Lewis Kett

Practice Areas

Lewis Kett is a Solicitor in the Immigration and Public Law departments at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He has extensive experience in a wide range of Judicial Review challenges, with a particular speciality in challenges to both the lawfulness and conditions of immigration and refugee detention. He specialises in developing strategic litigation, with his work focussing on challenging the mistreatment of immigration detainees and the conditions in which they are held. His most recent work has included acting as the lead solicitor for the Duncan Lewis cohort of clients for the Brook House Public Inquiry, and working on the lead challenge to the Home Office’s policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Career

Duncan Lewis Solicitors (2012 – present)

Professional Memberships

Accredited Level 2 Immigration and Asylum Scheme Supervisor

ILPA

Work Highlights

AAA + Ors v SSHD [2022] EWHC 3230 - Lead case challenging the Home Office’s policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda.

MA & BB v SSHD [2019] EWHC 1523 - Successful challenge to SSHDs failure to institute a Public Inquiry into abuse of detainees at Brook House.

Hussein v SSHD [2018] EWHC 213 - Lock-in regime at Brook House constituted indirect discrimination to Muslim detainees forced to pray in conditions contrary to Art 9/14 ECHR.

Medical Justice + Ors v SSHD [2017] EWHC 2461 - Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention policy found to be unlawful owing to SSHD’s decision to restrict definition of torture to only that which was State-inflicted (for purposes of identifying vulnerability and eligibility for release).

Awards