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Duncan Lewis Solicitors is pleased to announce that Director Krina Parmar has been recognised by Chambers UK 2015 as a Leading Up and Coming Individual for her Family and Childcare work in Birmingham and the surrounding areas.

Following the releases of the Chambers & Partners Guides UK 2015 Edition, Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce that Family & Childcare Director Krina Parmarhas been recommended as a Leading up and Coming Lawyer in her field of Family Matrimonial & Childcare Law for Birmingham and the surrounding areas. Chambers praises Krina for her ‘ability to take a very complex case and put the finer points to clients in a simple but caring way.’ -James Packer, Duncan Lewis’ Public Law & Immigration Director based in the company’s London Hackney office has also been recognised as a leading lawyer in his field for his immigration and human rights work.

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Krina Parmar, head of her legal department and also a member of the Law Society Children’s Panel, specialises in all aspects of Public and Private Law Children matters from the company’s Birmingham and Leicester offices. She holds expertise in international child abduction matters, forced marriage applications and in assisting clients presented with emergency situations such as removal of children or domestic abuse.

Specialists in all aspects of family and private children law matters, the department holds a niche practice in representing victims of domestic abuse and are significantly experienced in complex financial matrimonial matters (ancillary relief) relating to the breakdown of a marriage/relationship. With a broad practice representing parents, family members and children through their children’s guardian in all children public law proceedings and conducting cases on behalf of the official solicitor, the Duncan Lewis’ Family & Childcare team are also specialists in high profile international child abduction cases, with an extensive practice in inherent jurisdiction/forum disputes, international relocation cases and wardship proceedings for the return of children. Since 2013, Duncan Lewis has an established Islamic & Sharia Law team which specialises in Islamic Divorce, Islamic Financial Settlement & Mehr Claims under English Law.