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Commerical, matrimonial finance, public law.

Mary specialises in public law, primarily immigration and human rights. She provides advice and advocacy in all aspects of immigration and asylum. She appears regularly for the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

In 2015 Mary was appointed to the ‘B’ Panel of treasury civil counsel extended to 2023 (for time away from the Bar to have a family), having previously been appointed to the C Panel in 2009.

HN & SA (Afghanistan) (Lead Cases Associated Non-Lead Cases), R (on the application of) v SSHD [2016] EWCA Civ 12, Naizir and others v SSHD [2015] UKUT 00437, Islam v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 312, Mohammed R (on the application of) v SSHD [2014] EWHC 1405 (Admin), Jones v Jones (Queen’s Proctor intervening) [2013] (unreported), R (on the application of Khan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1294(Admin), R (on the application of Wankuama) v Secretary of State for the Home Department[2012] EWHC 3526 (Admin), R (On the application of K) v Entry Clearance Officer, Tashkent [2012] EWHC 2875 (Admin), Sher Afzal v SSHD (2012) EWHC 1487

Called 2001; Middle Temple; appointed to the Attorney General’s Panel March 2009, handling commercial, insolvency and immigration work for the government.

ILPA; HRLA; ALBA

University of Newcastle upon Tyne.