Allan Norman is currently also Principal Solicitor and Social Worker at Birmingham Law Centre. He qualified as a social worker 18 years ago. He has around 20 years’ experience in social welfare law, and 7 years’ experience supervising a legal practice. He is a training principal. He is a visiting lecturer in social work at Birmingham University and Warwick University, and in social welfare law at Birmingham City University.

Faith Ryan has 20 years’ experience in social welfare law. Prior to working for Birmingham Law Centre, she worked in the field of welfare rights for a local authority for over 15 years. She has many years’ experience in employment law as a Trades Union representative. She is a Solicitor-Advocate with Higher Courts advocacy rights.

Yasmeen Qazi is a former local authority senior social worker as well as a solicitor. At Birmingham Law Centre, she is the accredited community care supervisor for the purposes of the CLS specialist quality mark. She holds a PQ practice teaching award and is a student supervisor.