Our staff

Director/Senior Solicitor

Ngaryan Li

Qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has a vast experience in both the private and charitable sectors. Ngaryan specialised in Welfare Benefits during her 10 years at Stephenson’s Solicitors and was the first employee of the GM Law Centre and successfully worked with the Board to build the organisation. Ngaryan is responsible for the day to day management of the Law Centre and is the senior supervising solicitor for the organisation. 

Development Officer

Alan Kelly

Alans main responsibilities include working with the Team to secure additional resources to enable the sustainability and development of the Law Centre. Alan has a long history of working with initiaves challenging poverty. His background of working as a welfare rights worker at Kirkby Unemployed Centre, his role as manager of the Anti-Poverty Team at Liverpool City Council and his work in Regeneration across the City has proved useful for developing the Law Centre.

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Alan is looking forward to the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Law Centre in 2023 and is assisting with plans to further expand the scope of the work of the Centre in diversifying the work of the Law Centre and its role in supporting access to justice and supporting other projectschallenging poverty.

Welfare Rights Solicitor

David Taylor

Qualified as a solicitor in 1988 and has been employed in the Centre since 1989. He has advised on welfare rights since 1982. He is a part time judge of the First-tier Tribunal in social security and immigration and asylum appeals. He has also dealt with employment, housing, and debt cases since 1982. David represents regularly at Tribunal.

Welfare Rights Caseworker

Nancy Hatenboer

Started in May 2019 as a full time Welfare Rights Case Worker. Nancy has advised on welfare benefits issues since 2006 and worked at charitable organisations in St Helen’s, Cheshire and the Wirral. Nancy gives advise on benefit entitlements as well as how to claim, complete application forms including Attendance Allowance, Child Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payments, Employment Support Allowance and Universal Credit Work Capability Questionnaires. Nancy can give advice on benefit reconsiderations, appeals including hearing advice and representing clients at tribunal hearings. 

Debt Advice Caseworker

William Armstrong

A former volunteer at Vauxhall Law Centre, Bill has an LL.B. and has passed the Legal Practice Course. In relation to debt work, Mr. Armstrong can advise on general debt issues, tax issues, VAT, self-assessment, bankruptcy, IVAs, and Debt Relief Orders. Mr. Armstrong represents in court and at the tribunal.  

Social Welfare & Housing Solicitor

Siobhan - Taylor Ward

Qualified in 2019 under the Justice First Fellowship having trained at Greater Manchester and then Merseyside Law Centre. Siobhan helped set up and coordinate the MLC Our Liverpool project focussing on providing expert legal advice to vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers on housing, destitution and asylum support. Siobhan was a board member for VLC up to accepting this post and had previously volunteered as a welfare benefits adviser from 2012-2013.

Siobhan spent three years working with the families’ legal team in the Hillsborough Inquests at Broudie Jackson & Canter and then moved onto spend two years as a senior case worker in the Asylum and Immigration Department.

Siobhan is a committee member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers coordinating the Liverpool group and sits as their representative on the Liverpool Law Society Access to Justice committee. She is a member of the University of Liverpool Law school Advisory Board. Siobhan has been the Chair of the Liverpool branch of ACORN tenants’ union since May 2019 and was awarded the Legal Aid Newcomer award at the LALYs 2020.

Apprentice Development Support Officer

Elly Smith

Is a graduate in International Politics and Policy from the University of Liverpool. She had previously  been a volunteer at Vauxhall Community Law & Information Centre prior to being employed. Elly has experience in supporting the development of the Law Centre. Her work consists of fundraising and creating content for the Law Centre's Social media.