Ali Naseem Bajwa QC - Garden Court Chambers
Ali Naseem Bajwa QC - Garden Court Chambers
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Practice<br />
- Leading Queen's Counsel specialising in violent crime, fraud and terrorism<br />
- Ranked highly in crime and civil liberties by <strong>Chambers</strong> & Partners and Legal 500<br />
- Acted in number of important and high-profile matters, including the Pakistan<br />
cricketers spot fixing case and the airline liquid bomb trial<br />
- Focused, industrious and popular with clients<br />
- Accepts private fee and public access instructions<br />
Directories<br />
"Continues to impress after taking silk in 2011. Areas of focus include civil liberties<br />
and human rights matters arising from crime, inquests and terrorism." <strong>Chambers</strong><br />
UK 2013<br />
"Bright and hard-working... acutely aware of the fundamentally important issues to<br />
be determined in a case... tribunals like him because he has a clear and articulate<br />
way of presenting arguments." <strong>Chambers</strong> UK 2011<br />
"He demonstrates excellent advocacy and attention to detail, and a strong grasp of<br />
his subject" <strong>Chambers</strong> UK 2009<br />
Cases<br />
Barrister profile<br />
<strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Naseem</strong> <strong>Bajwa</strong> <strong>QC</strong><br />
Homicide<br />
R v DE - Murder by stabbing (ongoing)<br />
R v AR - Child murder (ongoing)<br />
R v Popovs - Murder by stabbing<br />
R v Okrutny - Crash for cash manslaughter<br />
R v Menga - Eight-handed murder by stabbing<br />
R v Bhatti - Uxoricide; defence of loss of control<br />
R v Arif - Murder by shooting during 2011 riots<br />
R v Malik - Uxoricide; defence of insanity<br />
R v Head - Murder committed by identical twins<br />
R v Danila - 'The Ambulance Murder'<br />
R v Vaughan - Patricide<br />
R v Khan - Murder with screwdriver<br />
R v Morris - Gangland murder<br />
R v Van Nguyen - Triad murder<br />
R v Thompson - 'The Black Widow' murder<br />
R v Ryan - Contract killing<br />
Fraud & Financial Regulation<br />
R v Butt - Pakistan cricketers spot fixing trial<br />
R v Pillai - UK's largest set top box fraud<br />
R v Grove - SFO prosecution of £60 million 'Ponzi scheme' fraud<br />
R v Bane - Multi-million pound hand car wash fraud<br />
R v Mahtani - Mastermind of UK's largest credit card fraud<br />
Terrorism<br />
Operation Spruce - Far right terrorism (ongoing)<br />
Operation Movie - Preparing to commit acts of terrorism; represented Richard Dart<br />
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Year of Call<br />
1993<br />
Email Address<br />
alib@gclaw.co.uk<br />
Telephone<br />
020 7993 7727<br />
Queen's Counsel<br />
2011<br />
Education<br />
LLB (Hons), London<br />
School of Economics<br />
Languages<br />
Punjabi, Urdu<br />
Practice Areas:<br />
<strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Naseem</strong> <strong>Bajwa</strong> <strong>QC</strong> is a<br />
member of the following<br />
Practice Areas:<br />
- Crime<br />
- Fraud and Regulatory<br />
Law<br />
- Inquests<br />
- International Advice and<br />
Litigation<br />
- Public and Administrative<br />
Law<br />
<strong>Garden</strong> <strong>Court</strong> <strong>Chambers</strong><br />
57 - 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields<br />
London WC2A 3LJ<br />
Tel 020 7993 7600<br />
Fax 020 7993 7700
Operation Movie - Preparing to commit acts of terrorism; represented Richard Dart<br />
Operation Overt - Trans-Atlantic airline liquid bomb conspiracy; represented<br />
acquitted defendant, Donald Stewart-Whyte<br />
Operation Vivace - 21 July 2005 failed London bombings; represented main<br />
defendant, Muktar Said-Ibrahim; application to CCRC (ongoing)<br />
Operation Rhyme - US/UK terrorism conspiracy involving key US financial<br />
institutions, 'Gas Limos Project' and 'Dirty Bomb Plot'; represented main defendant,<br />
Dhiren Barot<br />
Drugs & Proceeds of Crime Act<br />
