Partner

Admitted: 2006

Head of Crown Court Advocates Department

Practice
Criminal defence

Experience

Amer has developed a wide spectrum of experience in criminal work including murder, manslaughter, robbery, multi handed drug conspiracies, terrorism, arson with intent, serious sex offences, revenge porn, fraud, money laundering, firearms, GBH, aggravated burglary,perjury and perverting the course of justice.

Notable cases

R v L – Junior Counsel in gangland murder by torture, manslaughter, kidnapping and preventing unlawful burial at Central Criminal Court.

R v V – One punch manslaughter. Defendant originally charged with murder.

R v S – Gang led robbery.

R v O – £12 million conspiracy at Heathrow to import 100 kilos of cocaine and 45 kilos of cannabis

R v C – Multi handed £1million Conspiracy to supply cannabis involving 10 defendants

R v H & A – Represented both defendants originally arrested for affray. Sole evidence consisted of 3 police officers on duty providing eye witness testimony – Judge dismissed the case after successful half time submission of no case to answer

R v S – Multi handed robbery. Crown offer no evidence after Defence submissions

R v W – Multi handed affray involving a family of 6 defendants.

R v K – Multi handed drug conspiracy featuring 8 defendants involved 1 ½ tonnes of shipment

R v O – Multi handed arson with intent to set fire to a school by 13 yr old youths

R v O – Practising Solicitor conveyancing fraud of £1.5 million

R v S – Multi handed Conspiracy benefit fraud involving 6 defendants. Successful submissions by Defence resulted in Crown offering no evidence on the conspiracy and defendant accepting simple offence of fraud and receiving non-custodial sentence

R-v- S – Defendant travelling on inbound flight from Chechnya – detained at Heathrow under Terrorism Act – without arrest. Subsequently released from custody following advice received from Defence