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Public Law Solicitor Sangeetha Vairavamoorthy is awarded the Society of Asian Lawyers’ Rising Star Award (22 December 2021)
We are pleased to announce that public law solicitor Sangeetha Vairavamoorthy has been awarded the Society of Asian Lawyers’ Rising Star Award at the Asian Legal Awards 2021. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors welcomes new Court of Protection Director Gillian Alysia de Freitas (17 December 2021)
We are pleased to announce the recent appointment of Gillian Alysia de Freitas as Director of our Court of Protection department, based in our City of London office and representing clients across England and Wales. Read more...
High Court rules that refusal of British citizenship to Windrush Claimants is in breach of human rights (16 December 2021)
The High Court has ruled that the Home Secretary breached the human rights of two members of the Windrush generation when she refused to recognise them as British citizens. Read more...
Refugee and victim of modern slavery recognised as refugee after High Court prevents his eviction from asylum support accommodation (2 December 2021)
Our client, INO, came to the UK in 2018. He is an Ethiopian national and of Oromo ethnicity and was imprisoned and tortured in Ethiopia because of his political activism. Family members helped him to escape the country and was able to reach Libya where he was forced into modern slavery. Read more...
CEO Shany Gupta shortlisted for Business Leader of the Year at The British Sikh Awards 2022 (30 November 2021)
We are pleased to announce that our CEO Shany Gupta has been shortlisted for Business Leader of the Year at the first British Sikh Awards. Read more...
After fighting eviction for nine years – finally a warrant suspended on terms despite being in £15,000 rent arrears (30 November 2021)
Having the bailiffs warrant suspended in less than 24 hours before the eviction date, our client and siblings now continue to reside in their property. Read more...
Helen Newman ‘Highly Commended’ for International Family Lawyer of the Year Award at the Family Law Awards 2021 (26 November 2021)
We are pleased to announce that family solicitor Helen Newman was ‘Highly Commended’ for the International Family Lawyer of the Year Award at the Family Law Awards. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors receive Royal Holloway’s Legal Advice Centre’s Pro Bono Award 2021 (26 November 2021)
As a result of the support that we have been providing the Royal Holloway’s Legal Advice Centre since January 2020 when the centre first opened, we have been again been awarded a Pro Bono award for “all the outstanding commitment in support of [the] Legal Advice Centre”. Read more...
Channel 5 and DCBL pay significant damages for misuse of private information after filming our clients and broadcasting worldwide (24 November 2021)
In 2017 two High Court Enforcement Agents (‘HCEAs’) attended our client’s flat. The HCEAs were either employees and/or acting as agents for DCBL Limited. They attended with a film crew instructed by Channel 5, who had commissioned them to make TV programmes known under the title Can't Pay? We'll Take it Away! The HCEAs attended not only to recover a debt for unpaid parking fines but to also secretly film the events on their bodycams for broadcast by Channel 5. Read more...
Brook House Public Inquiry Hearings Begin (22 November 2021)
The Brook House Inquiry will commence public hearings on 23 November 2021.The Inquiry, unprecedented in nature, is the first public inquiry into immigration detention in the UK. It will investigate the decisions, actions and circumstances surrounding the mistreatment and abuse of detainees in Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in 2017. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors shortlisted at the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards 2021 (9 November 2021)
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for four awards at the LawWorks Pro Bono Awards, including the LawWorks Cymru award, family and child care solicitors Hemna Fargi and Liljana Shehaj have both been shortlisted for the Junior Lawyers Division Pro Bono award, and family and child care director Emine Mehmet has been shortlisted for the Best Contribution by an Individual award. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors Welcomes new Family and Child Care Director Rupinder Jagdev (8 November 2021)
We are very pleased to announce the recent internal appointment of Rupinder Jagdev as Director of our family and child care department in Birmingham. Read more...
CEO Shany Gupta named Business Person of the Year at the Signature Awards 2021 (8 November 2021)
We are pleased to share that our CEO Shany Gupta was named the Business Person of the Year at Nachural’s Signature Awards 2021. Read more...
Duncan Lewis has been instructed to represent the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially in Women and Children, in the Court of Appeal (4 November 2021)
Our London based public law team has been instructed by the UN Special Rapporteur to intervene in the forthcoming Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) case of R v AAD, AAH and AAI. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors included in The Times 200 Best Law Firms 2022 (4 November 2021)
We are pleased to announce that we have been included in The Times’ 200 Best Law Firms 2022 list, which compiles the best lawyers for business, public and private-client law in England and Wales. Read more...
