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Woman’s vital cancer treatment delayed over £150k NHS charge (The Guardian) (13 December 2019)
Trainee solicitor Kiren Azam won an appe Read more...
Supreme Court finds detention of asylum seekers unlawful (Multiple outlets) (28 November 2019)
Free Movement and The Independent report on the Supreme Court’s confirmation in the case of Hemmati v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2 Read more...
EU children can be lawfully resident in the UK without exercising treaty rights (Free Movement) (28 November 2019)
Free Movement has reported on the outcome of MS (British citize Read more...
Home Office unlawfully imprisoned asylum seekers, Supreme Court rules (The Guardian) (27 November 2019)
The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that individuals detained under Articles 28 and 2(n) of the Dublin III Regulations solely for the purpose o Read more...
Study restrictions 'unlawfully imposed' on university students (The Law Society Gazette) (22 November 2019)
The Law Society Gazette reports on the Home Office’s acceptance to review its immigration bail guidance after Duncan Lewis challenged their decisio Read more...
Police could share immigration data from lorry deaths appeal (The Guardian) (5 November 2019)
The Guardian reports on the refusal for Essex Police to confirm that they will not share data on the immigration status of anyone willing to provid Read more...
‘Traumatised’ Vietnamese man detained in UK for two years despite evidence he was a trafficking victim (The Independent) (5 November 2019)
The Independent reports on a Vietnamese man, a client of public law solicitor Shalini Patel, who was detained in the UK for two years despite evide Read more...
Caroline Roche speaks to Hayes FM about the work Duncan Lewis carried out for Will Aid (Hayes FM) (1 November 2019)
According to Will Aid research more than half of people in the UK have not prepared a will. Wills and Probate director Read more...
Essex truck deaths: why are so many Chinese and Vietnamese being trafficked to the UK? (South China Morning Post) (30 October 2019)
Public law solicitor Shalini Patel is quoted in South China Morning Post’s article on the deaths of 39 people in a lorry in Essex, and the wider Read more...
Essex lorry driver charged with 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people (Channel 4 News) (28 October 2019)
Public law caseworker Karen Staunton speaks to Channel 4 News about the 39 people found dead inside a lorry trailer in Essex. A number of the Read more...
Campaigners call for review of points-based visa system (Eastern Eye) (25 October 2019)
Business immigration director Tamana Aziz i Read more...
China-UK people trafficking often driven by debt, experts say (The Guardian) (25 October 2019)
The Guardian reports on the debt driven circumstances that could be indicative of a wider trafficking problem, sparked by the death of 39 people fo Read more...
Shalini Patel appears on BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire and ITV News to discuss the deaths of 39 people in a lorry (Multiple Sources) (25 October 2019)
Public law solicitor Shalini Patel appeared on BBC London News and ITV News to give her professional opinion on the news that 39 people were found Read more...
Home Office forced to pay £25,000 in damages after unlawfully trying to deport trafficking victim (The Independent) (21 October 2019)
The Independent reports on a ruling by an immigration judge that the Home Office acted ‘disingenuously’ in rejecting its own finding that a Read more...
High Court says Home Office ‘unlawfully detained’ mentally ill man for five months (Morning Star) (16 October 2019)
The Morning Star reports on a High Court ruling claiming that the Home Office ‘unlawfully detained’ a mentally ill man in a bid to deport him. Read more...
Nearly all Home Office misconduct inquiries relate to immigration (The Guardian) (4 October 2019)
A freedom of information response obtained by The Guardian newspaper has revealed that of the 626 misconduct allegations investigated by the Home O Read more...
Asylum seeker denied cancer treatment by Home Office dies (The Guardian) (26 September 2019)
The Guardian reports on the sad news that Kelemua Mulat, an Ethiopian asylum seeker and client of Duncan Lewis has died aged 39. Kelemua was de Read more...
UK deportation of three men halted after detention centre death (The Guardian) (18 September 2019)
The Guardian reports on how the deportation of three men from the UK to Nigeria was halted by the High Court on the basis that they may be able to Read more...
Law Society Excellence Awards Finalist Interview with Manjinder Kaur Atwal (11 September 2019)
Harrow-based housing director, Manjinder Ka Read more...
Failing innovator visa will cost UK economy: Experts (Eastern Eye) (6 September 2019)
Business immigration director Tamana Aziz gi Read more...
Asylum seekers are living in rat and cockroach infested ‘guest houses’ provided by Home Office contractor (Multiple Sources) (21 August 2019)
A number of sources have reported that asylum seekers are living in accommodation provided by the Home Office that is infested with rats, mice and Read more...
Home Office loses final bid to stop investigators probing G4S detention centre (Morning Star) (12 August 2019)
The Morning Star reports on the Home Office’s failure in their bid to challenge a High Court ruling on the terms on an investigation into the alleg Read more...
