Our people

Deesha is a Legal Assistant in the Community Care team. She holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) and a Master of Law in Professional Legal Practice and is a qualified Mediator.

Deesha has jointly and independently worked on various asylum matters for Children’s Services departments, including defending pre-action and judicial review challenges to local authority decisions, instructing counsel in the Administrative/High Court and Upper Tribunal Immigration & Asylum Chamber hearings, advising clients on legal challenges, and aiding senior lawyers on their cases. She was involved in many successful age dispute challenges include AB v KCC (JR/1947/2020); MM v KCC (CO/4214/2021); MA v KCC (JR/1053/2021); LYB v KCC (JR/491/2021); and ABE v KCC (JR-2021-LON-000409).

Deesha has also jointly worked on advice to local authority clients on No Recourse to Public Funds matters. She is part of a team of lawyers who deliver Webinars and training sessions to local authority Children’s Services and Legal Services on various Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children topics. She also has superb technical knowledge and skills which enhance the team’s delivery of advice and training.

Deesha has a range of experience in Adult Social Welfare, including advising on Re X (Court of Protection) applications and assisting in s21A MCA DOLS challenges and s16 MCA Personal Welfare applications.