Senior Statespeople
Senior Statespeople
About
Provided by Alison Stanley
Practice Areas
Senior Consultant, Immigration, Asylum and Nationality
Since 1984, Alison has specialised in immigration law and associated fields. She has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration, asylum and nationality law.
Her very diverse caseload varies from applications for high net worth individuals, through asylum to children in care. Alison is instructed by individuals, NGOs, Local Authorities and businesses.
She is very experienced in litigating at all levels of the Tribunal and Court system. Alison advises regularly on the interplay of immigration and asylum in extradition matters, and also on applications to INTERPOL/EUROPOL in relation to Red Notices, as well as litigating against the National Crime Agency. She frequently acts as an expert witness in immigration in litigation. Alison has a keen interest in policy issues in the immigration field, and legal aid.
Career
Alison joined Bindmans in 1994 as Head of Immigration, and has worked for the firm ever since.
Professional Memberships
Law Society IAAS Accredited Supervisor and Senior Caseworker; ILPA; founding member of Refugee Women's Legal Group; founding member of Law Society's Immigration Law Committee; Unaccompanied Migrant Children’s Court steering group; Chair of trustees for Immigrants Aid Trust; Trustee for Law Society Charity.