Name

Duncan Lewis Solicitors

Legal name

Duncan Lewis (Solicitors) Limited

Website

https://duncanlewis.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM), Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK), Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Legal aid
• Family law
• Immigration law
• Civil litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Harrow

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Legal Aid / Public Funding: Means-tested government-funded legal services. Duncan Lewis is the largest provider of publicly funded legal aid services in the UK, covering immigration, housing, domestic abuse, child custody, and public law matters.
2. Private Client Services: Fee-based legal services for private paying clients with competitive rates, fixed fee options, and no win no fee (conditional fee agreement) arrangements for qualifying cases.
3. No Win No Fee / Conditional Fee Agreements: Conditional fee arrangements (CFAs) for medical negligence, personal injury, litigation, and housing disrepair claims where legal aid is unavailable.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Duncan Lewis Solicitors is a national UK law firm providing comprehensive legal representation across 25+ practice areas, including civil litigation, family law, immigration, criminal defence, personal injury, housing, clinical negligence, and public law. The firm serves both private paying individuals and corporate entities through a network of 70+ offices across England and Wales, offering funding flexibility through legal aid, private fees, fixed fees, and no win no fee arrangements.

Product overview

Duncan Lewis Solicitors is a national UK law firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of legal services across over 25 practice areas. The firm serves both private individuals and corporate entities through a network of offices across England and Wales. The core service offering includes Civil Litigation, Clinical Negligence, Court of Protection, Crime, Family, Housing, Immigration, Personal Injury, Public Law, and Wills & Probate as the main practice areas. Additional specialisations include Business Crime & Investigation, Business Immigration, Child Care, Civil Liberties & Human Rights, Community Care, Domestic Abuse, Employment, Motoring Law, Prison Law, Professional Negligence, Regulatory Law, and Welfare Benefits. The firm provides services under various funding arrangements including Legal Aid, private paying, and no win no fee options. Duncan Lewis is recognised by The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners UK as a top-tier law firm and is the largest provider of publicly funded (legal aid) services in the UK.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Litigation Civil litigation services covering defamation, alternate dispute resolution, banking and finance disputes, bankruptcy, company and commercial matters, contentious probate, contract disputes, debt recovery, fraud, professional negligence, and property disputes.
• Clinical Negligence Medical negligence compensation claims including birth injury, cosmetic surgery, dental negligence, hospital negligence, medical misdiagnosis, surgical negligence, and claims against paramedics.
• Court of Protection Protection of rights for individuals lacking mental capacity, covering finance and property management, and health and welfare decisions.
• Data Claims Legal claims against public bodies that act incorrectly, challenging unlawful data practices.
• Debt Debt resolution services helping clients address all debt-related issues.
• Domestic Abuse and Violence Legal support for victims of domestic violence, providing representation in family abuse cases.
• Education Law Legal services related to educational matters and disputes.
• Employment Employment law services for both employees and employers, including redundancy, unfair dismissal, and discrimination cases.
• Family Law Family law services including divorce, high net worth divorce, financial and property matters, civil partnerships, prenuptial agreements, family mediation, and private law children disputes.
• Housing Housing legal services for both tenants and landlords, including property disputes, disrepair claims, eviction, rent arrears, and homelessness appeals.
• International Disputes Cross-border litigation and international dispute resolution services.
• Motoring Law Motoring law defence services including drink driving, dangerous driving, causing death by dangerous driving, HGV offences, drug driving, and failing to provide a specimen.
• Personal Immigration Personal immigration services including in-country applications, out of country applications, business immigration, and immigration appeals.
• Personal Injury Personal injury claims on a no win no fee basis, covering abuse claims, bicycle accidents, brain injuries, burns, catastrophic injuries, road traffic accidents, and spinal cord injuries.
• Prison Law Prison law services where liberty is at stake, including adjudications under the Tarrant rules.
