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Duncan Lewis Solicitors

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Duncan Lewis Solicitors fields a wide-reaching children team led by nine partner-level directors across its London offices, with a strong emphasis on care proceedings, emergency protection cases, and safeguarding issues, including sexual harm, domestic abuse, and parental alienation. The firm has a specialist neurodiversity unit led by Alia Lewis. Further key team members include Kathy Walker, advising on complex care proceedings, Adeeba Naseem, specialising in child abduction, and Emine Mehmet who works across both private and public children law, including domestic violence and legal aid work.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Kathy Walker is a very experienced public law children lawyer who undertakes cases of exceptional seriousness. I would want her in my child's corner if he or she was in trouble or involved with a local authority.’

  • ‘Excellent for complex public law and international cases.’

  • ‘Adeeba Naseem is absolutely brilliant and completely committed to her clients.’

  • ‘The team at Duncan Lewis is committed to their clients and the wider principle of access to justice. They are one of only a few firms at the top level that continue to work on private law legal aid cases.’

  • ‘Adeeba Naseem is an outstanding lawyer. She is considered but passionate about her work, and will always go the extra mile for clients. She wins cases that others consider unwinnable.'

  • ‘Duncan Lewis provides an exceptional service to clients that combines empathetic client care, realistic advice and a real sense that solicitors do their very best to ensure that the client's case is advanced to the client's advantage.’

  • ‘Kathy Walker's team is like no other. They are efficient, personable, and always are one step ahead. They are amazing team players as well and make being on a case with them, particularly one that is complex, much easier.’

  • 'Emine Mehmet is also outstanding in her field. She is a strong advocate who always remains child-focused.’
  • 'Heavyweights in international children work but still very down to earth and a pleasure to work with.'
  • 'Kathy Walker - excellent solicitor and advocate for the children and young people she represents. Kathy is a brilliant communicator, she gets things done, I am confident in her advice and I trust her. Kathy has an excellent team and if she is not available I know I will be looked after by other team members.'

Key clients

  • A Local Authority v M & Ors [2024] EWFC 243 (B)
  • LONDON BOROUGH OF X v M & ORS [2023] EWFC 171
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Practice head

Adeeba Naseem; Alia Lewis; Emine Mehmet; Forida Hakim; Kathy Walker; Laila Bhunnoo; Sophie Fernando; Mandeep Kaur Benning; Emily Wright