Asma Chaudhry
Call: 2003
Asma Chaudhry
Head of Immigration Team
Gray’s Inn
Legal Aid Supplier Number 02FBL
Contact
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600
Asma is Head of the Immigration Law Team and a member of the Family Law Team.
Asma practices in Asylum, Immigration and Human Rights. She has extensive experience in Nationality and EEA Law. Asma has first-hand experience of initial application stage, appeal preparation and representing clients before the Tribunal.
Asma is instructed in all aspects of child arrangements cases and is keen to accept instructions in the fields of divorce and financial settlement.
She is a fluent speaker of Urdu, Punjabi, Pothwari and Mirpuri languages
Reputation
"Asma always goes far and beyond the call of duty when dealing with cases." (Legal 500, 2026)
"A robust cross-examiner with a very natural way of putting the client at ease" (Legal 500, 2024 & 2025)
"Asma's strengths include her command of the law, strategic thinking, oral advocacy, and attention to detail. She is incredibly client-focused"(Legal 500, 2023)
"Asma is a fierce advocate who articulates her arguments in a persuasive and eloquent manner. She has a strong eye for details and is very compassionate" (Legal 500, 2022)
Expertise
Immigration
Asma has long standing experience of presenting complex Asylum, Immigration, EU Law and Human Rights appeals, including Deportation and Bail. She has experience across the spectrum dealing with very varied and unique cases. She is accessible for early instructions from solicitors and keen to work with them advising on how best to prepare cases to achieve the best outcome for clients. She is a true believer that preparation is key to success.
She has practical experience of appearing before the First Tier and Upper Tier Tribunal. Asma takes instructions in drafting grounds for permission to appeal and undertakes judicial review work. Asma is regularly instructed to present cases on behalf of the Secretary of the State for the Home Department.
Asma has invaluable experience and skill in representing vulnerable clients and victims of modern slavery, torture and children. She has a particular interest in representing females, and a focus on representing their Human Rights issues.
Family
Asma accepts instructions to advise and represent clients in Private Child Arrangement proceedings. She can be instructed on a direct access basis to advise on merits and representation. She has experience from very initial stages of proceedings, through to the contested final hearings. Asma can be relied upon to provide pragmatic and realistic advice, supported by robust representation in court hearings.
Her practice includes the following types of cases:
• Contact and Residence (Child Arrangements Orders)
• Prohibited Steps Orders
• Specific Issue Orders
• Non-Molestation Orders
• Occupation Orders
• Domestic Abuse
• Alcohol and Substance Abuse
• Fact-finding Hearings
• Parental Responsibility
• Applications to Enforce orders
In addition to her busy practice in child arrangements cases, Asma is keen to accept instructions in the fields of divorce and financial settlement.
Notable Cases
VK v SSHD
Appealed the Secretary of State’s decision to refuse the Appellant protection on the basis that he could return to Kazakhstan with an outstanding extradition request from Turkey. He was alleged to have been a FETO member - an organisation considered to be terrorist organisation in Turkey.
HHA v SSHD
Appealed the decision of the Secretary of the State to refuse protection to a Somali female who was found to have been persecuted by majority clan members. Substantial evidence from experts was provided in relation her being a victim of torture.
RP V SSHD
Successfully appealed the Secretary of State’s decision to refuse protection to a woman facing deportation to Pakistan after serving an 18 month custodial sentence for perverting the course of justice having fled a marriage due to domestic violence and was at risk of honour killing in Pakistan
AN V SSHD
Successfully appealed a decision to deport a Nigerian national after having served a 3.5 year custodial sentence for the use of firearms, on the basis of his family life with his British children in the United Kingdom.
TJ v SSHD
Deportation appeal decision challenged of a Norwegian national who was convicted of child related offences.
DP V SSHD
Albanian woman found to be a victim of modern slavery would be at risk of being re-trafficked upon return to Albania was granted protection.
SA v SSHD
Coptic Christian appeal dismissed by the First Tier successfully challenged and allowed by Upper Tier.
JG
Nigerian national brother wanting to join his sister in the UK who was a refugee and accepted to be a victim of human trafficking. Appeal allowed on the basis of exceptional circumstances.
LS V SSHD
Successful appeal for Appellant seeking protection from international criminal gangs in South America.
