Daniel Toppin

I am a Solicitor in the Child Care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, having joined the firm, initially as a caseworker, in July 2019. I work under the supervision of director Alia Lewis with a team of solicitors, trainees and caseworkers. My team particularly specialises in assisting neurodiverse clients and ensuring that they have access to support that meets their individual needs. I have personally achieved a qualification in Understanding Autism Level 2 to assist in this regard.

My role as a solicitor involves running my own caseload of private law children applications, public law outline matters and care proceedings. I regularly represent parents at court and have experience of guiding them throughout their case, with the aim of achieving the best possible outcome for the family. I have vast experience in a wide range of matters including obtaining orders for victims of domestic violence, opposing applications for adoption within care proceedings and working on cases with extremely sensitive issues such as child sexual exploitation with the ultimate aim to ensure the child’s safety.

I obtained my LLB Law at Brunel University and completed a dissertation investigating the child protection system as well as modules in family law and children and the law.

I obtained my LPC at the University of Law and completed a dissertation on the effect of delay within care proceedings. I also have experience working with the local authority as part of a professional placement, assisting with care proceedings matters as well as undertaking my own caseload of private law Section 7 and Section 37 reports. I have previously volunteered with Not Beyond Redemption, a charity committed to assisting mothers in prison with the aim of helping them re-establish relationships with their children.

• View Daniel Toppin’s "Domestic Violence" profile
• View Daniel Toppin’s "Sexual Exploitation within Family Proceedings" profile
• View Daniel Toppin’s "Deprivation of Liberty Applications" profile

• Achieved a qualification in Understanding Autism Level 2
• LLB Law, Brunel University (Grade 2.1)
• Legal Practice Course (LPC), University of Law (Grade Commendation)

Duncan Lewis Solicitors (July 2019 - Present)

• Solicitor (August 2022 - Present)
• Trainee Solicitor (July 2021 - August 2022)
• Caseworker (July 2019 - July 2021)

Other

• Not Beyond Redemption - Volunteer (March 2022 - July 2022)
• London Borough of Ealing - Legal Assistant (June 2017 - June 2018)

From a parent client in private law proceedings:

• "My solicitor over the past two years has been Daniel Toppin. Throughout my proceedings which have been the most difficult of my life I have been supported and treated with the utmost respect by Daniel and I cannot praise Daniel highly enough. I have never written a review and probably will never again but I felt compelled to do so. I genuinely believe you have a major star in the making and I hope that Duncan Lewis appreciates this guy and lets him know"