Fahad Ansari takes part in Unreliable Evidence - 'Citizenship' (BBC Radio 4) (9 August 2019)
Immigration consultant Fahad AnsariRead more...
Home Office ‘illegally’ put trafficking victims in detention centres, report finds (The Independent) (30 July 2019)
An exclusive report in The Independent takes a deeper look into the accusation that the Home Office knowingly held victims of modern slavery in rem Read more...
Enslaved on a British cannabis farm (The Guardian) (29 July 2019)
Public law director Ahmed Aydeed and ca Read more...
Judgment - Re X [2019] EWHC 1990 (Fam) (Family Law Week) (25 July 2019)
Judgment has been handed down in Child Care Director Read more...
Legal aid ‘heroes’ honoured at special ceremony (The Law Society Gazette) (12 July 2019)
The Law Gazette has reported on the recent Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards that took place on Wednesday night (10th July). Duncan L Read more...
Legal aid’s 2019 hall of fame (Legal Action Group) (8 July 2019)
The access to justice charity, Legal Action Group (LAG), has unveiled the finalists of the 2019 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards. Our solicitors Read more...
Four LGBT Syrian refugees arrive in UK in time for Pride (Multiple sources) (8 July 2019)
A number of media outlets including The Guardian, Pink News and the Deccan Chronicle have reported that four LGBT Syrian refugees arrived in London Read more...
Home Office pay out £45k over illegal detention of trafficked man (The Lincolnite) (1 July 2019)
The Lincolnite has reported on the case involving our client, a victim of trafficking known as NN, who received a £45,000 payout from the Ho Read more...
Home Office payout for trafficked man detained in mistaken identity mix-up (The Guardian) (28 June 2019)
The Guardian reports on our case involving NN a victim of trafficking who was unlawfully detained for over five months after the Home Office Read more...
Incompetence: Theresa May's Government fails to Deal with Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (RT TV) (26 June 2019)
Public law solicitor Shalini Patel was interviewed on RT TV’s ‘Going Underground’ programme, discussing the issues of modern slavery and human tra Read more...
Home Office sending modern slavery victims back to addresses where they were abused (Independent) (13 June 2019)
The front page of the Independent reports that the Home Office’s disregard for victims of trafficking who are being released from immigration deten Read more...
Trouble in Paradise (University of Worcester) (12 June 2019)
Immigration director Gabor Nagy is fea Read more...
Trouble in Paradise (University of Worcester) (12 June 2019)
Immigration director Gabor Nagy is fea Read more...
Former England boxer released from immigration centre (The Guardian) (6 June 2019)
Duncan Lewis’ client Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, a boxer who has represented England six times at amateur level, has been released from immigration detenti Read more...
How to avoid getting detained at the airport (Independent) (31 May 2019)
Immigration director Gabor Nagy is featured Read more...
Immigration detainees paid £1 per hour case taken to Court of Appeal (RT News) (30 May 2019)
Public law solicitor Philip Armitage appeared Read more...
A day in the life of…Emine Mehmet (LexisNexis) (28 May 2019)
Family and Childcare Director Emine Mehmet is the subject of the latest LexisNexis ‘A day in the life of…’ featurette, part of a series that aims t Read more...
The Times’ Lawyer of the Week: Public Law Solicitor Sulaiha Ali (The Times) (16 May 2019)
We are proud to announce that Public Law Supervisor and Solicitor Read more...
Public Law Solicitor Hannah Baynes discusses her client’s halted deportation (Multiple Sources) (15 May 2019)
Hannah Baynes spoke to both The Guardian and RT UK News about her client’s recent deportation matter. Najat Ibrahim Ismail, was prosecuted for frau Read more...
Home Office to scrap asylum claims processing target (The Guardian and RightsInfo) (15 May 2019)
Hannah Baynes has been featured in The Guardian and RightInfo discussing the recent announcement that the Home Office plans to scrap its target of Read more...
Public Law Caseworker Rebecca Carr discusses legal aid on talkRADIO (talkRADIO) (15 May 2019)
Public Law Caseworker Rebecca Carr was featured Read more...
High court suspends Home Office policy limiting support for slavery victims (The Guardian, The Sun & Reuters) (10 May 2019)
The Guardian, the Sun & Reuters were some of the news outlets who reported on our challenge against the Home Secretary’s policy limiting support fo Read more...
Child trafficking victim wins compensation from UK government over rape attempt (The Guardian and RightsInfo) (10 May 2019)
A child trafficking victim has won £85,000 in compensation from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice after he was sexually assaulted and ill Read more...
Iraqi who brought baby to UK has deportation halted minutes before flight (Multiple sources) (10 May 2019)
Public Law solicitor Hannah Baynes has been featured in multiple media outlets regarding her client’s deportation to Iraq being halted at the last Read more...
