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Duncan Lewis Solicitors finalists for the Excellence in Legal Services Award at the Signature Awards (Birmingham) 2022 (28 January 2022)

Date: 28/01/2022
Duncan Lewis, Main Solicitors, Duncan Lewis Solicitors finalists for the Excellence in Legal Services Award at the Signature Awards (Birmingham) 2022

We are pleased to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Excellence in Legal Services Award at the Signature Awards (Birmingham) 2022.

Nachural’s Signature Awards celebrates business excellence and shines a spotlight on the work of those professionals who have produced cutting edge thinking and have driven the professional market forward in Birmingham.

With offices across England and Wales, our Birmingham office is the largest outside of London and our Wolverhampton office caters for private clients and has tripled in growth in recent months. Our directors in the Midlands include, public law and immigration directors Ahmed Aydeed and Darren Middleton; family and child care directors Richard Gray, Rupinder Jagdev, Ravi Kaur Mahey and Krina Parmar and housing director Lorick Winarskie.

As a company, we are proud of our dedication to equal opportunities and continue to be committed to recruiting and retaining the most talented employees regardless of their religious belief, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, marital status or social background. We place a great value on the unique and varied talents of our work force and understand that meaningful diversity within the firm directly influences our excellence in client service nationwide to both privately funded and publicly funded clients, many of which are the most vulnerable in society.

Our recent Equality and Diversity survey reported the 50 directors that lead our respective legal teams, 62% are female (52% in 2019) and 60% are from an ethnic minority. In relation to our solicitors, of which 46% are from an ethnic minority, the report evidences an equal balance of lawyers throughout the company across all age ranges; 42% of solicitors are aged 25-34 years and 31% are aged 34-44 years. 42% of trainee solicitors and caseworkers are from an ethnic minority, with 53% aged between 25-34 years.

Overall the firm, pre-pandemic, participated in over 70 various pro bono clinics and surgeries, advising in areas including housing, child care, family and immigration law. During the pandemic our lawyers adapted the manner in which they carried out their pro bono work, in line with the government’s guidelines.

Our Birmingham based family and child care team are formidable in their pursuit to represent those most vulnerable. Having various connections and professional relationships with community organisations, such as WAITS, Women’s Aid and the Freedom Programme which provide support and assistance to victims of domestic abuse they are able to further their reach in assisting those most in need. Teams led by directors Krina and Richard offer free family and child care advice every second month via a remote workshop for the Waits clinic. They have continued to provide this support and assistance to the Waits necessarily modified by Covid-19 restrictions.

Krina and her team also offer free legal advice to women at Freedom Programme and Anawim on a case by case basis. Richard and his team offer advice on a case by case basis to Black Country Women’s Aid. Ravi provides advice to the Haven DV service in Wolverhampton.

Director Rupinder and her team volunteer their services to the pro bono BCU Law Clinic, providing free legal advice on a rota basis alongside other local firms. They also provide free legal advice to Panaghar Safehouse on a case-by-case basis.


We look forward to the Signature Awards' ceremony on Friday 4th February at The ICC Birmingham.

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