Anna Olney-Smith, Lizi Smart, Maeve Fennelly, and Sara Snakenbroek Bellieni are newly qualified solicitors at Wilson Solicitors!

Wilson Solicitors’ Public Law & Human Rights and Immigration teams are thrilled to announce Anna Olney-Smith, Lizi Smart, Maeve Fennelly and Sara Snakenbroek Bellieni as newly qualified solicitors. Lizi trained within the Immigration team as a caseworker and trainee solicitor before qualifying in May 2025. Anna, Maeve and Sara trained within the Public Law & Human Rights team as caseworkers and trainee solicitors before their qualification in May and June 2025.

Anna joined Wilsons in November 2021 in the billing department. She moved to the Public Law & Human Rights department in April 2023. She completed her training period in the department and qualified as a solicitor in May 2025. During her training period, she worked on a range of civil and judicial review cases. She has significant experience working with vulnerable people, including victims of trafficking and age-disputed young people. She has worked on a wide range of civil claims against public authorities, with a particular focus on claims for unlawful detention.  She is looking forward to developing her expertise and broadening her experience in judicial review and civil claim work.

Lizi joined Wilsons in September 2020 as a billing assistant. She moved to the Immigration department in January 2022 and became a senior immigration caseworker in January 2023. She completed her training contract in the department and qualified as a solicitor in May 2025. She has worked on a broad range of cases, including initial asylum claims, human rights and deportation appeals, and has developed experience with complex detention cases, including judicial review claims challenging unlawful detention and urgent removals. She has worked on a number of cases with elements of trafficking and modern slavery and has extensive experience working with vulnerable clients with complex needs, including young asylum seekers and clients with complex mental health conditions. She is looking forward to embarking on the next chapter as a solicitor at Wilsons and continuing to develop her practice.

Maeve joined Wilsons in September 2020 as a billing assistant. She moved to the Public Law and Human Rights Department in January 2022 and she completed her training contract in the department, assisting on a range of judicial reviews and claims against public authorities. She qualified as a solicitor in May 2025. Maeve works on a range of judicial review claims and community care cases, largely representing asylum seekers and victims of trafficking in challenging state decisions. She also works on civil claims against the Home Office related to detention and the Human Rights Act. She has extensive experience working with vulnerable clients who have complex needs, including young asylum seekers and victims of modern slavery.

Sara joined Wilsons in November 2021, initially in the billing department, before moving to the Public Law & Human Rights team in April 2023. She qualified through the Graduate Solicitor Apprenticeship with the University of Law in June 2025. During her training, Sara worked on judicial reviews and civil claims, covering issues such as unlawful detention, asylum support, and human rights breaches. She also assisted the team with group claims for clients unlawfully detained at the Manston Short-Term Holding Facility and clients facing potential removal to Rwanda. Sara has extensive experience working with vulnerable clients, including victims of torture, trafficking, modern slavery, and age-disputed young people. Sara is passionate about holding state bodies to account for her clients through challenging ongoing breaches of legislation, unlawful decisions and obtaining damages for her clients in recognition of the wrongs done to them. She wishes to develop her practice in judicial review and civil claims.

If you would like Anna, Lizi, Maeve or Sara to represent you or a person you are supporting, their contact details are as follows:

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Anna Olney-Smith

Tel no. 020 8885 7936

Email. a.olney-smith@wilsonllp.co.uk

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Lizi Smart

Tel no. 020 8885 7595

Email. l.smart@wilsonllp.co.uk

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Maeve Fennelly

Tel no. 020 8885 7961

Email. m.fennelly@wilsonllp.co.uk

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Sara Snakenbroek Bellieni

Tel no. 020 4551 2719

Email. s.snakenbroek.bellieni@wilsonllp.co.uk

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