Upper Tribunal quashes SSHD's decision to refuse to transfer Afghan boy living alone in Greece so he can live with his family in UK (3 November 2021)
On 28 October 2021, the Upper Tribunal quashed a Home Office decision to refuse to transfer an Afghan boy living alone in Greece to live with his uncle and grandmother in the UK. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors Chambers and Partners 2022 Rankings (21 October 2021)
We are delighted to announce our results in the Chambers and Partners 2022 legal directory. Read more...
The Lex 100 2021-2022 Survey Results (19 October 2021)
"Duncan Lewis undertakes ‘fascinating and important public law cases’ and offers a very hands-on training contract. Trainees are given a ‘significant amount of responsibility and the freedom to develop [their] own work’." Read more...
James Packer Highly Commended for Human Rights Lawyer of the Year and Jeremy Bloom Wins Junior Lawyer of the Year at the Law Society Excellence Awards 2021 (8 October 2021)
We are delighted to reveal that our public law director James Packer has been Highly Commended for the Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award and public law solicitor Jeremy Bloom has won the Junior Lawyer of the Year at the 2021 Law Society Excellence Awards. Read more...
The Legal 500 2022 Success (30 September 2021)
We are pleased to announce that our results in the 2022 edition of The Legal 500 sees us obtain rankings in two new areas, rise in the rankings in four areas, and retain rankings in 20 other practice areas. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors shortlisted at the 2021 Family Law Awards (6 September 2021)
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for five awards at this year’s LexisNexis Family Law Awards. Read more...
Court gives permission to apply for JR to challenge the Home Secretary’ failure to publish guidance on the requirement to give ‘informed consent’ to withdraw from the NRM (2 September 2021)
High Court grants permission to apply for judicial review in challenge to the Home Secretary’s failure to publish guidance on the requirement to give ‘informed consent’ to withdraw from the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and the unlawful imposition of reporting conditions by the Home Secretary, after grant of High Court bail. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors shortlisted for the UK Law Firm of the Year Award at the British Legal Awards 2021 (26 August 2021)
We are pleased to announce that the firm has been shortlisted for the UK Law Firm of the Year Award at this year’s British Legal Awards. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors shortlisted for three awards at The Law Society Excellence Awards 2021 (4 August 2021)
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for three awards at this year’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Read more...
SSHD withdraws its decision to refuse discretionary leave to remain to a victim of trafficking and is ordered to pay damages (4 August 2021)
The SSHD refused to grant the Claimants’ discretionary leave to remain as victims of trafficking/modern slavery based on their personal circumstances. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors opens new serviced office hub in Croydon (29 July 2021)
We are pleased to announce that Duncan Lewis has opened a new serviced office hub in Croydon, Greater London located at The Lansdowne Building, Croydon, Greater London. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors celebrates its equality, diversity & inclusion with their annual diversity data submission (23 July 2021)
Duncan Lewis’ recent 2021 Equality and Diversity survey reports that across its company nationwide, 73% of its workforce is female and 50% are Black, Asian and from an Ethnic Minority. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors embraces Kickstart Scheme (22 July 2021)
Our embracement of the Kickstart Scheme has been a huge success and we are delighted to reveal that we have now begun to retain a number of the Kickstart participants with full time employment. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors Announces Gender Pay-Gap Reporting for 2020 and 2021 (22 July 2021)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors has published its annual gender pay-gap reporting for both 2020 and 2021. Read more...
The Court of Appeal to determine if obtaining interim relief in Judicial Review proceedings amounts to success for costs purposes (20 July 2021)
In The Queen on the Application of MS (Afghanistan) v SSHD, we brought Judicial Review proceedings, with the Claimant seeking to challenge the decision to cease his asylum support on 19 February 2020. Read more...
Five Duncan Lewis clients challenge the consultation on the Home Office’s new plan for immigration (9 June 2021)
The Claimants are challenging the lawfulness of the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s consultation on the New Plan for Immigration which ran from 24 March to 6 May 2021 Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors shortlisted at 2021 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards (19 May 2021)
We are pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for two awards at this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards. Read more...
High Court finds colossal interference in Windrush rights by Home Office (6 May 2021)
High Court rules Secretary of State for the Home Department has committed ‘a colossal interference’ in the right to family life of a Windrush victim Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors wins Outstanding Firm for Diversity and Inclusion at Chambers Europe Awards (22 April 2021)
We are thrilled to announce that we have won the award for Outstanding Firm for Diversity and Inclusion at the 2021 Chambers Europe Awards Read more...
