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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
England’s new landlord registration service promises greater transparency for tenants and better information for councils. Housing Director Manjinder Kaur Atwal argues registration must be more than a box-ticking exercise. The real test? Enforcement Read more: www.duncanlewis.co.uk/Legal_News/L...
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
September’s new faces are here. 👋💙 Our latest Solicitors, Caseworkers and Admin staff are joining teams across Duncan Lewis. Some departments had more new joiners than others this month though… 👀 Can you guess which one before you swipe? #LifeAtDuncanLewis #MeetTheTeam
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
How many Wills & Probate questions can you answer in 90 seconds? We put Tim Harrison, Director in our Wills & Probate team, to the test with a mixture of legal questions and a few quick-fire choices. 🎥 Watch 90 Seconds with Tim Harrison Have a Wills & Probate question you'd like Tim to answer next?
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A five-star review for Hajra Fathima from our Immigration team, recognising her clear communication, professionalism and support throughout the client’s matter. Well done, Hajra! 👏 #ImmigrationLaw #FeedbackFriday
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🏆 We’re finalists! Duncan Lewis Solicitors has been shortlisted for Children’s Law Team of the Year at the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2026. A fantastic recognition for our Family & Child Law team. 💙 Come on November! 🤞 @jpfamilylaw #FamilyLawAwards #FLA2026
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
£70,000 in damages secured following unlawful Home Office detention. The High Court found our client’s continued immigration detention was maintained for an improper purpose rather than to facilitate removal. Read the case: www.duncanlewis.co.uk/immigration_... #UnlawfulDetention #ImmigrationLaw
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Doughty Street Chambers @doughtystreet.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
𝐅𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 Finnian was instructed by Nazia Khan (Director), Raman Kumar (Solicitor), Jessie Shepherd (Trainee Solicitor) and Auhona Majumdar (Caseworker) of @duncanlewiss.bsky.social
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Further success for Gazan students as the Home Office and Foreign Office commit to supporting the evacuation of their dependants
Finnian Clarke, along with Sonali Naik KC, Maha Sardar and Maria Moodie of Garden Court Chambers, who secured success on beha
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
⚠️ Legal Aid Agency cyber-attack: Months after personal data of hundreds of thousands of applicants was accessed and downloaded, large parts of the system still remain offline. What happened? Caseworker Nina Brinklow discusses the cyber-attack and its impact on clients today. 👉 buff.ly/QanU4kH
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
When landlord and tenant are also husband and wife, which rights apply? 🤔 Our client faced eviction from her landlord, who was also her husband. However, the Court found that the wife's marital rights superseded the tenancy agreement. Read on here 👉 buff.ly/m6SQhjf
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
➡️ Did you know that 62% of single homeless people face hidden homelessness, often staying with friends or family without a secure home? But Legal help is available. We have created a short guide on eligibility for a homelessness application & how & where to apply. 🤝 Find it here: buff.ly/HnWbkYf
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
🚨 The UK Government has formally acknowledged a major data breach affecting thousands of Afghan nationals linked to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), and has confirmed the closure of a secret resettlement route known as the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR).
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Can anyone call themselves an expert in a British courtroom? Right now, the answer seems to be yes. 🤔 Expert witnesses can make or break a case, but what credential checks are actually in place? We explore the risks of these unvetted “experts” who take the stand: buff.ly/ftt8Fg9
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
🚨 Facing removal after 16 years in the UK, our 55-year-old client has been granted an urgent stay on her deportation, thanks to our Public Law team. Read more on this case here: buff.ly/KgxgxS6
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In a false imprisonment claim against the Home Office, our team remarkably secured £73,000 in damages for our client. 👏 The claim arose from a period of prolonged and unlawful detention, during which our client suffered considerable harm.
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Neurodiversity in Legal Practice – Online Panel Event ⚖️ Join Cardiff & District Law Society for an insightful online panel discussion on Neurodiversity in Legal Practice, hosted by Duncan Lewis' Director, Jenine Abdo.
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Our team was granted permission to apply for Judicial Review for a vulnerable care leaver and victim of human trafficking and modern slavery. Our client, a national of Vietnam, was transported out of Vietnam and into Europe at age 11 and completely on his own. ▶️ buff.ly/6e29WCD
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Duncan Lewis granted permission to apply for Judicial Review on behalf
Duncan Lewis granted permission to apply for Judicial Review on behalf of victim of human trafficking and modern slavery
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Our client concerned that she would lose her home of 25 years after the death of her mother, who died without leaving a will, contacted our team for assistance. Our team swiftly resolved the dispute, halting an impending eviction issued by our client's brother. ▶️ buff.ly/ek44zUY
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Duncan Lewis Secures Client’s Right to Family Home in Sibling Dispute
Wills and Probate Solicitor Eleanor Murray Secures Client’s Family Home in Long-Running Probate Dispute
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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
📣High Court finds decision to detain tourist and cancel their permission to be in UK as visitor unlawful📣 Our Alex Grigg represented the Claimant, instructed by Darren Middleton of @duncanlewiss.bsky.social. Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/high-court-f...
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our team successfully represented a refugee mother who was forced to flee to the UK & leave her children behind in her country of origin, where they later suffered neglect & abuse. We have assisted the mother in applying for Family Reunion so her children could safely join her. ▶️ buff.ly/dWCkJD8
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Duncan Lewis Helps Refugee Mother Bring Her Children to Safety
Duncan Lewis Helps Refugee Mother Bring Her Children to Safety in the UK
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Our client, a #Ugandan national who fled the civil war as a child, now has formal confirmation of her immigration status following a successful judicial review application challenging the SSHD.
