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| Year of call 1992 | |
| Date of Birth 31.7.1969 | |
| Education LLB (Hons) Kingston University | |
| Practice Profile CRIMINAL • White-collar Crime • Complex and Cross-jurisdictional Fraud • Serious Crime • Sexual Offences • Civil Fraud • Money-laundering CIVIL • Civil Actions Against the Police • Contracts • Tort including Personal Injury and Professional Negligence • Housing and Landlord and Tenant • Property • Employment Criminal Cases Imran is a specialist defence practitioner who is routinely instructed as leading counsel in serious and complex cases. He has a wide range of experience in defending all types of serious, complex and technical criminal cases and is instructed by solicitors across the country. He has a reputation as a skillful jury advocate with excellent judgment Examples of criminal cases in which Imran is instructed as leading counsel R v J & J: Imran is currently representing the practice manager of a dental surgery facing a matrix of frauds, requiring a detailed knowledge of NHS procedure and dental surgery. R v R: He also represented the first accountant to be tried with offences under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. He successfully appealed against his convictions and secured acquittals following a retrial. The case involved £45m confiscation proceedings; R v G: Imran is currently represented a defendant charged with offences of Cheating the Public Revenue and is instructed in impending confiscation proceedings R v T: Imran was instructed in this multi-million pound credit card fraud allegation where the defendant was alleged to have been participating in a country-wide fraud on a number of high street banks R v C: He represented a mail consolidator in the UK's largest ever mail consolidation/fulfillment fraud, successfully securing his acquittal; Regina v C: Southwark Crown Court. R v S: He represented a defendant charged with attempt murder Civil Cases Imran acts for a variety of individual and corporate clients on a range of contractual and other issues. He has acted for Claimant and Defendant in construction cases, contractual disputes, personal injury and negligence cases as well as in trusts and probate cases. He also has extensive expertise in landlord and tenant and housing matters and employment cases. Imran also acts in cases against the police where Claimants have suffered malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. He has a reputation as a seasoned court advocate with a portfolio of skills. Imran is currently instructed as leading counsel in 2 civil cases concerning alleged fraudulent investment advice given by an accountant. Prison Law Imran's depth of experience in both civil and criminal law also makes him an ideal choice of advocate for prison law matters; a field that he is actively developing | |
| Notable Cases Conteh & 5 others -v- Utilities Support Company Ltd & British Gas (Represented respondent in employment tribunal claim involving 6 applicants pursuing claims in unfair dismissal, race discrimination and unlawful deduction from wages). Ahmed -v- Butt & 5 others (Represented the claimant pursuing remedies in tresspass against 6 defendents claiming freehold ownership and alternatively irrevocable licenses. Sandhu & Sandhu -v- Farooqi & Farooqi (Represented the claimant in possession proceedings where defendants counterclaimed adverse possession and specific performance of contract for sale. Family: Re. L (Represented abducting parents in Chil abduction/Hague Convention proceedings. Crime: R -V- Rogers & Others (Represented the main defendant (Junior) in Inland Revenue fraud (£1.7M.) lasting 4 months. R -V- Sohan Singh & Others (Represented lead defendant in attempted deception case who was alleged to have falsified his own death in order to make claims against seperate life companies). | |
| Practice Groups Crime Prison Law Business & Commercial Employment & Discrimination Local Authorities & Public Law Personal Injury Property, Landlord & Tenant | |