Family

Vanket joined Duncan Lewis in 1999 and is currently a Director and Head of the Family department at the Hackney office.

Vanket has been specialising in family law since qualifying as a Solicitor in 1996. He specialises in divorces, judicial separation and nullity; complex financial matters relating to the breakdown of a marriage/relationship including high net worth assets; residence/contact disputes including relocation abroad; non-molestation injunctions and occupation orders; cases involving international jurisdiction in both financial and child abduction matters; prenuptials, cohabitation and separation agreements; cohabitation disputes involving property; civil Directorship disputes and matrimonial conveyancing.

Vanket currently manages the Family department, which encompasses senior solicitors, solicitors, trainee solicitors and caseworkers. He is actively involved in training and supervision of the Department as well as continuing to practice.

Vanket has been a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Panel since 2000 and Advanced Family Law Panel since 2006 and practices in both the High Court and County Courts. Only Solicitors who meet the Law Society’s exacting accreditation requirements are permitted to join the panel. He is also a member of Resolution, formerly known as the Solicitors Family Lawyers Association.

Vanket is fluent in the Malay, Tamil and Telugu language.