Admitted: 1990

Together with Paul established MMA and oversaw its rapid expansion while never forgetting the core values that underpin the firm’s philosophy “client care”.

Particular interests in Serious Crime and Road Traffic Law

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

Called: 1986, Admitted 1990 

Paul has experience of all levels of Criminal litigation, now dedicating himself to the most serious of cases.  Paul represents defendants from complicated fraud allegations to the highest level of violence with success.

Admitted: 2006

Mo is a leading defence advocate with particular expertise in high profile and complex cases, with a focus on privately funded clients; he has developed considerable experience defending in a multitude of specialist disciplines including Financial Conduct Authority prosecutions, cases initiated by the Office of the Attorney General, and also the Serious Fraud Office.

Mo has successfully represented a line of corporate clients and regularly receives instructions from professional clients, including those in the legal profession; he deals with cases in a wide range of courts and Tribunals, including Appellate courts.

Mo has co-defended clients before the European Court of Human Rights resisting allegations of contempt of court and improper disclosure by a Jury Foreman and a National Media Outlet.

More recently Mo was instructed to defend a Deputy Head of State of a foreign Government in proceedings described by the prosecution as the most serious case of its nature ever to come before the English courts.

Mo also Lectures in Criminal Litigation both in-house and externally.

Admitted: 2001

Kate has been with the firm since 2001 and has a broad experience of all areas of Criminal Law. Kate specialises in the youth Court and vulnerable clients.

Admitted: 2004

Practice
Criminal litigation

Experience
Bawita has worked exclusively in criminal litigation since qualifying in 2004. Right from the outset she has been instructed on serious and complex cases requiring expert witnesses from the fields of science and technology. She is an experienced advocate and has extensive experience from arrest, pre charge representation through to trial. Highly skilled in defending offences of murder, complex sexual assaults, gang related crime, serious violence, robbery, human trafficking, conspiracy to supply drugs, child abduction, slavery and fraud. Bawita is known for her client care, detailed preparation and hands on approach.

Notable cases
R v C – Murder and firearms offence – Central Criminal Court

R v C – Attempted murder – Central Criminal Court

R v K – Murder of a police officer and conspiracy to steal – Central Criminal Court

R v A – Double murder – Central Criminal Court

R v P – Murder gangland shooting – Central Criminal Court

R v S – Murder – Isleworth Crown Court

R v K – Murder by a banker – Central Criminal Court

R v N – Murder and kidnap multiple defendants – Luton Crown Court

R v M – Attempted Murder drug related – Reading Crown Court

R v C – Conspiracy to Murder, kidnap and s18 GBH multiple defendants – Isleworth Crown Court

R v A – Murder targeting a gay man – Central Criminal Court

R v C – Child Abduction multiple defendants – Reading Crown Court

R v Z – Conspiracy to traffic for sexual exploitation – Kingston Crown Court

R v S – Multiple rape – Croydon Crown Court

R v K – Multiple rape and historical sexual abuse – Croydon Crown Court