Mr Hardeep Dhaliwal > Duncan Lewis Solicitors > Hackney, England > Lawyer Profile
Duncan Lewis Solicitors Offices
1 KINGSLAND HIGH STREET
DALSTON, HACKNEY
LONDON
E8 2JS
England
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Mr Hardeep Dhaliwal
Work Department
Crime
Position
Director Hardeep is a specialist in criminal fraud defence work and has a significant practice in high-value DWP benefit fraud, MTIC VAT fraud, and complex boiler room and money laundering cases. He defends cases investigated and prosecuted by the National Crime Agency, HMRC, the Serious Fraud Office, UK Borders Agency, Economic Crime Units, the DWP, local authorities and Trading Standards. Hardeep also handles defence work in high-profile (often gang-related) serious crimes such as murders, drug importation, fraud and rape.
He has a niche specialism in defending bank employee fraud cases (with holistic assistance from the firm’s welfare benefits legal team). Hardeep has further expanded his role by ensuring the firm is recognised as leaders in representing clients charged with very serious high profile offences which are only triable at the Crown Court. This includes high value complex fraud cases and large scale drug importation cases.
Hardeep’s notable cases include R v W, a money laundering case involving money in excess of £100,000, and the case of R v O which involved the alleged large-scale importation of cannabis into the UK from the Netherlands and was investigated by the National Crime Agency.
Career
Hardeep qualified as a solicitor in 1997. He joined Duncan Lewis in 1999 and has been a partner-level director from 2006 to date.
Languages
Hindi and Punjabi.
Education
LPC and LLB (Hons).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Crime, fraud and licensing > General crime and fraud
‘Stand-out partner’ Hardeep Dhaliwal leads Duncan Lewis Solicitors‘ crime department, with offices across Harrow, Luton and Milton Keynes. The team is experienced in handling serious and complex matters, such as gang-related crime, murder and high-value fraud charges, and is especially recommended for its proceeds of crime and fraud unit, which specialises in high-value confiscation proceedings. Further key contacts are ‘go-to lawyer for financial crime’ Simon Connolly, Linda Barker and Olivia Amy Rose. Rubin Italia departed to Stokoe Partnership Solicitors in August 2022, and Nicholas De Freitas joined the Crown Prosecution Service in April 2023.
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
Duncan Lewis Solicitors‘ crime department, which has a network of offices across London, including in Hackney, City of London, and Croydon, is commended by clients for both their ‘highly regarded‘ fraud practice and ‘excellent‘ confiscation team. Hardeep Dhaliwal and Sunjay Versani lead the team, with the latter being promoted to director in March 2023. Other key team members include the ‘dedicated‘ Noam Almaz, who is particularly experienced in extradition cases, and associates Laurence Grant, Simon Connolly, Linda Barker, and Olivia Amy Rose.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Private client > Court of protection
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence