Jacobo Borrero
Jacobo Borrero is head of our housing department. Jacobo qualified in May 2011 after training with us. Jacobo also acts as office manager. He is in charge of our administration and is our first point of contact for IT support. He has customised our case management system and developed and implemented the automation of document templates. Jacobo was born in Colombia and is a native Spanish speaker.
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Nadine Clarkson (non-practising)
Nadine Clarkson provides expert advice as a consultant in community care and public law housing. She has expertise in working vulnerable clients and clients who lack mental capacity. She is also a part-time Judge in the Social Security and Child support Tribunal and Immigration Appeal Chamber. Before becoming a judge in 2011 she was for many years a solicitor at Hansen Palomares and successfully conducted litigation in the Court of Appeal, House of Lords, and European Court of Justice. She qualified as a barrister in 2002. She has also served as a trustee for the London Advice Services Alliance, the Latin American Disabled People’s Project, and the Clapham Community Project. Nadine speaks Spanish.
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Isabel Escobar
Isabel qualified as lawyer in Colombia where she worked in various legal and social development roles, including as legal advisor for the victims of the armed civil conflict. She moved to the UK in 2012 and has worked in various legal and charitable organisations, including as a development coordinator for a mental health charity, intern legal caseworker at the AIRE Centre and volunteer migrant advocate at the Hackney Migrant Centre. In addition to her law degree, Isabel holds a Master of Laws in Human Rights Law from Queen Mary University of London, a Diploma in Advice for Victims of Violence from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Diploma in Conciliation from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellin. She qualified as a solicitor in the UK through the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme and was admitted to the roll of solicitors in 2022. Isabel is a native Spanish speaker.
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