Mental Health Solicitors

Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the recent hiring of Housing and Property Litigation solicitor, Adrian Smith. Adrian will be based in the company’s Luton office and will also provide housing services in Milton Keynes.

Adrian studied Psychology and Health Sciences at the University of Liverpool and spent time working in a secure psychiatric hospital before studying law and qualifying as a Solicitor in 2013. He specialises in matters relating to possession claims, homelessness and unlawful eviction and has worked on a number of notable cases in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal. He is passionate about social justice and is a member of Young Legal Aid Lawyers and the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers. He is also a local Labour Party Councillor.

Duncan Lewis’ Housing law practice is recommended for its specialism in all housing matters by the independent legal directory, The Legal 500. The department assists clients throughout England & Wales in any matter or issues arising with local housing authorities, housing applications, tenants, landlords, ownership and repairs. It specialises in representation in all social housing proceedings including reviews, appeals and judicial review relating to homelessness, disrepair, succession for tenants and neighbourhood disputes against local authorities. The 2016 edition of the Legal 500 comments that Duncan Lewis Solicitors has a ‘young and energetic team’ with several offices across London and throughout the UK, its ‘tentacles spread out far beyond the reaches of traditional firms’ in this sector. The company’s Housing team is now led by 6 Directors across key offices nationwide: Manjinder Kaur Atwal, Bernadette Chikwe, Dianne Cowie, Heather Iqbal Rayner, James De Vere Moss and Subbiah Sivapunniyam.