Areas of practice
The allegations Imran Shafi KC is instructed to defend, in the Crown Court and on appeal.
Areas of practice
- Pre-charge advice
The stage where a case can still be stopped. If you have been arrested, interviewed, or told you are released under investigation, no charging decision has been made yet.
- Murder and homicide
The most serious allegation in the criminal calendar.
- Fraud and financial crime
Serious and complex fraud, including investigations brought by the Serious Fraud Office and cases that run for months.
- Drug offences
Conspiracy, importation and supply, including the cases built on encrypted phone evidence.
- Serious violence
Allegations of serious violence that are tried in the Crown Court, usually with several defendants and one incident.
- Sexual offences
Allegations of sexual offending, including allegations made many years after the events described.
- Money laundering
Money laundering allegations and the confiscation proceedings that usually follow them.
- Terrorism
Offences under the Terrorism Acts, where the allegation is usually about preparation or intention rather than an act.
- Confiscation and proceeds of crime
What happens to money and property after a conviction, and the orders that can be made before there has been one.
- Appeals
Appeals against conviction and sentence, including applications brought long after the time limit has passed.
- Motoring offences
Serious driving allegations tried in the Crown Court, where a conviction carries a prison sentence rather than points.
Not sure which of these it is
Say what you have been told in a sentence and his PA will tell you whether he can help. If there is a hearing or a police interview in the next few days, say so first.