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Krina Parmar

Krina Parmar is a Director in the Family & Child Care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors. Krina specialises in public and private law children matters, with significant expertise in: forced marriage applications; female genital mutilation (FGM) applications; emergency matters including removal of children and domestic abuse, and forced marriage applications. Many of Krina’s case are culturally complex with international aspects. Krina represents parents, family member and children as parties to applications for child arrangements orders, special guardianship orders, child abduction matters, adoption proceedings, and care proceedings including serious non-accidental injuries where a baby has died. Krina is regularly instructed in high profile non-accidental injury cases and has been led by Kings Counsel in these matters. Krina undertakes all her own advocacy where possible to ensure clients receive a continuous and consistent service. Krina also frequently trains professional in the areas of domestic abuse, forced marriages and FGM. She has considerable experience representing victims of domestic abuse and vulnerable clients, including those with learning disabilities. Additionally, Krina attends pro bono surgeries for Women’s Aid and has a strong relationship with victim support and the police. She is also a police station accredited representative. · Duncan Lewis Solicitors

EnglandFamily, ChildrenGujarati

About

Director in the Family & Child Care department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, specialising in public and private law children matters including forced marriage and FGM applications, emergency removals, domestic abuse and culturally complex international cases. Represents parents, family members and children in child arrangements, special guardianship, adoption, child abduction and care proceedings (including serious non-accidental injury cases); has been a partner-level director at Duncan Lewis since 2013 and undertakes her own advocacy where possible.

Practice areas

FamilyChildrenChild ProtectionDomestic AbuseForced MarriageFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM)AdoptionChild Abduction

Office

Expertise

Forced MarriageFemale Genital Mutilation (FGM)Non-Accidental Injury / Serious Child HarmChild Protection and Care ProceedingsChild Arrangements & Special GuardianshipChild AbductionDomestic AbuseRepresentation of Vulnerable Clients (including learning disabilities)

Education

  • LLB, Law, Kingston University
  • LLM, Masters in Law, Kingston University
  • LPC, College of Law, Birmingham

Admissions

  • Solicitor (qualified 2009)
  • Police station accredited representative

Languages

Gujarati