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Anna Watterson

Work Department

Housing; Community care; Civil litigation; Immigration & asylum

Position

Anna has a busy and varied practice. This allows her to maintain real expertise across multiple areas of law and in different forums from the First-tier Tribunal and County Court up to the Court of Appeal. Her cross-cutting knowledge means that no aspect of her client’s situation is overlooked. She is approachable to clients and clearly explains her legal advice. In court she is persuasive and is able to respond with agility as a hearing develops, because of her thorough grasp of the law and careful preparation.

Anna joined 1MCB as a tenant in 2009 after successfully completing her pupillage in chambers. She is committed to chambers’ ethos of ensuring that all members of society can enjoy access to justice through first-class representation. She therefore accepts instructions from legally aided clients and particularly prides herself on ensuring vulnerable clients have the best possible experience of the justice system.

She accepts instructions on a direct public access basis in appropriate cases.

Before coming to the Bar she both worked at a leading immigration & human rights solicitors’ firm (Wesley Gryk LLP) and volunteered with Camden Community Law Centre, the Immigration Advisory Service and the Free Representation Unit. She continues to undertake pro bono work for Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID).

In 2019 Anna was appointed as a First-Tier Tribunal Judge, sitting in the Social Entitlement Chamber.

Career

Called to the Bar 2007

Memberships

• Housing Law Practitioners Association

• Immigration Law Practitioners Association

Education

• Diploma in French – University of Cambridge (2001)

• BA (Hons) History – Clare College, University of Cambridge (2002)

• Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction) – City University (2006)

• Bar Vocational Course – College of Law (2007)