authority Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme
Country Guidance cases of AA (Non-Arab Darfuris – relocation) Sudan CG [2009] UKAIT 00056 and MN and others (Ahmadis – country conditions – risk) Pakistan CG [2012] UKUT 00389 (IAC)
Level 2 Accredited Advisor and Supervisor under the Law Society Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme.
Sally was instructed as the immigration advisor on the documentary programme ‘Exposure Undercover Colleges’ .