# For solicitors

> Instructing Imran Shafi KC: areas of practice, availability, and how to reach his PA to get a brief in front of him.

Source: https://www.imranshafikc.com/for-solicitors

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# For solicitors

Instructions through his PA at Exchange Chambers. A practice weighted to homicide, serious fraud and large-scale drug conspiracies, 2000 to 2026.

Or email [shafikc@exchangechambers.co.uk](mailto:shafikc@exchangechambers.co.uk).

## Where Imran is instructed

- [Pre-charge advice—](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/pre-charge-advice)
- [Murder and homicide2000 to 2026](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/murder-and-homicide)
- [Fraud and financial crime2001 to 2026](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/fraud-and-financial-crime)
- [Drug offences2010 to 2024](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/drug-offences)
- [Serious violence2005 to 2015](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/serious-violence)
- [Sexual offences2012 to 2018](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/sexual-offences)
- [Money laundering2012 to 2018](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/money-laundering)
- [Terrorism2014 to 2022](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/terrorism)
- [Confiscation and proceeds of crime—](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/confiscation-and-proceeds-of-crime)
- [Appeals2010 to 2010](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/court-of-appeal-and-appeals)
- [Motoring offences—](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise/motoring-offences)

## The kind of instruction that suits Imran

- Led and junior-alone in murder, fraud and large drug conspiracies
- Encrypted-handset admissibility and attribution, argued to the Court of Appeal
- Very High Cost Cases and multi-month multi-defendant trials
- Appeals in cases conducted at trial by somebody else
- Confiscation following conviction, including third party interests

## Practical

**Availability and fees** Both through his PA. They will give you a straight answer on a listing before you commit to a date.

**Funding** Legal aid, including Very High Cost Cases, and privately funded work.

**Coverage** Based in Manchester; instructed in Crown Courts across England and Wales.

Regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Authorised to accept Public Access instructions. Not authorised to conduct litigation.

[The case record](https://www.imranshafikc.com/case-results), or [the areas of practice in full](https://www.imranshafikc.com/expertise).