Practice Profile
Ali became a tenant at King’s Bench Chambers following the completion of his 12 months pupillage. He now has an exclusively criminal practice defending and prosecuting every class of case. He is regularly instructed in murders, serious violent/sexual offences, serious frauds and drugs cases.
He is fully computer-literate and understands the inner working of computer substructure, which maybe essential in image download cases.
Crime
A Criminal Specialist with extensive experience in the full range of criminal work.
These include; murders, serious sexual offences, fraud (including the proceeds of crime) and drugs offences.
Ali has a formidable track record in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) prosecuting and defending and has successfully argued against two Attorney General’s references.
Ali’s legal arguments on the PACE codes and identification parades (as fully adopted by the Court of Appeal in the case of R v. ANASTASIOU) now form part of the backbone of identification law in this country.
Ali defended in the first prosecution under the Misuse of Computers Act. Ali is bilingual, Farsi (Persian) being his ‘mother’ tongue.
Cases of Note include:
R v. Pile Nov. 16th 1996 ( first prosecution under the Misuse of Computers Act).
R v. Anastasiou [1998] Crim LR 67 (transcript, CACD, 23 June 1997) as cited in House of Lords Judgement in R v. FORBES (APPELLANT). (2000). (ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL (CRIMINAL DIVISION). ON 19 JULY 2001. [2001] UKHL 40.
R v. Phillips (2005) 1 Cr. App. R.(S) 113 – credit for guilty pleas and appropriateness of consecutive sentences when offences arise from a single ‘rolling’ incident.
R v. Herbert Nov. 26th 2007 – Court of Appeal (sentencing guidelines for causing death by dangerous driving).
R v. Bahmanzadeh and others [Dance Academy trial] – Court of Appeal October 2008 (anonymity of witnesses, and sentencing guidelines in ‘permitting sale of class ‘A’ drug cases).
Qualifications and appointments
- LLB (Hons) University of Plymouth - 1992
- Called to the Bar in 1993
Contact
Please telephone 01752 221551 or email our clerking team |
