Domestically, Lyma practices in immigration and refugee law, anti-discrimination, mental health and administrative law – matters which affect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Lyma has Vietnamese and French language skills. She was a returned AVI Volunteer, having worked as an International Criminal Law Adviser with Legal Aid Cambodia from July 2010 to February 2011. Lyma has also undertaken work as a Law and Justice Civilian Expert as part of DFAT’s Australian Civilian Corps and has served as a non-executive Director on the Board of AVI (Australian Volunteers International) since 2014.
Lyma’s work with ethnic Vietnamese minority groups in Cambodia in the context of the genocide committed against the group by Senior Leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, has highlighted contemporary human rights issues around legal identity and statelessness, and has led to work both in Australia and internationally, as an expert in Vietnamese nationality laws.
Testimonials
Hi Lyma,
We won, the CMO has been put to one side, there is no further CMO. We have negotiated the dosage I am presently taking. It does not mean there won't be further clashes in the future, however things are all good at the moment.
I am glad you have got some time for yourself, Singapore is renowned for shopping and I love the food, and it is so inexpensive, and some areas are open all night, so if you are peckish at 04:30 in the morning you can find somewhere to eat with plenty of locals (hotels are cheapest near the red light).
Thank you for everything Lyma, greatly appreciated, you made a huge difference, which I do not think you are aware of. I have your card, and while you have too much work on at the moment, perhaps you might get a quiet spell or find that there is enough cream in the particular case to attract your attention at a latter date. Maybe it will be Lyma Queens Counsel in the future.
Please let me know if there are any issues with payment.
Yours very truly
Cam
Hello Lyma,
I just read your bio and achievement's , Wow there are not enough words to say how honoured I am that you are representing me. You are a most remarkable and inspirational person.
I wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas and a safe prosperous new year.
Kind regards
Mark Withnell
Hello Lyma
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your efforts with Theeban. He is so appreciative and keeps saying not just what a good lawyer but what a good person you are and how he trusts you. I agree wholeheartedly. You strike me as a very competent, clear headed and caring person and I know who I'll go to if I need a criminal lawyer! Manjula has asked Theeban to see her between 10.00 and 11.00 tomorrow and he's asked me to go with him. We will stay hopeful about immigration but I am still really concerned about what they will decide and how Theeban will cope if his visa is cancelled - as is Sabine.
Anyway thank you again - sincerely.
Cathy
Testimonials
Hi Lyma,
We won, the CMO has been put to one side, there is no further CMO. We have negotiated the dosage I am presently taking. It does not mean there won't be further clashes in the future, however things are all good at the moment.
I am glad you have got some time for yourself, Singapore is renowned for shopping and I love the food, and it is so inexpensive, and some areas are open all night, so if you are peckish at 04:30 in the morning you can find somewhere to eat with plenty of locals (hotels are cheapest near the red light).
Thank you for everything Lyma, greatly appreciated, you made a huge difference, which I do not think you are aware of. I have your card, and while you have too much work on at the moment, perhaps you might get a quiet spell or find that there is enough cream in the particular case to attract your attention at a latter date. Maybe it will be Lyma Queens Counsel in the future.
Please let me know if there are any issues with payment.
Yours very truly
Cam
Hello Lyma,
I just read your bio and achievement's , Wow there are not enough words to say how honoured I am that you are representing me. You are a most remarkable and inspirational person.
I wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas and a safe prosperous new year.
Kind regards
Mark Withnell
Hello Lyma
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your efforts with Theeban. He is so appreciative and keeps saying not just what a good lawyer but what a good person you are and how he trusts you. I agree wholeheartedly. You strike me as a very competent, clear headed and caring person and I know who I'll go to if I need a criminal lawyer! Manjula has asked Theeban to see her between 10.00 and 11.00 tomorrow and he's asked me to go with him. We will stay hopeful about immigration but I am still really concerned about what they will decide and how Theeban will cope if his visa is cancelled - as is Sabine.
Anyway thank you again - sincerely.
Cathy
This New York Times article by Ben Mauk shows the floating villages where Lyma’s clients reside – A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water – by Ben Mauk, The New York Times Magazine, 28 March 2018: A People in Limbo, Many Living Entirely on the Water: Floating Villages in Cambodia, where ethnic Vietnamese live, whose status in Cambodia is perpetually adrift
This Phnom Penh Post article by Kong Meta and Andrew Nachemson describes the situation of long-term ethnic Vietnamese residents in Kampong Chhnang having official documents revoked under a controversial new plan by the Ministry of Interior in Cambodia: Phnom Penh Post, ‘I have no feeling for Vietnam. I only live in Cambodia’, 28 November 2017