Our public law team has been shortlisted for a top accolade at the Wales Legal Awards 2022 for their dedication to improving access to justice.
Their hard work and support for the vulnerable has won them a nomination in the Public Law Team of the Year award category.
The award recognises outstanding performance in providing bespoke and tailored advice on the welfare and rights of their clients, in addition to increasing access to justice in Wales.
The winning team is expected to demonstrate the importance of human rights and public law work within Wales, show innovation and a flexible approach to legal market challenges, something which our team can easily demonstrate.
Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Wales-based immigration department is the country’s highest ranked immigration team in The Legal 500, 2022 guide.
They handle a wide range of immigration, asylum, and human rights matters. The team represents some of the most vulnerable clients in society, including victims of trafficking or modern slavery and those who have suffered domestic abuse.
The department has a large judicial review claimant practice, representing clients with a range of immigration and human rights issues.
In shortlisting the small team of five – headed by director Vinita Templeton - the panel has studied the success of their recent cases. This has included representation for three Nicaraguan refugees whose claim for asylum and subsequent appeals were unfairly rejected. In two of the cases, the team successfully challenged the refusal to allow an appeal and an application for judicial review has been submitted in the third which is expected to have a similar positive result.
The Wales Legal Awards was launched in 2019 to celebrate the success of teams practising in and providing services to the legal profession in Wales.
Nominations are judged by an expert, independent panel of judges from across the sector, including representatives from The Law Society Gazette, Presidents of regional law societies in Wales and Thomson Reuters.
The winners will be announced at a black tie event, hosted on Friday 20th May 2022 in Cardiff.
We would like to congratulate the whole team and wish them the best of luck on the night.