Ms Krina Parmar > Duncan Lewis Solicitors > Luton, England > Lawyer Profile

Duncan Lewis Solicitors
THIRD FLOOR REAR, AW HOUSE, 6-8 STUART STREET
LUTON
BEDFORDSHIRE
LU1 2SJ
England

Work Department

Family and Child Care

Position

Family and child care director, Krina Parmar, specialises in public and private law children matters with significant expertise in; forced marriage applications; female genital mutilation (FGM) applications; emergency matters such as removal of children and domestic abuse and forced marriage applications. Many of her cases are culturally complex cases with international aspects.

Krina represents parents, family members and children as parties to applications for child arrangement orders, special guardianship orders, child abduction matters, adoption proceedings and care proceedings to include serious non-accidental injuries where a baby has died. She represents and is regularly instructed on high profile non-accidental injury cases and has been led by both Junior Counsel and Queens Counsel in these cases.

Krina undertakes all her own advocacy, where possible, to ensure clients are given a continuous and consistent service. Krina also frequently trains professionals in the areas of domestic abuse, forced marriages and FGM.
Krina has considerable experience representing victims of domestic abuse, and in dealing with vulnerable clients and those with learning disabilities. Additionally, Krina attends pro bono surgeries for Women’s Aid; local contact centres and has a strong relationship with victim support and the police. She is also a police station accredited representative.

In 2020 Krina was shortlisted for the Family Law Lawyer of the Year at the LALY Awards and Family Law Partner of the Year at the Family Law Awards.

Career

Krina qualified as a solicitor in 2009 and has been a partner-level director at Duncan Lewis Solicitors since 2013.

Languages

Krina speaks fluent Gujarati.

Memberships

Krina is a member of the Children Law Panel.

Education

Krina obtained her LLB in Law and her LLM Masters in Law from Kingston University. She achieved her LPC at the College of Law, Birmingham.

Lawyer Rankings

West Midlands > Private client > Family: Birmingham

The ‘extremely efficient‘ team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors specialises in representing clients facing emergency situations such as matters involving sexual harm, safeguarding children or domestic abuse. It is also experienced in advising on divorce and separation issues and is known for its work with clients with significant vulnerabilities ( such as mental health problems). The practice works on an interesting mix of culturally complex cases and has considerable strength in international child abduction cases. Krina Parmar and Rupinder Jagdev  are among the names to note at a senior level along with Jasbir Raindi and Ravi Kaur Mahey .

South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

The ‘exceptional‘ practice at Duncan Lewis Solicitors dispenses advice on the full spectrum of family law matters, with a particular emphasis on international child abduction cases, special guardianship orders, and wardship issues. In Harrow, Adeeba Naseem has broad knowledge spanning surrogacy issues, adoption cases and financial proceedings, while Alia Lewis is particularly adept at acting for children in public law care cases. Dividing her time between Milton Keynes and Luton, Krina Parmar has extensive expertise in advising on forced marriage and female genital mutilation matters. Luton’s Emma Bilsborrow has a great deal of experience in handling high-net-worth divorces and cohabitation agreements, and in Milton Keynes, Shazia Rana often assists clients with obtaining non-molestation injunctions, and care and emergency protection orders.