Public law solicitor Jamie Bell is named The Times’ Lawyer of the Week (22 April 2021)
Public law solicitor Jamie Bell is named The Times' Lawyer of the Week due to his work acting for Ahmed Lawal, a key witness to the death of his friend Oscar Okwurime in an immigration detention centre Read more...
Home Office held in breach of Article 2 duty concerning death in immigration detention (14 April 2021)
This application for judicial review arose following the death of Oscar Lucky Okwurime on 12 September 2019 in immigration detention, in his cell at IRC Harmondsworth Read more...
Court of Appeal grants permission to appeal in the case of MH (Eritrea) v SSHD (C4/2020/1023), which challenges the High Court judgment in Habte, R v SSHD [2020] EWHC 967 (14 April 2021)
High Court considered one of the grounds in the application for judicial review, the question of whether the UK authorities had taken over responsibility of examining the asylum claim pursuant to Article 17(1) Dublin by arranging and conducting his substantive asylum interview. Read more...
Court of Appeal finds SSHD acted unlawfully in failing to obtain medical evidence regarding the torture claims of individuals detained under immigration powers in prison (14 April 2021)
The Court of Appeal has today unanimously found that it was irrational for the Secretary of State for the Home Department (‘SSHD’) to not have obtained medical information about the torture claims of two vulnerable immigration detainees who were detained under immigration powers in prison Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors announces Head Office move to London's EC3 (13 April 2021)
Leading national law firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors is delighted to announce that its head office will be relocating to a new office space in Sackville House, 143-149 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 6BL Read more...
Home Office ordered to pay for guest house accommodation pending provision of support under section 98/95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. (8 April 2021)
RK is a Pakistani national who was a victim of forced marriage in Pakistan. She had fled to the UK as a student where she was able to get a divorce and start a new life. Read more...
Client wins appeal against removal of UK citizenship (19 March 2021)
This case involved an appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) against a decision to deprive the Appellant of his British Citizenship on grounds of national security. Read more...
News Update – Penally Camp Closure (17 March 2021)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors welcomes the news that the Penally Camp used to hold asylum seekers from September 2020 is set to close on 21 March 2021. Read more...
Court declares legal aid arrangements for immigration detainees in prisons to be unlawful (25 February 2021)
In a landmark judgment of the High Court today, Mr Justice Swift declared that the arrangements for immigration detainees held in prisons to access immigration and asylum legal aid are unlawful. Read more...
Annulment of marriage on the ground of non-consummation is incompatible with the Human Rights Act (17 February 2021)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors is instructed by the respondent wife in nullity proceedings where she seeks a declaration that the law in respect of annulment is incompatible with human rights legislation. Read more...
The European Court of Human Rights confirms decision to prosecute victims of trafficking for cannabis cultivation was a breach of their human rights (17 February 2021)
Case of V.C.L. and A.N. v The United Kingdom Read more...
Judicial Review issued challenging Age Assessments at Kent Intake Unit (12 February 2021)
Our client challenges the decision of the Secretary of State for Home Department (SSHD) to assess his age as being over 25 years old upon arriving in the United Kingdom to claim asylum Read more...
Home Office abandons unlawful plans to house asylum seekers at Yarl’s Wood (9 February 2021)
The Home Office has decided not to proceed with its plans to house up to 200 asylum seekers in prefabricated temporary accommodation on the site of Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors opens new serviced office hub in Harrow, Middlesex (4 February 2021)
We are pleased to announce that Duncan Lewis has opened a new serviced office hub in Harrow, Middlesex Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors opens new serviced office hub in Shepherd’s Bush, London (4 February 2021)
We are pleased to announce that Duncan Lewis has opened a new serviced office hub in Shepherd’s Bush, London Read more...
Family Mediation Week – helping separated families know which way to turn (21 January 2021)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors is supporting Family Mediation Week which It takes place from 18 to 22 January, and aims to provide answers, by sharing information about the mediation process. Read more...
Duncan Lewis secures significant changes to UK aid provided to Libya (19 January 2021)
Duncan Lewis’ clients, MAK and TM, fled their countries of origin due to persecution. On their way to the UK, they passed through Libya. Read more...
Eritrea Focus v FCDO: Update on the Eritrean Road Building Project Legal Challenge (18 January 2021)
An update on Eritrea Focus’ legal challenge against the UK government’s funding and support to the EU Trust Fund for Africa's ‘Reconnecting Eritrea and Ethiopia through rehabilitation of the main arterial roads in Eritrea’ development project in Eritrea. Read more...
Family Mediation at Duncan Lewis Solicitors (18 January 2021)
This week is “Mediation Awareness Week” and we want to make you aware of this invaluable service Duncan Lewis Solicitors now offer. Read more...