Clerks
Susan Sanders
Call: 2015
Susan Sanders
MA (Hons), University of Edinburgh, Persian and Social Anthropology (1999)
Graduate Diploma in Law (2014, Distinction)
Bar Professional Training Course (2015, Outstanding)
Middle Temple
Queen Mother Scholar (2014)
Family Law Mediator
Deputy Head of Immigration Team
Legal Aid Supplier Number 02ENW
Contact
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600
Susan joined Broadway House in September 2016 after successfully completing a mixed pupillage.
She practises family and immigration law and has a particular interest and expertise in the overlap between these two areas. She is qualified to undertake work on a direct access basis.
Susan has an insightful approach and is regularly instructed to represent those who require sensitive and considerate client-care.
Before coming to the Bar Susan worked for human rights organisations and campaigned and carried out research in Afghanistan for Amnesty International. Susan speaks French and Farsi.
Susan is a family mediator and is available to mediate in cases involving child arrangements disputes and financial issues after separation.
Reputation
Articles
Unreasonable law – contested divorce and the case of Owens v Owens
Seminars
- Public Law Children: Deprivation of Liberty (2018)
- Disclosure of Material: Family & Criminal Proceedings (2018)
- Gatekeeping the IAC- Restrictions on appeal rights: Third Country, Clearly Unfounded and Remove First Certificates (2018)
- Trafficking and Age assessments (2019)
- ‘Immigration Applications for Children in Care & Immigration Issues for Kinship Carers/Parents Abroad’ (2021)
- How to prepare for a Deportation Appeal – Family and Private Life (2022)
Legal Directories
“She advocates with clarity and confidence, helping the client and the tribunal panel with complex procedural and legal issues.” (Legal 500, 2026)
“Her approach to advocacy is creative and engaging, whilst also being measured and sensitive. A junior who demonstrates careful and methodical reasoning.” (Legal 500, 2025)
“Susan is a very diligent barrister, with extensive knowledge of asylum and immigration law. She is an excellent communicator, and her ability to listen to clients puts them at ease during stressful situations for them. She is pragmatic and clear when giving advice” (Legal 500, 2023 and 2024)
“Susan is very dedicated and has in-depth knowledge of immigration law. Her advocacy is thoughtful and measured. She is particularly attentive to the needs of vulnerable clients and quickly builds a rapport with them.” (Legal 500, 2022)
Expertise
Family
Susan has a busy practice in all areas of family law and represents privately and publicly funded clients from directions hearings through to contested final hearings. She is regularly instructed in private law finding of fact hearings involving serious allegations, including rape, and in public law proceedings for the local authority. She is also involved in cases of domestic abuse, forced marriage, and those with an immigration element. She regularly advises local authorities in relation to immigration issues within public law proceedings.
She is a sensitive and effective communicator. One lay client said she is “absolutely wonderful and very professional with her work, [a] fantastic lady with big experience and commitment”.
Immigration
Susan regularly appears in the First Tier and Upper Tribunals and is committed to providing first class representation to those seeking asylum. She is often asked to advise and drafts judicial review claims as well as applications for permission to appeal.
Before coming to the Bar Susan worked for many years as a legal representative for asylum seekers at Refugee and Migrant Justice and in private practice. She is passionate about representing vulnerable individuals and carries out pro bono advocacy for the Manuel Bravo Project and Bail for Immigration Detainees. Her experience working in Central Africa, Iran and Afghanistan provides invaluable background for this work.
“The clients were very happy with the way the appeal was prepared and presented, [and] asked that I extend the family’s thank you to you. I am attaching a copy of the Tribunal’s decision … the appeal was allowed. This is an excellent result in a potentially tricky case with a long and difficult history" (Instructing Solicitor)
Notable Cases
Family
Re X – Represented mother in successful application to terminate a father's parental responsibility. This unusual application was made following the father's conviction for coercive and controlling behaviour and rape of the mother.
Re D – Junior counsel in High Court hearing considering allegations of child sexual exploitation
A v A – Finding of fact dealing with allegations of shooting and attempted kidnap
H v H – Finding of fact successfully represented a father facing allegations of sexual and physical abuse. No findings were made.
N v H –Successfully argued for set-aside of a declaration of trust on the basis of fraud at a preliminary issue hearing in financial remedy proceedings
Immigration
JG v SSHD – Successfully appealed decision to deport Jamaican national convicted of burglary, appeal then upheld by UT
EB v SSHD – Permission to appeal granted by the UT on basis of application of European case law to article 3 medical case, pending Supreme Court hearing of AM (Zimbabwe)
GK v SSHD – Upper Tribunal allowed human rights appeal of elderly Indian relative, finding paragraph 276ADE(1)(vi) was met. Appeal had been dismissed by First Tier Tribunal.
