No5 Barristers' Chambers

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Public Law

Barrister specialising in immigration and public law at No5 Barristers’ Chambers

Susana specialises in immigration and public law, with a focus on asylum, international human rights, extradition, EU free movement, trafficking claims and age disputes. She is instructed as sole counsel or led in complex cases, undertaking work on a private and publicly funded basis.

She draws from her domestic and international experience, which includes working at Gherson Solicitors LLP in the Extradition, Mutual Legal Assistance and Interpol Team, and the Serious Fraud Office as well as being a Nicolas Bratza Scholar and Trainee at the European Court of Human Rights (Strasbourg, France). Susana is fluent in multiple languages, including Spanish.

Susana has been praised as “a rising star in the Immigration and Human Rights Bar”. She has been nominated for Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year at the Advocate Bar Pro Bono Awards 2024, where she received a special mention. She is dedicated to her clients, proactive in her approach and prepares her cases with great precision. She is skilled in representing vulnerable clients, including unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and victims of modern slavery.

Recent cases Susana has been involved in include:

R (on the application of UYR) v Derby City Council [2025] EWHC 2081 (Admin) (25 July 2025) Choksi v India and others [2025] EWHC 1739 (KB) (16 June 2025) – Led by Ramby de Mello. R (on the application of Fiona Ford) v Warwick District Council [2025] EWHC 843 (Admin) (26 March 2025); [2025] 4 WLR 55 – Led by Ramby de Mello.

Spanish and Galician

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA);

Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA);

British Spanish Law Association (BSLA).

Double Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Translation and Interpreting, Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain) – First Class Honours;

Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Westminster (UK) – Distinction;

Bar Practice Training Course, BPP University (UK);

Master of Laws with a focus on Human Rights, Boston College Law School (USA);

Graduate Certificate in Human Rights and International Justice, Boston College Centre for Human Rights and International Justice (USA).