Reported Case News

Brazilian Tourist Wrongfully Detained After Volunteering, High Court Rules (16 April 2025)

A Brazilian national was detained for eight weeks and had her permission to be in the United Kingdom as a visitor cancelled by the Home Office unlawfully, the High Court has ruled.

The claimant’s case was taken up   Read more...

High Court Ruling on Asylum Claim Withdrawals and Support Termination Protects Asylum Seekers (24 March 2025)

High Court hands down judgement which confirms that the AST can examine the validity of the asylum withdrawal itself - ensuring that claimants were not wrongly removed from the asylum system.

On 21 March 2025, the cour  Read more...

High Court Rules Kidnap for Ransom Constitutes Exploitation in Trafficking Claims (10 March 2025)

In a significant victory for victims of trafficking, the High Court has ruled that kidnap for ransom can constitute exploitation, overturning a Home Office decision that denied protection to an individual abducted and tortured for ransom.

Supreme Court declares daughter of UK national wrongfully deprived of citizenship is British (26 February 2025)

The Supreme Court has unanimously held that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully in refusing to recognise the daughter of a man wrongfully deprived of his UK citizenship, to be British. 

The girl ZA was born during the p  Read more...

“Duncan Lewis’ Housing Team Secures Landmark Court of Appeal Victory in Homelessness Case” (23 January 2025)

Duncan Lewis’ Housing team successfully represented the appellant in quashing Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s (WHBC) decision to refuse a second homelessness application accompanied by a ‘new’ medical expert report. The C  Read more...

Duncan Lewis’ Represents Appellant as Court of Appeal Clarifies Rules on Service of “Notices” (D’Aubigny v Khan & Anor (2025) EWCA Civ 11) (21 January 2025)

The Court of Appeal has handed down a significant decision in Khan v D’Aubigny, providing critical   Read more...

Judge rules Sri Lankan asylum seekers were unlawfully detained for three years on Diego Garcia (17 December 2024)

The detention of asylum seekers on Diego Garcia for three years was unlawful a judge has ruled following a landmark challenge brought by Duncan Lewis on their behalf.

The Sri Lankan Tamils were detained, in what the Ju  Read more...

Duncan Lewis Achieves High Court Success, Emphasising Duty of Candour in Afghan Resettlement Case (16 December 2024)

Duncan Lewis’ Public Law team achieved a success in a judicial review in which, on Friday, 29 December 2024, Mr Justice Johnson highlighted critical principles of public law, including procedural fairness, transparency, and the role of discl  Read more...

Court of Appeal Overturns Decision in Landmark EU Settlement Scheme Case (10 December 2024)

In a pivotal judgment, the Court of Appeal overturned a previous decision by the Administrative Court, ruling in favour of our client in the case of R (Ali) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, with the Independent Monitoring Aut  Read more...

Luton Borough Council v R & Ors [2024] EWFC 52 (7 August 2024)

Krina Parmar represented the father in an application for an Interim Care Order concerning a 13-year-old girl (X). The Local Aut  Read more...

High Court Finds Widespread Unlawfulness in Government’s Electronic Tagging Regime (16 May 2024)

In a significant legal victory, the Administrative Court ruled in favour of Duncan Lewis clients in the case of ADL & Others v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 994 (Admin).

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Court finds no evidence that parents failed to protect their child - LONDON BOROUGH OF X v M & ORS [2023] EWFC 171 (30 April 2024)

Fordia Hakim was the mother’s (M) solicitor in a case involving serious allegations of inter-sibling sexual abuse between Y, a  Read more...