Fauzia Mumani

I am a Solicitor and Supervisor specialising in Child Care Law. I represent parents and children in care proceedings brought by the local authority. My work also includes representation in relation to Public Law Outline/pre-proceedings matters and Court proceedings including applications for Care and Supervision Orders; Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Orders; Secure Accommodation Orders; Emergency Protection Orders; and Special Guardianship Orders. I have gained a Level 2 qualification in Understanding Autism, and I am part of a specialist Autism and ADHD team within Duncan Lewis where I work to protect the rights of my neurodivergent clients (parents and children) and ensure that they are represented properly and fairly within court proceedings. In addition, I also have experience in representing parents in private children matters such as disputes in relation to contact and residence and injunctions.

I am regularly instructed by parents facing allegations of neglect, domestic violence, substance misuse and physical chastisement. I have a particular interest in assisting, advising and representing parents who are accused of inflicting serious non-accidental injuries on their children and in assisting neurodivergent parents and children.

I have extensive experience in helping and representing both parents and children with additional and complex needs, such as Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) and/or ADHD, complex mental health issues and those that present with gender dysphoria. In addition, I have expertise advising and representing vulnerable parents and children, including those with mental health issues, learning difficulties and disabilities, physical limitations, addiction and victims of emotional or physical domestic abuse. I am also experienced in representing parents in prison, to ensure their voices are heard within proceedings relating to their children.

As an experienced advocate, I undertake advocacy for my clients in order to afford them continuity of representation and I regularly represent clients before magistrates, district judges and circuit judges. I am a Law Society Children Law accredited solicitor, which is a recognised quality standard for practitioners and means I have demonstrated expertise and specialist knowledge in all areas of children law.

I have advised and represented high profile clients, including a mother in prison seeking to oppose an adoption order in relation to her son. I have represented clients overseas. I have also assisted clients with issues involving multiple jurisdictions, including securing the permanent removal of a child from the jurisdiction of England and Wales.

In addition to my casework, I am a co-founding member of Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC), the aim of which is to increase awareness and understanding of neurodivergence, campaign for compulsory training, best practice guidance and systemic change within the family justice system. I also take on pro-bono work to assist those in need, including working with the Duncan Lewis pro-bono clinic for Women's Aid and being part of the Ismaili National Legal Council.

• View Fauzia Mumani’s "Deprivation of Liberty Applications" profile
• View Fauzia Mumani’s "Autism/ADHD in Family and Children Law" profile

• Legal Practice Course (LPC) – De Montford University
• First Class LLB Law (Hons) – Coventry University
• Level 2 - Understanding Autism

• Duncan Lewis Solicitors (2018 - Present)
• Received Law Society Children Law Accreditation (July 2023)
• Admitted as a Solicitor (November 2020)
• Turbervilles Solicitors (2016 - 2018)
• Creighton & Partners (2016)

• "Thank you for all your hard work and everything you have done for me and the children. You have been incredible and I really am so grateful not only for the work you have done and your dedication to the case and for the support. You have gone over and above and I shall never forget that. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." - Client


• "From day one of meeting Fauzia she was understanding, sympathetic and caring. What also stood out from day one was her honesty, she never led you up a garden path or gave false promises, she was straight to the point no matter how difficult things were or challenges ahead but throughout it all she remained professional and dedicated to my situation. When you're going through a difficult situation, it helps knowing that someone else genuinely has your back and wants the best outcome for their client." - Client


• "Thank you for all your tireless efforts, help and support. We appreciate all of the fantastic work you did." - Client


• "My solicitor Fauzia was really great at handling my matter and always ensured a high level of communication was possible and would respond to any queries I had almost immediately." - Client

Civil Court

• Emma and Fiona (Children : care proceedings) [2022] EWFC 109 (25 May 2022)
  
• Re N (A Child: Fact Finding - NAI [2020] EWFC B80 (27 October 2020)

• Co-founding member of Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community (FLANC)
• Law Society Children Law Accreditation (July 2023)
• Member of the Ismaili National Legal Council

• Brownie (Girlguiding) Leader
• Duke of Edinburgh Leader

• Law Gazette shines a spotlight on Alia Lewis’ campaign with other family lawyers to improve Family Justice System for Neurodivergent Community (8 April 2024)
• Family Law Advice for the Neurodivergent Community to Host its First Conference at Slaughter & May (19 March 2024)
• Launch of Duncan Lewis’ Specialist Autism & ADHD Family and Child Care team featured in Today’s Family Lawyer (18 March 2024)
• Duncan Lewis Family Law Director Alia Lewis Heads Specialist Family and Child Care Law Team for Neurodivergent Clients (6 March 2024)