Advised EEA extended family member who, as a result, obtained residence permit on the basis of the EU Court of Justice case of Lounes
Clerks
Lucy Coen
Call: 2019
Lucy Coen
BPTC, BPP Leeds, 2017–2019 (Very Competent)
GDL, University of Law, 2015–2017 (Distinction)
MA Peace Studies, University of Bradford, 2011 (Distinction)
BA Modern History and Politics, University of Liverpool, 2007–2010 (2:1)
Young Legal Aid Lawyers
Legal 500
Family Law Bar Association
Contact
T: 0113 246 2600 / 01274 722560
Lucy Coen is an Immigration specialist at Broadway House Chambers.
Lucy accepted tenancy at Broadway House Chambers after successfully completing her pupillage in December 2020 under the supervision of Giles Bridge and Paul Smith.
Lucy was called to the Bar in 2019 after completing the BPTC part-time at BPP Leeds. Prior to the Bar, Lucy worked for a number of years in a variety of roles in the not-for-profit sector, including working as an immigration caseworker, an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor [ISVA] and a support worker at a national children’s charity. As such she has wealth of experience working with a range of people and is particularly adept at communicating with lay clients.
Reputation
Legal 500
Articles
Immigration Status of a Parent in an Application for a Child Arrangements Order by Lucy CoenImmigration Matters: Visitors who Attempt to Stay in the UK Permanently by Lucy Coen
Recent Webinars Include
Immigration applications for children in care
Expertise
Immigration
Prior to the Bar, Lucy worked at a local charity as an immigration caseworker, where she drafted further submissions for clients who could not obtain legal aid as a result of their cases not meeting the merits test. She also regularly appeared in the First-Tier Tribunal once further submissions had been granted a right of appeal. Whilst in this role she gave legal advice at weekly clinic in Leeds providing much needed pro-bono assistance to migrants.
From 2015 to 2017 Lucy worked as an Independent Child Trafficking Advocate [ICTA] at Barnardo’s across the North of England. Lucy was the first ICTA in the North of England to undertake this role and worked closely with a variety of agencies including the police, social care and immigration practitioners to ensure that young people identified as having been trafficked were properly supported. Lucy’s prior experience working with young people and care-givers makes her particularly well-suited to representing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Lucy continues her commitment to vulnerable clients by undertaking pro-bono advocacy for the Manuel Bravo Project and Bail for Immigration Detainees.
Lucy is available to advise and represent clients in all immigration and asylum matters and works collaboratively with solicitors to ensure a firm understanding of the issues in a case prior to entering court.
Notable Cases
**Immigration case 2022**
Represented client from Iraq. Earlier negative credibility findings. Appeal granted on Article 8 grounds
**Asylum case 2022**
Represented client from Ethiopia. Appeal granted
**Asylum case 2021**
Represented client from Eritrea where nationality was disputed. Earlier negative credibility findings. Appeal granted
**Asylum case 2020**
Represented client from Nigeria. Client vulnerable due to mental and physical health difficulties. Appeal granted.
**Asylum case 2020**
Represented client from Nigeria. Appeal granted on Article 8 grounds
Clerks
Camilla Bonifai
Call: 2019
Camilla Bonifai
LLB (Hons) English Law, University of Dundee (2017)
LLM Human Rights Law, University of Edinburgh (2018)
LLM Bar Practice, The University of Law (2019)
Bar Practice Training Course, The University of Law, Very Competent (2019)
Employment Lawyers Association
Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association
Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Service
Lincoln’s Inn
Contact
E: clerks@broadwayhouse.co.uk
T: 01274 722 560 or 0113 246 2600 (Option 2)
Camilla is an Employment and Civil Law specialist with a keen interest in Sports Law matters.
Camilla has been described as being tenacious in her representation of clients and able to adopt an empathetic but firm approach.
Prior to joining Chambers, Camilla gained significant civil litigation experience, having worked in the civil courts as a County Court advocate (employed by an international firm) and handling Claimant insurer-funded cases as a paralegal at a national solicitors’ firm.
