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Supreme Court finds detention of asylum seekers unlawful (Multiple outlets) (28 November 2019)

Free Movement and The Independent report on the Supreme Court’s confirmation in the case of Hemmati v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office unlawfully imprisoned asylum seekers, Supreme Court rules (The Guardian) (27 November 2019)

The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that individuals detained under Articles 28 and 2(n) of the Dublin III Regulations solely for the purpose o  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Study restrictions 'unlawfully imposed' on university students (The Law Society Gazette) (22 November 2019)

The Law Society Gazette reports on the Home Office’s acceptance to review its immigration bail guidance after Duncan Lewis challenged their decisio  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Police could share immigration data from lorry deaths appeal (The Guardian) (5 November 2019)

The Guardian reports on the refusal for Essex Police to confirm that they will not share data on the immigration status of anyone willing to provid  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Caroline Roche speaks to Hayes FM about the work Duncan Lewis carried out for Will Aid (Hayes FM) (1 November 2019)

According to Will Aid research more than half of people in the UK have not prepared a will. Wills and Probate director Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

China-UK people trafficking often driven by debt, experts say (The Guardian) (25 October 2019)

The Guardian reports on the debt driven circumstances that could be indicative of a wider trafficking problem, sparked by the death of 39 people fo  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office forced to pay £25,000 in damages after unlawfully trying to deport trafficking victim (The Independent) (21 October 2019)

The Independent reports on a ruling by an immigration judge that the Home Office acted ‘disingenuously’ in rejecting its own finding that a   Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

High Court says Home Office ‘unlawfully detained’ mentally ill man for five months (Morning Star) (16 October 2019)

The Morning Star reports on a High Court ruling claiming that the Home Office ‘unlawfully detained’ a mentally ill man in a bid to deport him.   Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Nearly all Home Office misconduct inquiries relate to immigration (The Guardian) (4 October 2019)

A freedom of information response obtained by The Guardian newspaper has revealed that of the 626 misconduct allegations investigated by the Home O  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Asylum seeker denied cancer treatment by Home Office dies (The Guardian) (26 September 2019)

The Guardian reports on the sad news that Kelemua Mulat, an Ethiopian asylum seeker and client of Duncan Lewis has died aged 39. Kelemua was de  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

UK deportation of three men halted after detention centre death (The Guardian) (18 September 2019)

The Guardian reports on how the deportation of three men from the UK to Nigeria was halted by the High Court on the basis that they may be able to   Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Asylum seekers are living in rat and cockroach infested ‘guest houses’ provided by Home Office contractor (Multiple Sources) (21 August 2019)

A number of sources have reported that asylum seekers are living in accommodation provided by the Home Office that is infested with rats, mice and   Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office loses final bid to stop investigators probing G4S detention centre (Morning Star) (12 August 2019)

The Morning Star reports on the Home Office’s failure in their bid to challenge a High Court ruling on the terms on an investigation into the alleg  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office ‘illegally’ put trafficking victims in detention centres, report finds (The Independent) (30 July 2019)

An exclusive report in The Independent takes a deeper look into the accusation that the Home Office knowingly held victims of modern slavery in rem  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Legal aid ‘heroes’ honoured at special ceremony (The Law Society Gazette) (12 July 2019)

The Law Gazette has reported on the recent Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year (LALY) awards that took place on Wednesday night (10th July). Duncan L  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Legal aid’s 2019 hall of fame (Legal Action Group) (8 July 2019)

The access to justice charity, Legal Action Group (LAG), has unveiled the finalists of the 2019 Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards. Our solicitors  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Four LGBT Syrian refugees arrive in UK in time for Pride (Multiple sources) (8 July 2019)

A number of media outlets including The Guardian, Pink News and the Deccan Chronicle have reported that four LGBT Syrian refugees arrived in London  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office pay out £45k over illegal detention of trafficked man (The Lincolnite) (1 July 2019)

The Lincolnite has reported on the case involving our client, a victim of trafficking known as NN, who received a £45,000 payout from the Ho  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office payout for trafficked man detained in mistaken identity mix-up (The Guardian) (28 June 2019)

The Guardian reports on our case involving NN a victim of trafficking who was unlawfully detained for over five months after the Home Office  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office sending modern slavery victims back to addresses where they were abused (Independent) (13 June 2019)

