Abbid is a director in the family and child care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. He specialises in representing both Applicants and Respondents in a wide range of complex care that involve serious non-accidental injury, severe sexual abuse, fabricated or induced illness, neglect, and failure to protect from harm. He attends Child Protection Conferences (CPC) and Public Law Outline Meetings (PLO) in order to assist in preventing Care Proceedings being issued. HIs further areas of expertise include; emergency protection orders, discharging care orders and opposing adoption orders, special guardianship orders, parental responsibility agreements, grandparent’s rights, and enforcement proceedings. He has a vast knowledge and experience in dealing with divorce proceedings (including defended divorces), consent orders and wardship proceedings. Abbid deals with s8 applications and has experience in dealing with international child abduction matters in both Hague and non-Hague states. Furthermore, he is well versed in matters involving risk of removal from the jurisdiction, internal relocation, temporary removal disputes, non-molestation orders, occupation orders, and forced marriage orders. Abbid represents parents in high profile wardship proceedings; including a complex case relating to concerns that the parents were going to enter ISIS controlled Syria with their children in order to take part in armed conflict. This is a new and developing area and Abbid has successfully prevented children from being separated from their parents. He also has experience dealing with cases involving issues of serious domestic violence, implacable hostility, sexual abuse and parental alienation. Many of his cases have appeared before the High Court.
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Meena Kumari is a director in the family and child care departments at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and has a wealth of experience involving complex children cases with an international element, as well as cases where the children have special needs. Meena has particular expertise in negotiating medium to high-net financial settlements for clients in the course of separation, divorce and dissolution of civil partnership. This is an area of family law requiring a tenacious and proactive approach as well as meticulous attention, qualities Meena possesses in abundance. Meena believes in adopting a proactive rather than a reactive approach to family law in each of its different facets and strives to ensure that what is often a very difficult situation for clients is not made more difficult due to inaction or lack of foresight. She has a passion for advocacy and represents the majority of her clients at every court hearing.
Sophia deals with all aspects of Family and Child Care work, and specialises in domestic violence matters.She previously undertook work in the Personal Injury Department, specialising in technical road traffic accident claims. She also has experience in Commercial Property matters, namely all aspects of residential and commercial property work.Sophia also regularly advises clients pro bono at legal advice clinics.