About
Provided by Duncan Lewis Solicitors
Duncan Lewis’ award winning Family & Child Care department are experts in the full range of public law child care matters. The department offers representation in all aspects of family and child care law, including care proceedings, deprivation of liberty, culturally complex cases, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), and international child abduction.
Our team regularly act for parents, family members and children (through their guardian) in cases involving serious allegations of non-accidental injury and factitious illnesses, sexual abuse, and also assist in cases where a child has passed away due to alleged harm.
Many of the clients represented by our team are extremely vulnerable, including those with mental illnesses, substance abuse issues, and victims of physical, emotional and sexual abuse.
Our nationwide team includes solicitor advocates and law society children panel members, many of whom are also members of the Association of Lawyers for Children and Resolution. Collectively, our children panel members have a significant following of Cafcass guardians and we are proud to be one of the most instructed firms in London by Casfcass.
Duncan Lewis is one of only a select number of firms that are on the International Child Abduction & Contact Unit (ICACU) referral list. Our team also include the founding member of the Child Abduction Lawyers Association.
In 2024, our Family and Child Care department were crowned Team of the Year at the Family Law Awards.