• Professional Negligence Professional negligence claims including claims against architects and solicitors.
• Regulatory Law Regulatory and compliance law services to protect careers and businesses.
• Welfare Benefits Welfare benefits legal services ensuring clients receive all benefits they are entitled to.
• Wills and Probate Wills and probate services including will writing, probate, and lasting powers of attorney.
• Criminal Defence Criminal defence services including business fraud, confiscation, criminal appeals, extradition, fraud, judicial review, and defence against terrorism charges.
• Immigration and Asylum Immigration legal services including asylum and human rights claims, asylum appeals, SIAC appeals, detention casework, and judicial review.
• Public Law Public law services including judicial reviews, regulatory and compliance law, environmental and planning law, tax, court of protection matters, and public inquiries.
• Child Care Child care legal services including social services involvement, care proceedings, autism/ADHD in family law, trafficking cases, adoption, and international child abduction.
• Civil Liberties and Human Rights Civil liberties and human rights law covering all articles of the Human Rights Act, including challenges to extradition orders and protection of fundamental rights.
• Community Care Community care services helping people access social services, housing, and healthcare they are entitled to, including services for asylum seekers, children, elderly, and those with disabilities.
• Action Against Public Authorities Legal action against public authorities including inquests, actions against immigration detention centres, police actions, and actions against prisons.
• Business Immigration Business immigration services including sponsorship licences, audit and consulting, civil penalties, sole representatives, graduate route visas, and investor visas.
• Business Crime and Investigation Business crime defence and investigation services including false accounting, company fraud, VAT fraud, and SFO investigations.
• Commercial and Company Law Commercial and company law services including commercial litigation and disputes, commercial property services, and charities legal services.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Minster Law: UK personal injury and clinical negligence firm operating at scale via a legal aid and CFA model. Comparable on claimant volume play, though narrower in practice area than Duncan Lewis.
• Leigh Day: London-headquartered claimant law firm renowned for human rights, clinical negligence, and public law work, with a strong legal aid and CFA revenue mix. Highly comparable on practice mix (immigration, human rights, group claims) and claimant-side positioning, with similar headcount band.
• Hodge Jones & Allen: London-based claimant firm with a strong legal aid, personal injury, and public law practice. Smaller than Duncan Lewis but highly comparable on legal aid volume, niche expertise (Actions Against the Police, inquests), and hybrid funding model.
• Weightmans LLP: National UK law firm with defendant and claimant personal injury, clinical negligence, and insurance practice. Comparable in scale and office network, though more defendant-tilted; useful benchmark for legal aid and CFA economics.
• Kingsley Napley LLP: London full-service law firm with strong criminal defence, family, regulatory, and public law practices. Comparable on the niche high-end practices (regulatory, family, public law) that Duncan Lewis competes in, though higher private-paying mix.
• Bindmans LLP: London law firm focused on human rights, civil liberties, immigration, public law, and claimant actions against public authorities. Overlaps meaningfully with Duncan Lewis's Actions Against Public Authorities, Immigration, and Community Care practices.
• Simpson Millar LLP: National UK claimant law firm with personal injury, housing, family, and employment law practices and a substantial legal aid book. Comparable on nationwide office network, practice breadth, and CFA-led personal injury work.
• Thompsons Solicitors: UK-wide personal injury and employment law firm with deep trade union roots and substantial legal aid volumes. Directly comparable on legal aid-heavy revenue model, PI/employment practice mix, and nationwide branch network.
• Slater and Gordon: UK-listed (formerly) claimant law firm with a major personal injury, clinical negligence, and legal aid practice. Closest comparable in scale, business model mix (CFA + legal aid + private paying), and high-volume claimant work, although Slater and Gordon has historically been larger and more PI-tilted.

Broad incumbents

• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors: One of the largest UK national law firms with personal injury, clinical negligence, family, and public law practices that overlap directly with Duncan Lewis. Substantially larger and broader portfolio, but the most direct mainstream incumbent competitor for mid-tier UK claimant mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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