Manini Menon
Solicitor
Contact Information
- Solicitor
- Public Law
- City of London
- 02072752893
- @Send Email
Profile / Experience
I am a Solicitor based in Duncan Lewis Solicitors' Public Law team, led by Director Toufique Hossain. I advise and represent individuals and organisations on a range of public law matters, including in relation to unlawful decisions, policies, and practices made or adopted by public authorities.
Education
- BA Jurisprudence, University of Oxford
Career
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors (January 2022 - Present)
- Admitted as a Solicitor (December 2025)
Awards
- Paralegal of the Year 2023, Modern Law Awards
Notable Cases
Supreme Court
- R (AAA & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 42 (successful challenge to Rwanda removals policy)
Court of Appeal
- R (AAA & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (successful challenge to Rwanda removals policy)[2023] EWCA Civ 745
- R (IAB & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (re. redactions permissible in relation to material disclosed under the duty of candour) [2024] EWCA Civ 66
- R (DM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (challenge to policy adopted by the SSHD in relation to family reunion for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children) [2025] EWCA Civ 1273
High Court
- R (AXY and BSZ) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (challenge to the SSHD's decision to close Appendix Family Reunion (Sponsors with Protection) of the Immigration Rules, listed May 2026)
- R (RH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (challenge to the decision by the SSHD to prevent care workers and senior care workers on the Health and Social Care visa from being accompanied by their dependants)
- R (IAB & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (successful challenge to amendments to HMO regulations for asylum accommodation, and redactions permissible in relation to material disclosed under the duty of candour) [2023] EWHC 2930 (Admin)
- R (MAN & LAN) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (successful application for generic interim relief re. Public Order Disqualification policy)
- R (AAA & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (challenge to Rwanda removals policy) [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin)
Articles
- Duncan Lewis challenges Home Office student visa restrictions in the Administrative Court (27 July 2026)
- Judicial Review Filed Challenging Home Office ‘Visa Brake’ Policy (4 June 2026)
- Refugee Family Reunion Route Suspension Challenge Heads to Court (14 May 2026)
- Permission granted to Claimants challenging the suspension of family reunion for refugees (20 February 2026)
- Cranston Inquiry Finds Deaths of More Than 30 People Were Avoidable, Exposing Systemic Failures in UK Search and Rescue (5 February 2026)
- Duncan Lewis Public Law Team’s Challenge to Pause on Syrian Refugees’ Applications for Settlement Receives (23 June 2025)
- Duncan Lewis Public Law Team’s Challenge to Pause on Syrian Refugees’ Applications for Settlement Receives Widespread Media Coverage. (23 June 2025)
- Cranston Inquiry to hear from survivor of 2021 Channel Tragedy (4 March 2025)
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors Shortlisted for Two Prestigious LexisNexis Awards (17 January 2025)
- Duncan Lewis Solicitors Celebrates Three Prestigious Wins at the Modern Law Awards 2024 (8 March 2024)
- Public Order Disqualification Policy Revised by Home Secretary After Duncan Lewis Challenge (19 December 2023)
- Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Rwanda Policy Unlawful (15 November 2023)
- Duncan Lewis crowned Law Firm of the Year at the Modern Law Awards 2023 (3 March 2023)
- Duncan Lewis shortlisted for Firm of the Year, Diversity and Inclusion and Paralegal of the Year honours at the Modern law awards 2023. (25 January 2023)
- Rwanda Asylum Seeker Scheme Challenge Continues (27 June 2022)