Syrian LGBT refugees say UK Home Office has ‘abandoned’ them to danger in Turkey (Multiple sources) (7 May 2019)
Numerous media outlets have commented on the case of LGBT Syrian refugees who are stranded in Turkey. Duncan Lewis are representing thirteen LG Read more...
Couples face 'insulting' checks in sham marriage crackdown (The Guardian) (7 May 2019)
The Guardian reveals that genuine couples are being subjected to insulting checks as part of a Home Office crackdown on sham marriages. Couples Read more...
‘Make reciprocity the law’ (Eastern Eye) (12 April 2019)
Eastern Eye has reported on Lord Karan Bilimoria’s comments in the House of Lords in March. He has highlighted to fact that foreign lawyers and bar Read more...
Developer takes Camden council to Court of Appeal; Appeal could pave the way for more CIL disputes (Property Week) (9 April 2019)
Property Week have reported on the case of R (Giordano Limited) v London Borough of Camden - the first ever Community Infrastructure Levy (C Read more...
Asylum claim lodged for Duncan Lewis client who fears he will suffer serious human rights violations should he be deported to Democratic Republic of Congo (The Guardian) (9 April 2019)
The Guardian has revealed that officials at the Home Office have been trying to persuade their Foreign Office colleagues to publically say that it Read more...
Duncan Lewis’ client who fled to UK as child has deportation to DRC halted (Guardian and i News) (8 April 2019)
The Guardian and i News have reported on the case of a former unaccompanied minor who came to the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wh Read more...
Home Office limit on support for slavery victims may be unlawful, court rules (Guardian) (4 April 2019)
Following our challenge to the restrictions applied to support afforded to victims of slavery post-identification, a High Court Judge has ruled tha Read more...
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) life (Local Government Lawyer) (27 March 2019)
When discussing the issues with the ‘confusing and limited nature of any right to appeal’ in relation to the Community Infrastructure Levy r Read more...
First slavery 'super-complaint' accuses police of fuelling victims' trauma (Guardian) (26 March 2019)
The Guardian have reported on the ‘super-complaint’ brought by Hestia on behalf of victims of modern slavery being failed by the police, who, inste Read more...
UK immigration policy: restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to study (Forced Migration Review) (25 March 2019)
Helen Baron, a trainee solicitor in our public la Read more...
Munby: State 'washed its hands' of couple branded bigamists after court failures (Law Society Gazette) (25 March 2019)
The Law Society Gazette has written on the recent case of the former-spouses who were at risk of being named bigamists due to the fact that an admi Read more...
‘Victims of the justice system’ left to rely on free help from lawyers let down by courts, judiciary and legal aid, blasts former top family judge (Legal Cheek) (25 March 2019)
According to retired family president, Sir James Munby, who was sitting as High Court judge in the case of Read more...
More relief for legal aid lawyers: government gives ground on judicial review work (Free Movement) (21 March 2019)
In this article in Free Movement, James Pa Read more...
Detained migrants working way below minimum wage lose out on £250k in just one month (Morning Star) (19 March 2019)
Once again outrage over the £1 per hour wage regime implemented by the Home Office for detainees working in immigration removal centres (IRCs) has Read more...
Home Office admits it unlawfully detained trafficking victim for six months (Independent) (14 February 2019)
In another instance of a victim of trafficking falling through the procedural cracks, the Independent has reported on the case of a Chinese woman w Read more...
Detained migrants swindled out of £27 million in wages (Morning Star) (13 February 2019)
The Morning Star have begun a campaign, ‘No More Sweated Labour’, demanding minimum wage for detainees held in immigration detention centres across Read more...
G4S faces prosecution over smoking at immigration detention centre (Guardian) (11 February 2019)
Following the High Court ruling banning smoking inside immigra Read more...
Convicted for peaceful protest (Amnesty International UK) (22 January 2019)
Amnesty International UK has shared the story of the Stansted Read more...
Stansted Fifteen on Trial (by Sue Clayton on Vimeo) (15 January 2019)
Public law and immigration director, Toufique Read more...
Duncan Lewis client who faced removal to DR Congo has been released from detention (Multiple sources) (14 January 2019)
A national of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Otis Bolamu, who fled persecution following accusations of being a spy and subsequently threatened Read more...
Chinese women trafficked to UK 'being failed by Home Office' (Guardian) (10 January 2019)
The Guardian have written on the statistics which have revealed that the detention of Chinese women in UK immigration detention centres, many of wh Read more...
Activists urge jail for controlling partners (Eastern Eye) (7 January 2019)
Emine Mehmet , a director of family and childcare based at our Dalston branch, has been quoted in Eastern Eye discussing her experience representi Read more...
Home Office tried to remove two Duncan Lewis clients over the Christmas period (Guardian) (7 January 2019)
Jamie Bell has spoken to the Guardian following Read more...