Leqa is a partner at Garth Coates Solicitors. She joined the firm as an associate solicitor in 2016, became a partner in 2023, and has 10 years' experience of UK immigration law. Her rise to partner reflects the trust that clients and colleagues place in her.
She advises corporate and individual clients across the immigration system, and she has a strong record of challenging and overturning complex Home Office refusals, representing clients at the First-tier and Upper Tribunals. She also advises on asylum, and on family law, including child arrangements, injunctions and financial remedies, so families can be advised on immigration and family matters together.
Leqa acts for well-known public figures, former politicians, international businesspeople and multinational companies, and leads the firm's work for clients from the Middle East and North Africa, advising in Arabic as well as English. Clients appreciate her discretion, her determination and the clear, honest advice she gives.
She holds a first-class law degree and completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP University with distinctions in all electives, receiving the university's Dean's Scholarship.
Areas of expertise
- Asylum
- Family visas
- Family law
- Judicial review
- Pre-action protocol letters
- Appeals
- Sponsor licences
- Sponsor compliance
- Premium and priority services
- EU citizens' rights
- ILR and the 10-year long residence route
- Naturalisation
