Brenda is a member of the Immigration and Public Law team, specialising in complex immigration and asylum appeals, and related public and civil law challenges.
In recognition for the nearly 300 hours of pro bono work which she undertook throughout 2025, Brenda was nominated for the Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year award.
In the last year, Brenda continued assisting BID’s clients in two complex deportation appeals and several bail applications. Most recently, she was instrumental in securing the release of an extremely vulnerable client, who she will shortly represent in an urgent judicial review.
After securing the Pegasus Scholarship in 2025, Brenda volunteered with the Association for Legal Intervention (“ALI”) in Warsaw. During her placement in Poland, she assisted ALI and their asylum-seeking clients with matters including drafting pleadings related to challenging pushbacks at the Polish-Belarusian border, preparing several urgent interim measures applications to the ECtHR and legal research concerning EU law and ECtHR case law. Brenda’s work was also used in further applications for interim measures; the templates and legal arguments she assisted in developing have also been used by other NGOs and grassroots actors working at the Polish border, and have assisted in emergency litigation aimed at preventing immediate and irreversible harm.
In the last year, Brenda also began assisting the clients of the Windrush Justice Clinic with matters relating to their immigration status and compensation.
When necessary, Brenda has also been able to represent asylum seeking clients via direct access, on a pro bono basis.
Related barristers: Brenda Efurhievwe (Efu-rie-ve)