The front page of the Independent reports that the Home Office’s disregard for victims of trafficking who are being released from immigration deten  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Former England boxer released from immigration centre (The Guardian) (6 June 2019)

Duncan Lewis’ client Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, a boxer who has represented England six times at amateur level, has been released from immigration detenti  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

High court suspends Home Office policy limiting support for slavery victims (The Guardian, The Sun & Reuters) (10 May 2019)

The Guardian, the Sun & Reuters were some of the news outlets who reported on our challenge against the Home Secretary’s policy limiting support fo  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Child trafficking victim wins compensation from UK government over rape attempt (The Guardian and RightsInfo) (10 May 2019)

A child trafficking victim has won £85,000 in compensation from the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice after he was sexually assaulted and ill  Read more...

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Syrian LGBT refugees say UK Home Office has ‘abandoned’ them to danger in Turkey (Multiple sources) (7 May 2019)

Numerous media outlets have commented on the case of LGBT Syrian refugees who are stranded in Turkey. Duncan Lewis are representing thirteen LG  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Couples face 'insulting' checks in sham marriage crackdown (The Guardian) (7 May 2019)

The Guardian reveals that genuine couples are being subjected to insulting checks as part of a Home Office crackdown on sham marriages. Couples  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

‘Make reciprocity the law’ (Eastern Eye) (12 April 2019)

Eastern Eye has reported on Lord Karan Bilimoria’s comments in the House of Lords in March. He has highlighted to fact that foreign lawyers and bar  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Developer takes Camden council to Court of Appeal; Appeal could pave the way for more CIL disputes (Property Week) (9 April 2019)

Property Week have reported on the case of R (Giordano Limited) v London Borough of Camden - the first ever Community Infrastructure Levy (C  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Asylum claim lodged for Duncan Lewis client who fears he will suffer serious human rights violations should he be deported to Democratic Republic of Congo (The Guardian) (9 April 2019)

The Guardian has revealed that officials at the Home Office have been trying to persuade their Foreign Office colleagues to publically say that it   Read more...

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Duncan Lewis’ client who fled to UK as child has deportation to DRC halted (Guardian and i News) (8 April 2019)

The Guardian and i News have reported on the case of a former unaccompanied minor who came to the UK from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wh  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office limit on support for slavery victims may be unlawful, court rules (Guardian) (4 April 2019)

Following our challenge to the restrictions applied to support afforded to victims of slavery post-identification, a High Court Judge has ruled tha  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) life (Local Government Lawyer) (27 March 2019)

When discussing the issues with the ‘confusing and limited nature of any right to appeal’ in relation to the Community Infrastructure Levy r  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

First slavery 'super-complaint' accuses police of fuelling victims' trauma (Guardian) (26 March 2019)

The Guardian have reported on the ‘super-complaint’ brought by Hestia on behalf of victims of modern slavery being failed by the police, who, inste  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Munby: State 'washed its hands' of couple branded bigamists after court failures (Law Society Gazette) (25 March 2019)

The Law Society Gazette has written on the recent case of the former-spouses who were at risk of being named bigamists due to the fact that an admi  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Detained migrants working way below minimum wage lose out on £250k in just one month (Morning Star) (19 March 2019)

Once again outrage over the £1 per hour wage regime implemented by the Home Office for detainees working in immigration removal centres (IRCs) has   Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Home Office admits it unlawfully detained trafficking victim for six months (Independent) (14 February 2019)

In another instance of a victim of trafficking falling through the procedural cracks, the Independent has reported on the case of a Chinese woman w  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Detained migrants swindled out of £27 million in wages (Morning Star) (13 February 2019)

The Morning Star have begun a campaign, ‘No More Sweated Labour’, demanding minimum wage for detainees held in immigration detention centres across  Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Duncan Lewis client who faced removal to DR Congo has been released from detention (Multiple sources) (14 January 2019)

A national of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Otis Bolamu, who fled persecution following accusations of being a spy and subsequently threatened   Read more...

Duncan Lewis:InThePress

Chinese women trafficked to UK 'being failed by Home Office' (Guardian) (10 January 2019)

The Guardian have written on the statistics which have revealed that the detention of Chinese women in UK immigration detention centres, many of wh  Read more...

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