Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Immigration & Public Law

Gemma Lynch is a Director in the Immigration department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. She supervises a team of solicitors, trainees and caseworkers who represent clients in a broad range of immigration, asylum and human rights matters.

Gemma is dedicated to representing the most vulnerable in society. She has extensive experience in representing unaccompanied asylum seeking children throughout the asylum process. Gemma also assists with judicial review matters including challenges to delays in making decisions on asylum applications and challenges to the Local Authority’s age assessments. She prides herself on representing children with care and sensitivity whilst providing them with the best possible legal representation.

Gemma also has significant experience in representing asylum seekers from Afghanistan, including unaccompanied children and high ranking Afghan officials. She frequently assists clients from Eritrea, Iran and Syria with complex asylum cases.

Gemma undertakes her own advocacy and represents her clients personally in the First and Upper Tier Tribunals across London and the South East. She has secured successful appeals particularly for victims of human trafficking from Albania and unaccompanied children from Afghanistan. She frequently acts for detained clients, challenging their detention through immigration bail applications and unlawful detention claims.

Director at Duncan Lewis Solicitors (2022 – present)