Reported Case News
Luton Borough Council v R & Ors [2024] EWFC 52 (7 August 2024)
Krina Parmar represented the father in an application for an Interim Care Order concerning a 13-year-old girl (X). The Local Aut Read more...
High Court Finds Widespread Unlawfulness in Government’s Electronic Tagging Regime (16 May 2024)
In a significant legal victory, the Administrative Court ruled in favour of Duncan Lewis clients in the case of ADL & Others v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 994 (Admin).
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Court finds no evidence that parents failed to protect their child - LONDON BOROUGH OF X v M & ORS [2023] EWFC 171 (30 April 2024)
Fordia Hakim was the mother’s (M) solicitor in a case involving serious allegations of inter-sibling sexual abuse between Y, a Read more...
Duncan Lewis Public Law team achieve High Court success on behalf of client in R(Barizi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 3491 (Admin) (23 April 2024)
The High Court has ruled in favour of our Claimant in R(Barizi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 3491 (Admin), ordering their i Read more...
Duncan Lewis represents child in a contested adoption application: Prospective Adopters v London Borough of Ealing & Ors [2023] EWFC 294 (10 April 2024)
Alia Lewis was the child’s solicitor in a case involving an adoption application made by the foster carers of a 2 year old child, who had been placed with them for seventeen months, which was contested by the child’s birth parents.
Read more...Duncan Lewis successfully represents mother in legal battle regarding the appointment of deaf intermediary throughout family proceedings (20 February 2024)
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Duncan Lewis Secures Significant Cost Judgment Victory in High Court Appeal (19 February 2024)
In a landmark decision, Duncan Lewis Solicitors secured a notable victory in the High Court Read more...
Duncan Lewis Wins Civil Servant Anonymity Challenge in Court of Appeal (2 February 2024)
Duncan Lewis successful as Respondent against government’s appeal to the Court of Appeal in an important case on reda Read more...
Landmark Ruling: Marriage Deemed Unrecognisable by Court of Appeal in SA, Re (Declaration of Non-Recognition of Marriage) [2023] EWCA Civ 1003 (29 November 2023)
In a landmark ruling by the Court of Appeal in the case of SA, Re (Declaration of Non-Recognition of Marriage) [2023] EWCA Civ 1003, Duncan Lewis Family Law Director Krina Parmar secured a significant victory for the client, representing the fathe Read more...
Duncan Lewis secures order for father and return of children to the UK in R-v- G [2022] EWHC 1428 (Fam) (10 August 2023)
Duncan Lewis Solicitors successfully obtained a court order for a father, requiring the mother to bring their children back from Jordan to England. The judge denied the mother's request to delay the decision, pointing out concerns about the Read more...
Secretary of State’s Appeal on Revoking Deportation Order Fails in Tomlinson V Secretary for the Home Department [2023] UKAITUR IA132732021 (21 July 2023)
An appeal made in a bid to reinforce the deportation of Mr. Tomlinson has been dismissed by the Upper Tribunal, as judges find that there are “exceptional circumstances which outweigh the public interest in deportation.” The judgment on the Read more...
Sri Lankan asylum seekers stranded in Diego Garcia win right to legal aid (5 May 2023)
Ten Sri-Lankan asylum seekers who landed on Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territories (BIOT) in October 2021 won their judicial review claim in the Supreme Court of the BIOT in a judgment handed down today. The Claimants were amo Read more...
At-home artificial insemination falls within the scope of The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, court rules (25 April 2023)
The Family Court has confirmed that Parental Orders can be made under s54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (HFEA), where children who are subject to the application are conceived by way of home insemination via private surrogacy Read more...
Successful Outcome in Children Act Proceedings: No Indirect Contact Order and Prohibited Steps Order Obtained by Duncan Lewis Solicitors in F v M [2023] EWFC 5 (12 April 2023)
The case involved serious allegations of controlling and coercive behavior by the father towards the mother. The judge had previously rejected the father's request for a Child Arrangement Order, and he appealed. However, the Court of Appeal rejected Read more...
Upper Tribunal misdirected itself and denied appellant a fair hearing Court of Appeal rules in AEB and Secretary for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 1512 (1 February 2023)
The Court of Appeal ruled that the Upper Tribunal misdirected itself in respect of the legal principles, which led to a client being denied a fair hearing in relation to a deportation case. Duncan Lewis successfully represented the appellan Read more...