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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🚨 Sonali Naik KC makes closing statement to The Cranston Inquiry: ‘The tragedy was preventable’ 🚨 Our Joint Head of Chambers, Sonali Naik KC, provided a statement on behalf of full participants, I/B Maria Thomas @duncanlewiss.bsky.social. Read on here 🔽 gardencourtchambers.co.uk/sonali-naik-...
Picture reads: Sonali Naik KC makes closing statement to The Cranston Inquiry: ‘The tragedy was preventable’
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Garden Court Chambers @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
📣 High Court ruling on asylum claim withdrawals & support termination protects asylum seekers 📣 Irena Sabic KC & Alex Grigg of our #ImmigrationLaw Team acted for MAH in the High Court, instructed by Bahar Ata, Katie Nelson & Ana Isabel Hart of @duncanlewiss.bsky.social. More 🔽 tinyurl.com/bde3nfsu
Portraits of Irena Sabic KC and Alex Grigg with #DoRightFearNoOne below.
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
The tragic death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif has once again exposed serious failures in the UK’s child protection system. Sara, who endured relentless abuse at the hands of her father and stepmother, was failed by authorities who had years of missed opportunities to intervene ▶️ buff.ly/k33P7fg
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The Tragic Death of Sara Sharif: A Wake-Up Call for Child Protection
Family Lawyer highlights systemic families in the UK’s child protection system following Sara Sharif’s death
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Our team has obtained High Court permission to challenge the Home Office’s decision to move an asylum-seeking father away from his two children. The court has criticised the Home Office for the lack of reasoning behind its decision. ▶️ buff.ly/o6WYkg5
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High Court Grants Permission to Challenge Father’s Forced Relocation
High Court Grants Permission to Challenge Father’s Forced Relocation
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Doctors of the World @dotwuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
@mariathomas.bsky.social , the solicitor representing 21 bereaved families and a survivor, explains “many onboard the small boat (...) were likely to still be alive many hours after the boat capsized” @duncanlewiss.bsky.social
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Doctors of the World @dotwuk.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
4 years after the mass-drowning of 27 men, women and children in the UK #Channel, the #CranstonInquiry highlights how this disaster could have been prevented. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Many victims of Channel dinghy tragedy could have been saved, inquiry lawyers say
Many of 27 people who drowned in 2021 might have survived if rescue services had searched for longer, inquiry hears
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AVIDdetention @aviddetention.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🚨Government faces High Court Challenge Over Brook House Inquiry Response. This is going to be an important legal challenge to hold the current gov to accountable on the ongoing failures #ImmigrationDetention
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
We're representing three claimants in a judicial review challenge against the Government’s failure to act on the findings of the Brook House Public Inquiry. ▶️ buff.ly/GNX6nTf The inquiry exposed serious mistreatment & abuse of immigration detainees at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC).
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Government faces High Court Challenge Over Brook House ?Inquiry Respon
Government faces High Court Challenge Over Brook House Inquiry Response
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Our client, a member of the Windrush generation with indefinite leave to remain, was unlawfully deported to Jamaica in 2013 and has been homeless since. Upper Tribunal Judge Hoffman has granted our client permission to challenge the SSHD's refusal to revoke his deportation order. ▶️ buff.ly/cQHqVRw
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Upper Tribunal Judge Grants Permission to Challenge Unlawful
Meta Description: Upper Tribunal Judge Hoffman has granted our client permission to challenge the Secretary of State’s refusal to revoke his deportation order
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Duncan Lewis has secured an urgent interim relief order in relation to a postpartum mother who was in wholly inadequate Home Office accommodation. ▶️ buff.ly/I1eMLah The client was represented by Emma Breslin, Tom Leahy & Gemma Lynch. Counsel instructed was Oliva Beach of @onepumpcourt.co.uk.
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Deighton Pierce Glynn @dpglaw.co.uk · 14/03/2025
@duncanlewiss.bsky.social acted for MJ, instructing Alex Goodman KC and Miranda Butler of @landmarkchambers.bsky.social
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Deighton Pierce Glynn @dpglaw.co.uk · 14/03/2025
🚨 Wethersfield High Court Judgment: The Home Secretary acted unlawfully in accommodating three asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield. Serious breaches of the Equality Act in publishing accommodation policy. dpglaw.co.uk?p=10810&prev...
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HIGH COURT FINDS THE HOME SECRETARY ACTED UNLAWFULLY IN ACCOMMODATING THREE ASYLUM SEEKERS AT RAF WETHERSFIELD - DPG Law
Summary In a significant ruling today, the High Court of Justice has found that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully and in breach of her duties under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 by accommodati...
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Duncan Lewis Solicitors @duncanlewiss.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Today the Cranston Inquiry will hear from our client, Mr Omar, one of only two survivors of the tragic channel crossing in Nov 2021 when at least 31 people lost their lives. Mr Omar will provide his account of how the events of the night played out ▶️ rb.gy/akqopk #CranstonInquiry #ChannelCrossing
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Cranston Inquiry to hear from survivor of 2021 Channel Tragedy
Duncan Lewis Represents Families of Victims in Landmark Investigation
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