Sonia Burgess (born David Burgess; 25 September 1947 – 25 October 2010) was a leading British immigration lawyer. Winstanley-Burgess solicitors, co-founded by Burgess in 1975, became one of the UK's "most respected asylum and immigration law practices". Burgess initiated several important cases, including M v. Home Office (1993), described by legal scholar William Wade as "the most significant constitutional case [in the UK] for more than 200 years", and Chahal v. United Kingdom (1996), in which the European Court of Human Rights confirmed the scope of its protection against deportation.