Reputation
Feedback:
"I was very impressed with the way Camilla dealt with a preliminary hearing today and conference yesterday and today. There were challenges in obtaining instructions from the client who raised issues that we fortunately only rarely have to deal with as employment lawyers. Camilla took it all calmly and professionally. She was empathetic with the client but also appropriately firm and ensured she was able to communicate her advice effectively. It was an excellent job and I would not hesitate to recommend her to the rest of the team or to instruct her again” (Solicitor Feedback)
“Broadway House Chambers has done it yet again, in Camilla. From the minute the Appellant came out of court he started singing your praises and how tenacious you were in his defence (his focus was not at all on the outcome at that stage but on the brilliant representation; he wanted me to know his barrister did amazing)” (Solicitor Feedback)
Publication:
‘The Irish Children’s Right Referendum’ (2019), published by Together (Scottish alliance for Children’s Rights)
Expertise
Employment
Camilla has a busy employment practice, regularly appearing in Tribunals up and down the country, representing both Claimants and Respondents. Camilla accepts instructions on all aspects of employment law having dealt and worked on a variety of cases, including complex discrimination cases on issues of discrimination by association, indirect discrimination, maternity and sex discrimination and other areas, such as TUPE and unlawful deductions of wages.
Camilla is meticulous in her preparation and well versed in dealing with tricky public preliminary hearings on questions of employment status, time limits and disability.
Camilla is also regularly attending the ET for lengthy multi-day final hearings. Camilla has a special interest for cases involving disability discrimination and, in particular, cases linked to neurodiversity and mental health.
Camilla has an extensive paper practice, drafting pleadings and providing written opinions. Camilla’s practice has further developed through her role on the Attorney General’s Junior Junior scheme under which she is often asked to assist in drafting witness statements on Panel A cases involving particularly complex issues and / or with multiple consolidated claims.
Civil
Camilla is instructed in a wide variety of Civil matters, representing and advising both Claimants and Defendants. Business, Commercial and Property – Camilla deals with matters involving residential property, landlord and tenant matters, TOLATA, contract disputes and credit hire. Camilla regularly appears in the civil courts for applications, case management hearings and final hearings but is also regularly asked to provide her opinion on merits.
Personal Injury – Camilla has developed considerable experience in personal injury matters and is often instructed to appear in the County Courts for both Claimants and Defendants on interim applications, CMCs, CCMCs, Stage 3 hearings, Infant Approval Hearings, small claims and fast track trials. Camilla has also experience in advising on quantum on complex injury and high value matters exceeding £150,000.
Regulatory
Camilla draws on her employment law expertise when instructed on Regulatory and Sports Law matters.
Camilla is regularly instructed to present cases and position statements on behalf of Social Work England and the HCPC before fitness to practice committees. Camilla also has experience appearing in the Coroner’s Court.
Between 2024 and 2026 Camilla extensively assisted the barrister instructed to prosecute cases of historic abuse in sport under an independent complaints’ procedure administered by Sports Resolutions before Lord Wilson of Culworth who commended the quality of Camilla’s work.
Camilla is dedicated to pro bono work and is also on the Sport Resolutions’ Pro Bono Panel. Under the scheme she represented an international level athletics’ coach accused of bullying, racist conduct and inappropriate sexual behaviour.
Cases
Beckford v Priory Healthcare Limited (Watford ET; 2026) – Successfully defended a multi-day trial on direct discrimination, discrimination arising from disability, failure to make reasonable adjustments and unfair dismissal on the grounds of capability.
H v E (West Midlands ET; 2026) – Acted for the Respondent in a multi-day trial on unfair dismissal where the Claimant was dismissed for gross misconduct. The Judge found the dismissal to be fair.
R v F & M (Nottingham ET; 2025) – Successfully acted for the Second Respondent in a public preliminary hearing in which the Claimant was seeking for the primary time limit to be extended to present her claim. The Judge found that it was not just and equitable to extend time.
Al Taweel v Stitching Female Journalist Network (London South ET; 2025) – On behalf of the Respondent, successfully defended the claims of automatic unfair dismissal following assertion of relevant statutory rights, ordinary unfair dismissal for reason of political opinions or affiliation and less favourable treatment because of perceived race.
Obenewaah-Achampong v Integrated Care 24 Ltd (London South; 2025) – Acted for the Respondent in a claim in which the claim argued that it was not reasonably practicable to present her claim in time and it was just and equitable to extend time. The Judge dismissed all claims.
M v V (Manchester ET; 2025) – Successfully negotiated a lucrative settlement for the Claimant’s claim of harassment related to sex in a Judicial Mediation.
Jubb v A Mercer, T/A Little Acorns Day Nursery (Manchester ET; 2025) – Successfully represented the Claimant in her claim for constructive unfair dismissal. The application for reconsideration was refused.
Clerks