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Excellent results for our South East based practices in this year’s edition of The Legal 500 (27 September 2019)

Date: 27/09/2019
Duncan Lewis, Main Solicitors, Excellent results for our South East based practices in this year’s edition of The Legal 500

We are delighted to share the results of our South East based practices in this year’s edition of The Legal 500 which sees seven of our practices being ranked and the addition of three new ranked lawyers.

Notably, housing director Manjinder Kaur Atwal is newly ranked as a Leading Individual in the Social housing category, and family and child care directors Adeeba Naseem and Alia Lewis both ranked as Next Generation Lawyers under the Private client – Family category. Joining them as a newly ranked Next Generation Lawyer is Toufique Hossain who is ranked under the Human Resources – Immigration category.

Two new departments join our South East list, a Tier 3 ranking has been obtained by our professional negligence practice, and the work carried out by our criminal defence department has resulted in a tier 4 ranking.

This year we have increased our ranking from Tier 3 to Tier 2 in both the Human resources – Immigration and the Social housing: tenant categories, and our family practice has also risen from Tier 3 to Tier 2.

Our overall success in The Legal 500 this year has been outstanding across the firm, with departments and individuals being additionally ranked in our London, Midlands, and Wales practice areas.

Our full South East rankings and commentaries can be seen below:


Crime, fraud and licensing - Crime: general – Tier 4

Duncan Lewis Solicitors provides the full range of criminal law services, but is particularly notable for its work with vulnerable clients, including those with mental illnesses as well as youth clients. The firm also operates a large, serious crime practice, with a particular focus on gang-related violence and drug offences. Rubin Italia heads the team from the Harrow office and is most notable for his work involving the defence of insanity in addition to business crime cases.

Other key lawyers: Linda Barker; Laurence Grant; Simon Connolly; Jiban Miah


Human resources – Immigration – Tier 2

The immigration team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors 'is highly experienced with a wide range of excellent practitioners' who are best known for undertaking a steady stream of Legal Aid work representing individuals in all aspects of personal immigration, asylum, human rights and public law matters. It also has expertise in judicial review immigration claimant cases. Key advisors include Bahar Ata, Ahmed Aydeed, Tamana Aziz, Toufique Hossain and Zofia Duszynska.


Insurance - Clinical negligence: claimant – Tier 3

The 'experienced and knowledgeable' clinical negligence team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors specialises in brain injury matters including cerebral palsy and cardiac claims, as well as securing significant settlements for clients. The practice group is led by 'excellent' Rebecca Thomas.


Insurance - Personal injury: claimant – Tier 3

Duncan Lewis Solicitors handles an array of personal injury work with particular specialism in fatal road traffic accidents. The team is currently representing a number of people in a high-value public inquiry, where it is advising on all aspects of public law and personal injury matters. Julie Leslie in Dalston handles employer negligence work in which the client has suffered severe disability. Rebecca Thomas heads the practice.


Insurance - Professional negligence – Tier 3

Duncan Lewis Solicitors covers a broad range of professional negligence work concentrated in the construction and engineering sectors with additional niche expertise in claims against financial advisors. The team acts for a diverse client base, especially vulnerable individuals, which often seamlessly overlaps with the firm's other practice groups such as personal injury. Key figures include Sobashni De Silva and Anthony Okumah, who jointly lead the team based in Harrow.

Other key lawyers: Shabana Masood, Shilpa Sehgal


Private client - Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx – Tier 2

The 'really supportive and very efficient' family and child care team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors is well known for its cutting-edge work across a wide range of family and children matters…The practice is headed by six directors spread across four offices: Adeeba Naseem, Alia Lewis and Ravi Kaur Mahey are based in Harrow; Sheena Donlon and Sara Upton lead the Barnet office; Krina Parmar splits her time between Milton Keynes and Luton.


Real estate - Social housing – Tier 2

Manjinder Kaur Atwal leads the housing and property litigation group at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. The firm, which is the largest supplier of legal aid in England and Wales, primarily acts for vulnerable tenants. Its team handles the entire gamut of contentious social housing issues, with particular expertise in possession and unlawful eviction, judicial reviews challenging local authorities and Equality Act defence cases. SolicitorAdrian Smith is recommended for homelessness issues and unlawful evictions.


Find our full list of The Legal 500 rankings at our microsite - http://www.legal500.com/firms/1169-duncan-lewis-solicitors/1725-harrow-england

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