Alia Lewis

Alia Lewis is a director within the family and child care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. Alia’s expertise extends to all aspects of family law and she has a particular specialism in public law care cases and secure accommodation. Alia has extensive experience representing children through their guardian and through separate representation. She also represents parents, extended family members and interveners, and has conducted cases on behalf of the official solicitor. Her cases involve a range of issues including; physical, sexual and emotional abuse; neglect; factitious illness; non-accidental injury; drug and alcohol addiction; domestic abuse; learning difficulties; mental illness; psychological disorders, and physical disability. She conducts numerous cases that have an international element and undertakes the majority of her own advocacy in order to provide a continuity of representation to her clients. She is also experienced in chairing experts meetings. · Duncan Lewis Solicitors

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Alia Lewis is a director in the Family and Child Care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors who specialises in public law care cases and secure accommodation. She represents children (via guardians and by separate representation), parents, extended family members and interveners, conducts the majority of her own advocacy including in cases with international elements, and is experienced in chairing experts' meetings.

Practice areas

FamilyChild CarePublic LawFamily LitigationInternational Family Law

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England

Duncan Lewis Solicitors · Alia Lewis is a director within the family and child care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. Alia’s expertise extends to all aspects of family law and she has a particular specialism in public law care cases and secure accommodation. Alia has extensive experience representing children through their guardian and through separate representation. She also represents parents, extended family members and interveners, and has conducted cases on behalf of the official solicitor. Her cases involve a range of issues including; physical, sexual and emotional abuse; neglect; factitious illness; non-accidental injury; drug and alcohol addiction; domestic abuse; learning difficulties; mental illness; psychological disorders, and physical disability. She conducts numerous cases that have an international element and undertakes the majority of her own advocacy in order to provide a continuity of representation to her clients. She is also experienced in chairing experts meetings.

England

Expertise

Public law care proceedingsSecure accommodationChildren's representation (guardian and separate)Representation of parents, extended family and intervenersCases involving abuse, neglect, factitious illness, non-accidental injury, addiction, domestic abuse and disabilityCases with international elementsChairing experts' meetings

Education

LPC, Inns Court School of Law
LLB (Hons), Middlesex University

Admissions

Solicitor, England & Wales (qualified 2006)