Crime

About

Provided by Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Criminal Defence department is renowned for its well prepared, high quality work and boasts a formidable team who diligently pursue the best possible outcome for those they represent. With offices nationwide, the department’s case building excellence is based on sound knowledge of the criminal justice system and the ability to assemble first-rate evidence and documentation. The team, led by Hardeep Dhaliwal and Sunjay Versani, is comprised of police station representatives and Higher Courts Advocates, representing clients from the police station through to the Crown Court.

The team has a significant practice defending clients in serious complex criminal cases, gang related serious crime, murder, and drugs importations. Their defence expertise extends to motoring offences; business and HMRC fraud; sexual abuse, including rape; violent crime; and terrorism. The team has niche expertise in licencing regulations, frequently defending breaches of HMO licence charges, breaches of noise abatement notices, and breaches of food safety/hygiene charges.

The team represents a wide clientele, with particular expertise in representing minor defendants and those with significant mental health problems in insanity defence cases.

The team is frequently called upon in the most high profile cases which attract significant media attention, including the Encrochat cases and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.