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Child Care News
Duncan Lewis appoint New Directors Lucy Philps- Tate and Sophie Fretten (9 December 2015)
Legal 500 “Leading Law Firm” Duncan Lewis are pleased to announce the appointment of Lucy Philps- Tate and Sophie Fretten as Public Law and Family & Childcare Directors respectively. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Pleased to Announce Appointment of New Family & Childcare Directors (18 November 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Tashvinder Reel and Abbid Majeed as Directors in the firm’s Family & Childcare Department. Read more...
Duncan Lewis’ Birmingham based Family & Childcare Director Krina Parmar receives Chambers UK 2016 Leading Lawyer recommendation (3 November 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors is pleased to announce that Director Krina Parmar has been recognised by Chambers UK 2016 as a Leading Up and Coming Individual for her Family and Childcare work in Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors Win 2015 Jordans Family Law Firm of the Year Award (9 October 2015)
Legal 500 Leading Family & Childcare Law Firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the 5th Annual 2015 Jordans Publishing Family Law Firm of the Year 2015 award. Read more...
Duncan Lewis retains its Legal 500 ranking as a leading law firm in London in Family & Childcare matters for 2015 (21 September 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce that they have retained their ranking as a London Leading Law Firm in Family & Childcare with Aina Khan receiving individual lawyer recognition in the 2015 edition of the Legal 500. Read more...
Duncan Lewis welcomes new Directors Hildegard Rauf, Rachel Caswell and Catherine Ashton (9 September 2015)
Legal 500 “Top Tier” firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the external appointments of Directors Hildegard Rauf, Rachel Caswell and Catherine Ashton to the firm’s Personal Injury/ Employment Litigation, Mental Health and Family departments respectively. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors Welcome Birmingham Childcare Director Richard Gray (11 August 2015)
Legal 500 "Top-Tier" law firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the recent arrival of Childcare Director Richard Gray to the firm^s Birmingham branch. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors pleased to announce the appointment of Idnan Deen and Shazia Saliheen as Directors of Family & Childcare (5 August 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the appointment of Idnan Deen and Shazia Saliheen as Directors of the firm’s Family & Childcare Department. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Family Solicitors Shortlisted for Jordan’s Family Law Awards 2015 (24 July 2015)
Legal 500 “top -tier” firm Duncan Lewis Family Solicitors have been shortlisted for the Family Law Firm of the Year award in the 2015 edition of the prestigious Jordan’s Family Law Awards. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Childcare Solicitor Ummar Farooq Ahmad Achieves Law Society Advanced Family Law Panel Membership (8 July 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Childcare Law Solicitor Ummar farooq Ahmed to the Law Society Advanced Family Law Panel. Read more...
Concerns for young father missing with baby son he wants custody of (6 March 2015)
A young father who has gone missing with his eight-month old son has sent police a message via social media saying they are “fine” – and telling police to “go look for some killers”. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Family & Childcare Specialist Tariq Ahmad achieves Law Society Children Panel Membership (27 February 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the appointment of Childcare law specialist Tariq Ahmad to the Law Society Childrens Panel.
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Duncan Lewis appoints Sarah Jopling as Director of Family & Childcare (6 February 2015)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Tooting based solicitor Sarah Jopling as a Director of Family & Childcare. Read more...
Legal 500 leading law firm Duncan Lewis appoints Misbah Ali as Director of Family & Childcare (6 February 2015)
National law firm Duncan Lewis is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Misbah Ali as a Director of Family & Childcare. Read more...
Duncan Lewis appoints Children Panel Member Michelle Bird as Director of Family & Childcare (6 February 2015)
Leading Legal 500 national law firm Duncan Lewis is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Michelle Bird as a Director of Family & Childcare. Read more...
Duncan Lewis’ Kathy Walker is appointed Director of Family & Childcare for the company’s newly opened office in Croydon. (6 February 2015)
Leading Legal 500 national law firm Duncan Lewis is pleased to announce the recent appointment of solicitor Kathy Walker as a Director of Family & Childcare for the company’s Croydon office. Read more...
Duncan Lewis’ Kirsty Richards is appointed Director of Family & Childcare and leads company’s new Barnet Office (6 February 2015)
Kirsty Richards, practising from the company’s Barnet office, specialises in representing parents and children in children care proceedings, including sexual abuse cases and non-accidental injury. She is a member of the Law Society Children Panel and recognised by the Law Society as a specialist Child Care lawyer. Read more...
Duncan Lewis appoints Frances Clare as Director of Family & Childcare (6 February 2015)
Leading Legal 500 national law firm Duncan Lewis is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Frances Clare as a Director of Family & Childcare. Read more...
Arrival of Eleanor Stokes sees Duncan Lewis’ Barnet office expand its Childcare & Housing law practice (4 February 2015)
Duncan Lewis is pleased to announce the recent relocation of Childcare & housing specialist Eleanor Stokes from the company’s Shepherd’s Bush branch to its recently opened Barnet office in North London. Read more...
Duncan Lewis appoints six new Family & Childcare Directors (3 February 2015)
Duncan Lewis are pleased to announce the recent appointments of seven London based law society children panel members and childcare specialists to its Board of Directors. Read more...