Brenda assists businesses in challenging Civil Penalty Notices issued by the Home Office in relation to alleged illegal employment and carriers liability for clandestine entrants.

Brenda regularly appears in human rights appeals in the First-Tier and Upper Tribunal; she also advises on and appears in judicial reviews relating to human rights in the High Court. Brenda also advises on different aspects of human rights, within the civil law and public law context.

Brenda regularly represents individuals in the First-Tier and Upper Tribunal in asylum appeals, immigration appeals, deportation appeals, judicial reviews and bail applications. Brenda also advises on and acts in judicial reviews, and urgent interim relief applications in the High Court.

Brenda can provide advice in relation to complex immigration, nationality and human rights matters, including applications for entry clearance and leave to remain.

Brenda is also particularly interested in matters at the intersection of civil and public law, with a focus on claims against public authorities. She represents Claimants in matters including claims for damages for unlawful detention and civil penalty notice appeals.

Brenda represents individuals and businesses in cross border disputes, with a focus on challenging government entities and trans-national corporations. Examples of her work include representing a Polish company in its appeal in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Sedico Logistics Sp. z o.o. [2026] EWHC 222 (KB).

Brenda has a busy immigration and public law practice and she regularly represents individuals in judicial reviews and interim relief applications in the Upper Tribunal and the High Court.

Brenda has longstanding experience in public international law, including international human rights. After gaining over a decade of experience in international human rights, Brenda completed an LL.M. at Columbia Law School as a Human Rights Fellow, where she received a Best-in-Class award for the Human Rights course with Professor Sarah Cleveland and Amal Clooney.

During her 2025 Pegasus Scholarship in Poland, Brenda assisted the Association for Legal intervention in preparing interim relief applications to the European Court of Human Rights.

Her experience also includes volunteering with a number of non-governmental organisations in the UK, Poland and Greece. For example, during her time in the US, Brenda worked at Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic as a member of a team assisting an asylum seeker in securing international protection in the US.