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Provided by Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Duncan Lewis Solicitors continuously handles high profile strategic public law litigation. Our influence, not just in case law, but the amount of people we affect through our legal challenges is unparalleled. Our expertise across interlocking practices enables us to deal with all public law matters.

 

Our Public Law team fields a large judicial review claimant practice, representing vulnerable claimants in human rights, crime, prison law, court of protection, mental capacity and social welfare; with a niche specialism in human rights, immigration, civil liberties claimant judicial review matters and costs litigation.

The team has a broad practice representing both privately and publicly funded (legal aid) clients in matters involving immigration; asylum and human rights and deportation matters, with a niche practice in immigration and civil liberties claimant judicial review matters. They have significant experience in challenging delays in Home Office decision making, unlawful immigration detention cases with high net claims for damages, and challenging immigration removal decisions, particularly third country removal cases.

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Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Duncan Lewis Solicitors has a wide-ranging national practice that handles a variety of high-profile strategic law litigation. The firm is noted for its commitment to support vulnerable individuals in public law challenges that touch on issues such as asylum, detention and trafficking, among others. In addition, the team takes on cases focused on the criminal justice system, prison law and social welfare.

Work Highlights

  • Duncan Lewis Solicitors successfully represented several lead claimants in a judicial review in the Supreme Court concerning the government's Rwanda policy.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Toufique Hossain
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Toufique Hossain
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Toufique Hossain is a director of public law at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He regularly handles public law litigation related to trafficking, detention and deportation.

Toufique is an outstanding solicitor.

Toufique is a very good strategic litigator and has very good judgement. He is extremely committed.

Toufique Hossain has superb tactical awareness.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Administrative & Public Law: Traditional Claimant

Toufique Hossain
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Toufique Hossain
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Band 2

Members

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Bahar Ata

Head of Department

James Packer

Head of Department

Lewis Kett

Toufique Hossain

Toufique Hossain

Head of Department