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12 October 2016
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Laila Bhunnoo—Duncan Lewis Solicitors

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Firm welcomes back new family and childcare director 

 

Duncan Lewis have welcomed back to the firm director of family & childcare, Laila Bhunnoo.

Currently recommended by Chambers UK 2016 as a leading lawyer for her family work in London and ranked in the Legal 500 UK Edition for her expertise in childcare matters for the last five years consecutively, Laila worked as a Solicitor – Advocate/Director at Duncan Lewis from 2003 to 2014 and has recently re-joined the firm in October 2016. 

Laila specialises in representing parents, children’s guardians and children in all Children Act matters. Her practice covers special guardianship orders, care orders, supervision orders and emergency protection orders, adoption within the UK and overseas, Child Abduction and Forced Marriage Protection Orders and FGM Orders. Her work also concerns same sex relationship issues, which arise specific to alternative families. Further, Laila has significant experience representing vulnerable teenagers, often separately from their Guardian when a conflict has arisen. Although predominantly based from the company’s Shepherd’s Bush office, Laila practices across the company’s West, South and Central London offices in both publicly funded and privately funded matters.

Jason Bruce, practice director at Duncan Lewis, comments: “We are very thrilled to welcome back Laila Bhunnoo to Duncan Lewis. She has been and continues to be a true leader in her field of public law children matters”.​

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