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Case Dropped – Bribery and Corruption

Deepak Vij, Amirah Ajaz and Rohit Sharma, successfully manage to persuade the SFO, following representations, not to bring charges against our client, who was part of the Amec Foster Wheeler bribery and corruption investigation. Mark Heywood QC from 5KBW and Alastair Smith from 2 Bedford Row of Counsel instructed.

Acquittal – Terrorist Profiling

Mel Kelemework achieves an acquittal for our client, a highly respected figure in both the public and private sector, alleged to racially abuse individuals through terrorism profiling. This was a high stakes case in which any conviction would have impacted upon our client’s career and led to an enhanced security status. Colin Witcher of Counsel […]

Successful Sentence Reduction

Our Zaki Hashmi successfully persuades the Court of Appeal to reduce our client’s sentence by eight months in relation to a serious robbery offence.

Acquittal

Our Claire Anderson successfully persuades the CPS to drop charges of a serious assault allegation against our professional client. Convictions would have seriously impacted his career. Our client is delighted and extremely relieved.

Case Dismissed: CPS Reps

Claire Anderson successfully persuades the CPS to drop a charge against our client, relating to serious knife crime. Our client was a vulnerable adult with mental health issues and Claire prepared extensive representations supported by medical evidence, which were eventually accepted by the Crown. Needless to say, her client and his family are both delighted […]

Cash Seized Returned

Robert Borwick secures the return of almost £150,000 of our clients money that was seized by the NCA.  As a result of  proactive engagement and written submissions to the NCA, the money that was seized and detained last year was returned in full. At an earlier stage, Robert Borwick also represented an individual arrested on […]

ABV Success: UK-US Extradition

Deepak Vij, Director and Amirah Ajaz, Partner of ABV solicitors successfully defend and prevent their client Jabir Siddiq, referred to in court as Jabir Motiwala, from being extradited to the U.S on charges of Narcotics Importation, Extortion and Money Laundering. Read more here. 

Not Guilty

Rishi Verma secures a verdict of Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in a complex expert evidence case where our client faced charges of attempted abduction of a 4-year old girl. Ben Brown from Carmelite was instructed as Counsel.

Extradition: Success

Rishi Verma, instructing Daniel Sternberg from Temple Gardens successfully argues before the High Court to discharge an Extradition Request to Bulgaria, challenging prison conditions and Article 8 ECHR; assurances given by Bulgaria were insufficient. Judgement

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