Operating across multiple London offices, the family and childcare team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors handles both public and private law children work, including care proceedings and international child abductions. Dalston-based Emine Mehmet has considerable experience representing parents, children and guardians in all Children Act matters, including cases involving non-accidental injuries. Based in Croydon, Kathy Walker handles cases involving honour-based violence, care and supervision orders, and special guardianship.
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Key clients
- Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board v SR & Ors [2026] EWHC 348 (Fam)
- DD v AF & Ors [2026] EWHC 247 (Fam)
- London Borough of Sutton v A Mother & Ors [2025] EWFC 303 (B)
- A (Child: Fact-Finding Hearing) [2025] EWFC 219 (B)
- Re AB [2025] EWFC 492 (B)
Work highlights
A (Child: Fact-Finding Hearing) [2025] EWFC 219 (B) – Successfully represented the mother in care proceedings involving serious allegations of non-accidental injury.
Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board v SR & Ors [2026] EWHC 348 (Fam) - These highly sensitive proceedings concerned the withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment for his young son, TR.
DD v AF & Ors [2026] EWHC 247 (Fam) – The High Court refused an application for a domestic adoption order in respect of a 17-year-old child.
Practice head
Emine Mehmet; Forida Hakim; Laila Bhunnoo; Kathy Walker; Emily Wright; Sophie Fernando; Denise Naomi Hoilette; Elizabeth Cowens