Duncan Lewis is praised as a leading law firm in Fraud: white-collar crime work by Legal 500 UK 2014 edition; Hardeep Dhaliwal recommended.
London, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 7 October 2014 -- Following the release of the 2014 edition of Legal 500 UK Directory Awards, Duncan Lewis Solicitors are pleased to announce that they have been recognised as a leading law firm in the legal practice of Fraud, white-collar-crime with Fraud defence specialist Hardeep Dhaliwal receiving individual recommendation.
In its 2014 edition for Fraud (White-Collar), Legal 500 states: “Praised for his ‘great client care', Hardeep Dhaliwal leads the team at Duncan Lewis Solicitors, which recently acted in a £1m computer scam bank fraud case.” Director, Hardeep Dhaliwal added, “It is a privilege to have been recognised by The Legal 500 for my work within the field of fraud law. I would now like to take this achievement and use it to promote our firm’s expertise in undertaking a vast range of criminal defence work, particularly high value fraud related offences that we are able to offer at Duncan Lewis.”
The Duncan Lewis Fraud department deals with a full range of criminal offences from police station representation up to crown court trials, appeals and judicial review. Duncan Lewis has a significant practice in defending fraud cases investigated and prosecuted by the National Crime Agency (previously SOCA), HMRC, The Serious Fraud Office, UK Borders Agency, Economic Crime Units, the DWP, Local authorities and Trading Standards. The department specialises in high value bank & benefit fraud cases, confiscation proceedings, VAT fraud cases, high value money laundering defence and representing clients in complex immigration related frauds.
For nearly 30 years the Legal 500 has been a worldwide client’s guide to the best law firms and lawyers, which analyses the capabilities of law firms worldwide with a comprehensive research programme heavily focused on peer and client feedback.
The recent edition of Legal 500 also acknowledges Duncan Lewis as a top-tier leading law firm for its Immigration & Asylum practice in Wales, whilst the firm’s London offices were also recommended as a leading law firm for its work in Family & Matrimonial matters; Crime; Business Immigration; Human Rights Immigration; Social Housing and Public law immigration & civil liberties judicial review challenges.
About Duncan Lewis
Duncan Lewis, established in 1998, is the largest civil legal aid practice in the UK and one of the country's fastest growing firms of solicitors, serving both corporate entities and private individuals from offices across London and throughout the UK. A recommended leading law firm by Law Society Lexcel and Legal 500, Duncan Lewis represents over 22,000 clients per year, employs over 500 members of staff and was the first law firm in the UK to achieve the Investors in People Gold Quality Standard Mark in 2009. Established areas of law are: business immigration, child care, civil liberties, clinical negligence, community care, crime and fraud, dispute resolution, debt and insolvency, employment, family and divorce, housing, asylum and immigration, litigation, mental health, personal injury, prison law, professional negligence, public law and administrative law, regulatory matters and welfare benefits.
Jason Bruce, Duncan Lewis, http://www.duncanlewis.co.uk/, +44 2031141185, [email protected]
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