Our Team
Barking & Brighton immigration
Lily Adams
Babs Ayanrinde LLB (Hons) MPhil MCIArB
Babs is the senior Immigration lawyer with over 10 years of experience in UK Immigration and nationality law. He is accredited at the highest level (level 3) with Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner (OISC). He is also regulated by Chattered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) with respect to other areas of law. He undertakes all forms of UK immigration work. His areas of expertise include Visitor visas, Discretionary Leave applications, all Family and Relationship applications, Long Residence applications, Human Rights, EEA applications, Nationality applications, Points Based Systems applications, Sole Representative applications, Caribbean Citizenship by Investment, European Golden Visas, UK Sponsorship license applications, administrative reviews, and Appeals.
Babs is a qualified Solicitor and Barrister in Nigeria with current practising licence. He holds a UK law degree, Legal Practice qualifications and a master’s degree in philosophy (MPhil). This has made him an incisive immigration and human rights lawyer. Over the years, he has assisted over 2000 applicants from a different continent with their immigration affairs. He possesses a strong mentality in terms of client expectations and representing his clients with utmost commitment and compassion, providing a satisfactory and timely service to clients.
Babs Enjoys Reading, Interior Designing and Travelling.
Lily Adams
Maria Buckland L.LB (Hons), Legal Executive
Maria Buckland is qualified lawyer of 5 years post call. Maria initially qualified as an Attorney in New York and then requalified as a Solicitor in Scotland. Maria joined Barking & Brighton in September 2021 as an external Corporate Immigration Consultant.
She advises both individuals and businesses on a broad spectrum of UK immigration matters, covering the Points Based System, EU Free Movement Rights, Human Rights applications, citizenship, and appeal to the Immigration Tribunals. Very often Maria’s clients’ personal circumstances rarely fit neatly into obvious immigration categories, and therefore her cases are frequently of an exceptional and complex nature.
Many clients wish to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK and subsequent British citizenship. This often involves complex matters such as excess absences from the UK requiring the exercise of discretion by the Home Office in relation to such applications. As a result, Maria is required to assist with the provision of long-term strategic advice, as well as establishing links and connections with the UK for such clients. Maria has represented high net worth and high net worth individuals from the Middle East and Asia.
Prior to joining us, Maria worked with Untired Nations Refugee Council, where she advised on international human rights law. Maris also has extensive experience in advising clients with respect to litigation at the International Courts of Humans Rights.
Outside of work, Maria enjoys cycling and watching movies.
Lily Adams
David Willoughby, BA (Hons) MSc, Barrister
David Willoughby is a Barrister and is a regular of Counsel to Barking & Brighton. David has over 30 years’ experience in Immigration and Asylum and has appeared for over 5000 immigration matters from the First Tier Tribunal to the Supreme Court maintaining good records to success over the last 2 decades. David is a tenant in Renaissance 12 Chambers. He is also direct access Barrister.
He has been a member of the Department of International Trade UK Advisory Network for several years where he has presented immigration seminars across the world, participated in roundtable meetings and Q&A sessions to promote the UK in conjunction with UK Trade & Investment/Department of International Trade.
He has also represented several high-net-worth clients in conjunction with UK Government Ministers within the Department of International Trade & Department of Energy & Climate and senior management within the Home Office (Invitation extended by the Home Office to only 93 individuals worldwide).
David is a keen golfer and has a passion for amateur boxing.
