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Duncan Lewis Family Solicitors Shortlisted for Jordan’s Family Law Awards 2015 (24 July 2015)
Date: 24/07/2015
Legal 500 “top -tier” firm Duncan Lewis Family Solicitors have been shortlisted for the Family Law Firm of the Year award in the 2015 edition of the prestigious Jordan’s Family Law Awards.
Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce that the firm has been shortlisted for the Family Law Firm of the Year award in the forthcoming 2015 edition of the Jordan’s Family Law Awards.
The Family Law Awards were launched by Jordan Publishing to recognise the important work of family lawyers, and celebrate their many successes and outstanding achievements.
The Family Law Awards are means for Family Law and its readers to acknowledge the hard work and commitment throughout the year amongst the nominees and the profession as a whole.
Duncan Lewis Family and Childcare Director Emine Mehmet added;
“Duncan Lewis ?solicitors is very pleased that the the good work the family department has done, and continues to do has been recognised. Duncan Lewis will continue its hard work in assisting clients through their difficult family issues within its continually growing family law department.”
Specialists in all aspects of family and private children law matters, the Duncan Lewis Family and Childcare department holds a niche practice in representing victims of domestic abuse and are significantly experienced in complex financial matrimonial matters (ancillary relief) relating to the breakdown of a marriage/relationship. With a broad practice representing parents, family members and children through their children’s guardian in all children public law proceedings and conducting cases on behalf of the official solicitor, the Duncan Lewis’ Family & Childcare team are also specialists in high profile international child abduction cases, with an extensive practice in inherent jurisdiction/forum disputes, international relocation cases and wardship proceedings for the return of children. Since 2013, Duncan Lewis has an established Islamic & Sharia Law team led by Aina Khan which specialises in Islamic Divorce, Islamic Financial Settlement & Mehr Claims under English Law.
Duncan Lewis is one of the panel solicitors used by the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) and one of only a small number of firms throughout the UK that are on the Lord Chancellor’s International Child Abduction & Contact Panel (ICACU), which is responsible for administering Hague Convention (Child Abduction) proceedings work in England. The quality of the Duncan Lewis’ London Child Care team is illustrated by the fact that the company has 25 specialist solicitors / Law Society accredited Children Law Panel Members authorised to act for children in all children public law proceedings; 16 of the company’s solicitors are Law Society accredited family panel members; 5 are advanced members of the Law Society Family Panel, which allows them to conduct complex ancillary relief proceedings and children act matters along with all other matrimonial cases including those involving domestic abuse issues.