"Krina Parmar is recommended for her vast experience in domestic abuse matters, trafficking and modern day slavery, forced marriage applications and radicalisation. She has great overall management of the department, knowledge of the law, and quality of client care."
Legal 500 2025 Edition. Family / South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx; West Midlands
"Krina is my go-to recommendation for family law in the UK, she never lets me or her clients down."
Legal 500 2024 Edition. Family / West Midlands; South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Krina is a Recommended Lawyer in the 2023 edition of the Legal 500 for her family work throughout the West Midlands and across the South East in Beds, Bucks, Herts and Mddx. Although a specialist in all aspects of family and children law, Krina is noted in this edition for her private client work as "well-versed in issues of forced marriage and female genital mutilation."
Legal 500 2023 Edition. Family / South East & West Midlands
"Krina Parmar...specialise in all aspects of public law children matters"
Legal 500 2022 Edition. Family / South East; West Midlands
"Heads of team are Krina Parmar, who advises on all aspects of public law children matters and is a member of the Law Society Children’s Panel"
Legal 500 2021 Edition. Family / West Midlands
Krina is a Recommended Lawyer in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500.
Legal 500 2020 Edition. Private Client: Family / South East: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Krina Parmar is a Recommended Individual in the 2020 edition of The Legal 500.
Legal 500 2020 Edition. Private Client: Family / West Midlands: Birmingham
Krina Parmar is a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500, 2019 edition.
Legal 500 2019 Edition. Family / West Midlands: Birmingham
Krina is viewed by Legal 500 2017 as a key contact in Duncan Lewis' Midlands based practice
Legal 500 2017 Edition. Family / West Midlands: Birmingham
Video Introduction of Krina Parmar
I am a Director of Family and Child Care Law at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, having joined the firm in 2013. I qualified as a solicitor in 2009 after completing seats in criminal, family, child care and prison law. I am a police station accredited representative.
I specialise in public and private law children matters with significant expertise in the following:
International child abduction matters;
Forced marriage applications;
Female genital mutilation (FGM) applications;
Emergency matters such as removal of children and domestic abuse.
Many of my cases are culturally complex cases with international elements. I represent parents, family members and children as parties to applications for child arrangement orders, special guardianship orders, child abduction matters, adoption proceedings and care proceedings to include serious non-accidental injuries where a baby has died. I am regularly instructed on high profile non-accidental injury cases and have been led by both Junior Counsel and Queen's Counsel in these cases. I undertake all my own advocacy, where possible to ensure clients are given continuous service.
I regularly attend pro bono surgeries for Women’s Aid, local contact centres and have a strong relationship with victim support and the police. I have represented the police as a party to a forced marriage application. I regularly train professionals in supporting victims of domestic abuse, forced marriages, and FGM. I also play a key role in the community by providing career assemblies and workshops at local schools. I was shortlisted for assembly speaker of the year in 2012. I also attend career fairs providing advice to prospective students at the local universities.