Child Care Solicitors

Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce the appointment of Childcare law specialist Tariq Ahmad to the Law Society Childrens Panel.

Childrens law specialist Tariq Ahmad has become the most recent member of Legal 500 leading law firm Duncan Lewis to be appointed Law Society Childrens Panel accreditation. The Law Society Childcare Accreditation covers all types of childcare work. Members will have shown, to the satisfaction of the Law Society that they have and will maintain a high level of knowledge, skills, experience and practice in the area of childcare law. Including Tariq Ahmad, Duncan Lewis now has 40 members of staff accredited under the Law Society Childrens Panel which demonstrates the company’s expertise in this area.

Tariq predominately practices from Duncan Lewis’ Cambridge branch and he routinely represents clients throughout Greater London and East Anglia. Tariq specialises in all aspects of childrens law matters and regularly represents children, families and individuals in cases involving complex family and childcare issues. Tariq’s cases often involve international issues and intervention from the Crown Prosecution Service following criminal activity on behalf of one or more of the parties. Tariq also makes representations to the High Court in cases where children were illegally removed from England.

Duncan Lewis’ family and childcare team has been recognised as a leading practice by Legal 500 UK 2014. The department specialises in all aspects of family and private children law matters, with a particular family specialism in representing victims of domestic abuse and assisting in financial matrimonial matters relating to the breakdown of a marriage/relationship. The company holds a broad practice representing parents, family members and children through their children’s guardian in all children public law proceedings and are regularly appointed by Guardians to represent babies and young children in cases involving severe non-accidental injuries, fictitious illnesses and allegations of sexual abuse. The company’s childcare specialists have conduct in high profile international child abduction cases and regularly practice in inherent jurisdiction/forum disputes, international relocation cases, cross border care proceedings and wardship proceedings for the return of children taken out of the jurisdiction.