We are delighted to announce that our Kathryn Cronin has won a Leigh Day Immigration Summit Award for her outstanding contribution to law in the immigration jurisdiction.
Our warmest congratulations to Kathryn for this outstanding achievement.
Leigh Day’s Windrush, Immigration and Asylum team has awarded Kathryn Cronin one of the Immigration Summit Awards for 2025, alongside Dawn Hill and Diane Taylor.
Kathryn Cronin is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. She has an extensive and varied immigration, asylum and family law practice and is known for her representation of vulnerable clients, in particular asylum and human rights cases involving women and children.
Kathryn has considerable experience in crossover areas where family or childcare cases involve associated issues on immigration status, or concerning immigration cases where there are family and childcare law and practice considerations.
She frequently advises in family proceedings concerning immigration and nationality issues as well as international adoptions, international surrogacy arrangements and transnational care and child placement arrangements.
Kathryn is a co-author of ‘Child Migration: Family and Immigration Laws‘ alongside Garden Court’s Claudia Neale, and Jemma Dally of Goodman Ray Solicitors. Child migration and child movement cases are now more frequent and increasingly complex. In these cases, international and national cross border rules and regulations, and family and immigration laws and proceedings often intersect. The book is a practice guide highlighting the circumstances and experiences of children subject to these laws and litigation for all levels of practitioners. Purchase your copy here.
Kathryn won Legal Aid Barrister of the Year at the 2023 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards.
The Immigration Summit was hosted on 29 April 2025, where attendees heard from keynote speaker Simon Israel and expert panels exploring the realities of immigration control, offshore policies, and whether the 1951 Refugee Convention remains fit for purpose.
