Aisling Ni Chuinn > Wilson Solicitors LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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697 HIGH ROAD
TOTTENHAM
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N17 8AD
England
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Aisling Ni Chuinn
Work Department
Immigration
Position
Solicitor
Career
Aisling joined Wilsons in 2010 as a Senior Immigration and Asylum Caseworker. She has been a supervisor at the firm since 2013. She qualified as a solicitor in 2015 having trained in immigration and public law.
Before joining Wilsons, Aisling worked as a Team Leader at Refugee and Migrant Justice (formerly Refugee Legal Centre), where she had worked since 2007 as a Senior Caseworker, preparing and presenting appeals in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
Prior to moving to the UK in 2007 to work for the Refugee Legal Centre, Aisling worked for Fás, Ireland’s State Training and Employment Authority for nine years, on a variety of social inclusion programmes, including programmes for refugees and asylum seekers.
Aisling is an experienced specialist in immigration, asylum and human rights law. She has worked extensively with vulnerable adults, including victims of torture and victims of trafficking. Her main interest is in assisting detained clients with asylum claims and associated judicial review claims.
Aisling also has extensive experience of representing clients in judicial review claims involving the Dublin Regulations, particularly in relation to Italy. Her client AE was one of the Appellants in the successful Supreme Court appeal EM (Eritrea) & Ors v SSHD [2014] UKSC 12.
In 2015 Aisling was shortlisted for a LALY (Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year) Award for her work in Italy third country litigation and her commitment to vulnerable asylum seekers.
Education
Aisling graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Law and later obtained a Master’s Degree in Equality Studies from the School of Social Justice at the same university. She completed the Legal Practice Course with distinction in 2015 at the London Metropolitan University.
Leisure
Kayaking, hiking, open water swimming
Lawyer Rankings
London > Employment > Immigration
Wilson Solicitors LLP works on a wide range of complex and sensitive asylum, human rights, and deportation mandates, deploying its team of specialists who are each regarded as ‘highly knowledgeable in their respective fields‘. Anita Vasisht
heads the practice, with experience in complex asylum claims and specific niches in national security and Palestinian refugee claims. Ana Gonzalez handles work concerning asylum and apostacy, and Muhunthan Paramesvaran has notable experience before appellate courts. Matthew Davies has a practice that encompasses human rights in respect of EU nationals and international surrogacy, Marcela Navarrete has expertise in handling claims around detention and is noted for her ‘excellent work on Afghan judiciary judicial review work‘, Aisling Ni Chuinn remains at the forefront of matters concerning the removal of vulnerable asylum seekers to third countries, and Chris McKendry has a strong track record in work relating to national security. Associates Imogen Townley and Mala Savjani are also key contacts, as is senior consultant Michael Hanley.