R v Doda - 7-defendant conspiracy to supply class A drugs<br />
R v Marku - Cannabis supply; UK's Strongest Man 2009<br />
R v Beqiri - £2 billion cocaine importation conspiracy<br />
R v Sarasia - £10 million heroin importation<br />
R v Tascon - £100 million Columbian 'drug baron' case<br />
Sports Law<br />
ICC v Butt - Disciplinary hearing in Doha, Qatar of Pakistan cricketers spot fixing<br />
case<br />
Other Crime<br />
R v Uddin - Tamara Ecclestone blackmail case<br />
R v Jahan - 'Riots hero' GBH trial<br />
R v Roberts - 'The Southwark Rapist'/'Beast of Bermondsey'<br />
Public & Administrative Law<br />
Secretary of State v CD - Terrorism Prevention Measure (ongoing)<br />
Secretary of State v AE - Control order served on Iraqi, damages claim for unlawful<br />
imposition of control order<br />
Secretary of State v MB - First control order served on British citizen<br />
Inquests<br />
Re Kua - Mother and five children killed by fire in home caused by failure of freezer<br />
component<br />
Health and Safety<br />
Re Agulian - Fatal fall of guest from unrestrained hotel window<br />
Articles & Publications<br />
Barrister profile<br />
<strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Naseem</strong> <strong>Bajwa</strong> <strong>QC</strong><br />
A Necessary Evil?, Counsel Magazine, October 2013, p. 26<br />
The Saajid Badat Case: Inching Towards the US, Halsbury's Law Exchange, 23<br />
April 2012<br />
Trial by Ordeal, Counsel Magazine, September 2011, p. 26<br />
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later, Counsel Magazine, July 2011, p. 32<br />
Sentencing Terror Offences, Criminal Law & Justice Weekly (2010), Vol.174, p.<br />
500, [2010] 10 Archbold Review 5<br />
Terrorising the Innocent, New Law Journal (2010) Vol.160 (No. 7411 & 7412), p.<br />
481<br />
How Safe are Safety Interviews? Counsel Magazine, April 2010, p. 24, Criminal<br />
Law & Justice Weekly (2009), Vol. 173, p. 133<br />
Human Rights and Terrorism, Justice of the Peace (2008), Vol. 172, p. 486<br />
Fair Controls, New Law Journal (2008) Vol. 158 (No. 7305), p. 124<br />
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Fair Controls, New Law Journal (2008) Vol. 158 (No. 7305), p. 124<br />
Learn by Trial and Terror, Solicitors Journal (2007) Vol. 151 (No. 33), p. 7<br />
Pre-Charge Detention in Terrorism Cases, New Law Journal (2006) Vol. 156 (No.<br />
7245), p. 1578<br />
Associated Work<br />
Appellate work, including CCRC applications and Privy Council cases.<br />
Writes and speaks widely on legal issues, including giving evidence to the Joint<br />
Committee on Human Rights, contributing to the Legal Network Television<br />
educational DVD, "The Law on Terror" and addressing a number of human rights<br />
and counter-terrorism conferences.<br />
Intern at the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights in Kingston in 1999.<br />
Pegasus Scholar at Crown Law Office in New Zealand in 1996.<br />
Gray's Inn advocacy trainer and member of the Advocacy & CPD Committee.<br />
Admitted to the Lahore High <strong>Court</strong>.<br />
Memberships<br />
Criminal Bar Association<br />
Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association<br />
South Eastern Circuit; Editor of SEC magazine, The Circuiteer<br />
Bar Pro Bono Unit<br />
Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights<br />
Background<br />
<strong>Ali</strong> was educated in west London and studied law at the LSE. He then took a year<br />
out to travel before coming to the Bar in 1993. <strong>Ali</strong> was one of the youngest silks<br />
appointed in 2011. He is married with two children, aged 11 and 8.<br />
<strong>Ali</strong> follows cricket and tennis (huge Roger Federer fan), skis and scuba dives (both<br />
passably) and enjoys international film.<br />
Profile updated September 2013<br />
Barrister profile<br />
<strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Naseem</strong> <strong>Bajwa</strong> <strong>QC</strong><br />
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