Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit
Contacts and offices
Offices by city
Offices without their own contact details share the ones already shown above.
Who can get help
people subject to immigration control; particularly vulnerable (victims of torture, trafficking, rape and domestic violence, and children); people with restricted eligibility for public funds facing homelessness; separated children and young people; women at risk
Greater Manchester and the North West
Written referrals via referral form (email, fax, post, in person); online advice forms; drop-in advice sessions; referrals from individuals and agencies
Help is free
Source: the organisation's website · checked 28 August 2026
Conditions are taken from the organisation’s own website. They change — check the organisation’s site before applying.
Who runs the cases
Names come only from verifiable sources: the IAA adviser register and the firm’s official team page. Teams change — confirm when you get in touch.
- Alexander Leeson Francis-Palmer — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Hannah Victoria Lomax — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Isobel Bowler — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- James Richard McGuinness — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Joseph Lewis Power — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Shakhura Dawood — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Maria Jane Turner Houlihan — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Martha Michelle Moraa Garvey — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Niloufar Bordi Shoushtar — adviserIAA register · checked 28 August 2026
Upper Tribunal decisions
The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) hears appeals in immigration and asylum cases. In published decisions from 2023 to 2026, this firm is named as representative in 15 cases.
- 4 — in the claimant’s favour
- 1 — in the Home Office’s favour
- 4 — sent back for rehearing / mixed outcome
- 6 — outcome not determined
The number of cases shows experience, not quality: strong firms often take the hardest cases. That is why we do not publish a “win rate” — that figure would mislead.
Example decisions
Links go to the official tribunal website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence.
All tribunal decisions for 12 countries →Check the registration
Before you contact the firm, check that the registration is valid today — register entries change. The links go to the official registers.
Where the data comes from
- SRA register · checked 28 August 2026
- IAA register · checked 28 August 2026
- Legal aid directory (LAA edition of 9 July 2026)
- Upper Tribunal decisions · checked 28 August 2026
- Companies House · checked 28 August 2026
Includes data supplied by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (LAA legal aid directory; Upper Tribunal decisions)
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