Amanjit Lalli

Amanjit is a Partner, Joint Head and Solicitor in the Child Care & Family department.  She joined Duncan Lewis in September 2004 and developed the Child Care & Family department at the firms Harrow on the Hill branch.  Amanjit heads and manages the department, which encompasses solicitors, trainee solicitors and caseworkers. Amanjit is also involved in training and supervision of the department together with continuing to practise. She is committed to all areas of children and family law.

Amanjit has been specialising in both children and family law since qualifying as a Solicitor in January 2000. In all Children Act proceedings she represents parents, family members, children's guardians and children. Her practise covers residence, contact, specific issue and prohibited step order applications.

Amanjit's other main area of expertise is handling cases with an international element. She is experienced in child abduction cases under the Hague Convention and receives referrals from the Central Authority acting for parents abroad, as well as acting for those defending abduction claims. She is on the Reunite Panel of Solicitors, an organisation that helps families on child abduction with advice, information and support.  She also has the expertise to deal with Wardship applications and familiar with the legal systems in many foreign jurisdictions, in particular in Europe, India, Pakistan, Somali, Canada and USA.

She is committed to acting in all children matters in particular special guardianship orders, care orders, supervision orders and emergency orders; adoption within the UK and overseas; parental responsibility agreements; paternity disputes and surrogacy agreements. Amanjit has been instructed in a number of complex cases involving cruelty to children, serious allegations of harm to children and honour killings.

Amanjit has continued to specialise in divorces, judicial separation and nullity; complex financial matters (ancillary relief) relating to the breakdown of a marriage/relationship including high net worth assets and the distribution of business assets, prenuptial, cohabitation and separation agreements; cohabitation disputes involving property; and civil partnership disputes. 

Amanjit is further accredited by the Law Society to undertake cases that involve domestic violence and continues to represent vulnerable individuals who require protection from violence.  Amanjit represents clients in respect of non-molestation injunctions and occupation orders.  Amanjit undertakes all children and family work at a domestic and international level.

In addition, Amanjit is able to give advice on Family/Matrimonial matters and practises in both the High Court and County Courts, acting for publicly funded and private clients.  She practices her own advocacy at all levels.

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