Robbyn joined us in April 2023 as a member of our administrative team whilst finishing her undergraduate degree in Law and Business. Once completed, Robbyn joined us as a Trainee Solicitor in the Housing Team in September 2023 and during her Training Contract has completed a Master’s degree in Legal Practice (Legal Practice Course). She is currently undertaking the Professional Skills Course, and is looking to qualify as a Solicitor in 2026. Robbyn currently works on cases involving homeless applications, statutory reviews, temporary accommodation issues, housing allocation issues, disrepair, appeals in the county court, pre-action/judicial reviews and defending possession proceedings. Robbyn has a keen interest in pursuing legal challenges in the Administrative Courts to obtain the best possible outcome for clients. Robbyn qualified as a solicitor on the 27th March 2026.
Samantha Maher
Samantha joined CLP in 2023 after completing her training contract at Merseyside Law Centre as a Justice First Fellow. Prior to retraining as a solicitor, she worked for two decades in the field of human rights, primarily as an urgent action coordinator for the Clean Clothes Campaign, where she advocated on behalf of workers employed in the supply chains of European clothing brands. While completing her law degree, Samantha also participated in a student scheme with Greater Manchester Law Centre, where she assisted people with disabilities to appeal benefit decision and was shortlisted for a LawWorks pro-bono award for her work on that scheme. Samantha lived on a narrowboat for many years and has a particular interest in housing and public law matters affecting this community. She also works on cases involving homelessness, housing possession and unlawful evictions.
Andy Marlow
Andy has completed the Bar Professional Training Course and was called to the Bar in 2016. Having previously worked as a paralegal in commercial property matters, and having also previously volunteered to help applicants in Employment and Support Allowance appeals and defendants in possession claims, he moved to the Community Law Partnership in 2018. He initially worked full time on the Housing Possession Court Duty Scheme. He now acts as Solicitor, assisting clients in matters relating to defending possession proceedings, taking action on disrepair, homelessness and unlawful eviction. Andy qualified as a solicitor on the 13th March 2023.
Rosaleen Kilbane
Rosaleen Kilbane qualified as a solicitor in 1989. She has practised in Housing Law throughout her career. She is a past member of the Law Society’s Civil Litigation Committee and a former Chair of the Law Society’s Housing Law Committee. She sits as a Deputy District Judge in the County Court. She was a founding partner of the Community Law Partnership (CLP), but undertakes only a limited amount of casework nowadays as she is primarily responsible for the management of the firm. She won the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Award in the social and welfare law category in June 2012.
Fiona McGilvray
Fiona joined the Community Law Partnership in January 2014 as a Solicitor specialising in housing law. Fiona’s previous experience includes family law and mental health law representing clients detained under the Mental Health Act. Before training as a solicitor Fiona worked for the YMCA and the Youth Offending Service in various roles focused on rehabilitating young offenders.
Syma Rushd
Syma qualified as a Solicitor in September 2007 and specialises in all areas of Housing Law. Syma joined Community Law Partnership in November 2015, having previously worked as a Housing Solicitor at firms in London and Birmingham.
Parminder Sanghera
Parminder completed her LPC at the University of Central England in 2002. She qualified as a Solicitor in 2005 and joined the Travellers’ Advice Team. Parminder specialises in advising on accommodation issues including evictions, planning appeals, injunctions and homelessness. Parminder also takes on a number of Judicial Review cases against Local Authorities and other public bodies. She was the instructing Solicitor in Charmaine Moore -v- SSCLG and London Borough of Bromley [2013] EWCA Civ 1194 and in the case of Moore & Coates -v- SSCLG and Others [2015] EWHC 44 (Admin). Parminder was also shortlisted for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards 2015 in the Housing category and is the firm’s Public Law Supervisor.
Rose Pritchard
Rose qualified as a solicitor in 1986, initially specialising in family law (primarily victims of domestic violence) and crime. She then moved to be senior solicitor at Dudley Law Centre and later to McGrath & Co. solicitors, specialising in Housing Law, before joining CLP in 2000. Rose was one of the instructing solicitors in Ali & others -v- BCC [2010] 2 WLR 471 SC.
Sean Gilmore
Sean has practised housing law for 20 years, and during that time he has been nominated for a number of awards. He was a partner heading the housing team at Evans Derry before joining CLP in Sept 2015. Sean has run ground breaking cases in the United Kingdom Supreme Court including BCC v Frisby [2011] UKSC 8 (a tenant’s human rights); Solihull MBC v Hickin [2012] UKSC 39 (children’s rights to succeed to their parent’s tenancy); and Solihull MBC v Johnson [2015] UKSC 30 (vulnerable homeless adults). In Sept 2016 he successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against a possession order made in the County Court, preventing a very vulnerable tenant from being evicted; BCC v Stephenson B2/2016/2501.
Shaheen Bi
Shaheen qualified as a solicitor in 2005, specialising in Housing Law. She joined CLP in 2007 and now her main area of responsibility is to support the Birmingham County Court Duty Possession Scheme on behalf of the firm, where she offers advice, representation and advocacy to all those facing eviction.