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Practice
All aspects of Criminal defence, Prison law, Appellate work, Regulatory and Sports Law both nationally and International.
Cases include, R v Salman Butt (the former Pakistan Test Cricket Team Captain in the spot-fixing case), R v Cann (Aston-Martin fraud), R v Patel (multi-million pound Bosch fraud). Appears regularly before the Parole Board representing terrorists and those convicted of grave crimes. Experienced in all aspects of Sports Law and is Legal Advisor to a number of Sports Professionals including International Cricket Players and Martial Arts Fighters. Has appeared before Sports Tribunals and Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Has been advising and dealing with regulatory work including representation of Dentists, Pharmacists and other Medical Professionals
Highly experienced in Inquests, Public Enquiries and Judicial Reviews as well as Civil Actions against the Police, highlight a practice that is multi-disciplinary and covering many aspects of Civil Work.
Yasin Patel is associated with the following areas of expertise:
Crime
Extradition & Mutual Legal Assistance
Human Rights Law
Inquest and Public Inquiries
International Criminal Law
Regulatory and Disciplinary
Sports Law
Actions against the Police
Commercial Law
Employment Law
Yasin Patel may now accept work directly from the public. For further details contact his clerks.
Cases
Fraud and financial regulation
- R v Salman Butt - Representing Pakistan Cricket Team Captain in charges of conspiring to cheat and obtain financial advantage.
- R v NP - Representation of defendant charged with multi-million pound mortgage fraud
- R v MR - Client charged with various fraud and copyright offences and linked to £63 million HMRC Fraud
- R v AV - MTIC Fraud matters covering a whole European Network. (Matter yet to be tried and currently ongoing)
- R v Siddique - Fraud case involving laundering of money and proceeds through the ‘Havalla’ method
Crime
- R v Warwick and Others - Junior counsel in multi-million pound drugs conspiracy trial and confiscation proceedings at Kingston Crown Court
- R v P - Junior counsel in multi-million pound conspiracy involving BOSCH UK
- R v U - Cleric charged with multiple counts of rape and indecent assault upon young students
- R v L - Man accused of raping a prostitute and causing serious injuries to her body
- R v TH - Air – rage case, where the accused was arrested and charged following efforts to force open the plane doors and storm the flight deck
- R v Eren - Successful representation of a man charged with section 18 offences and on a life licence
- R v Bucknall - Armed Robbery conspiracy on an armoured vehicle
- R v P - Man with serious mental health deficiencies accused of raping young children
Terrorism
- R V LA - Representation of leading client who is charged with terrorism and drug related offences in the United Kingdom and the United States
- R v AM - Parole Board Hearing, representing client convicted of terrorism offences
- R v OB - Representation of prisoner before Parole Board hearing convicted of terrorism offences and recalled to prison
- R v M - Terrorism matter charged under new legislation
Recently produced a leaflet on the Terrorism Act outlining new Police Rights for Stop and Search and questioning of suspects
Working with Newham Monitoring Project and various solicitors around terrorism arrests and raids and current legal actions
Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance
- R v SB - Extradition Proceedings sought by GDR: defence of Extradition on Article 8 Human Rights Grounds and also Legal Submissions on Article 2 Grounds
- R v RK - Extradition proceedings relating to various Category 2 states demanding extradition of a defendant charged with grave crimes
- R v B - Application by Turkish state to have Kurdish refugees extradited: Human Rights based opposition led to the application being refused
- R v Wu - Application to have a Chinese political dissident extradited to China
Proceeds of Crime Act
- R v Cann - Confiscation Proceedings where Crown’s Argument that defendant had benefitted by 100s of thousands, reduced to a £4,000 Order at the final hearing
- R v AA - Representation of an ex-Solicitor in Confiscation Proceedings following his conviction for Financial related matters
- R v Hart - Fraud proceedings that involved confiscation relating to both pre and post POCA. Matter involved High Court Hearings and Appeals
- R v A - Multi-defendant matter where defendants were charged with money-laundering from High Street Banks
- R v SA - Confiscation Proceedings in relation to money laundering of sums through Post Office accounts and Postal Orders
Appeal and High Court
- R v NP - Successful Court of Appeal Hearing where default sentence for a £2million + matter was reduced by a third.
- R v Puszczewicz - High Court Appeal against Extradition on the Basis of an Unfair Hearing and Ill-Health
- R v Young - Appeal of a sentence where the young man was sentenced in relation to riot-related offences
- R v C - Successful Appeal and overturning of an unlawful sentence
- R v Reid - Appeal in the case of a woman convicted of smuggling Class A into a Prison Establishment
- R v McQuieson - Application to the High Court for a Certificate of Inadequacy
Sports Law
- R v Salman Butt - Representation of the Former Pakistan Cricket Captain at the International Cricket Council Tribunal Hearing in Doha, Qatar, and at the Appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, in Lausanne
- R v I - County cricketer represented in front of County Tribunal Hearing
- Essex FA v Bari FC - Representation of Club and individual players charged by the FA.
As well as representation, advice has been provided to Sports Leagues Committees, Teams and Individuals in relation to a plethora of subjects including drugs and misconduct issues
Inquests and Public Enquiries
- Adrian Longley - Reported Inquest of a prisoner whose suicide was partially blamed on the Prison authorities who removed his suicide watch to facilitate his transfer from one prison to another
- Andrew Pountley - Death of a prisoner and Rule 39 order in relation to the availability of defibrillator’s in prison establishment
- Andrew Palmer - Inquest that ordered the updating and minimal requirements of first aid equipment in prison establishment
Public and Administrative Law
- R V JC - Application to Judicially Review the Governor of an Institution and the Secretary of State for
- R v A - Application to Judicially Review the Parole Board and Prison Service regarding the recall and training to a recalled prisoner
- R v A - Application to Judicially Review the detention of a foreign national who was held in custody despite the expiry of his custodial term
- R v A - Judicial Review matters where the Parole Board has delayed in hearing a ‘recall’ expediently
- R v W - Judicial Review of a prisoner incarcerated beyond his minimum time tariff due to the lack of courses in the Prison Establishment
Human Rights Law
- R v Shaer - Represented defendant in first prosecution under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2003, for protesting outside Parliament
- R v OB - Judicial Review of rights to privacy and family life of defendant whose personal and family details were being broadcasted and reported daily through the national press
- R v M - Representation of Sri Lankan Tamils, protesting about the selling of arm to Sri Lanka and the subsequent bloodshed
- R v Mahroof and Others - Defendants charged with violent disorder offences and riot in Burnley and Oldham in 2001 and whose defence was defence of the community from Far Right racists
Prison Law
- R v AM - Parole Board hearing, representing client convicted of terrorism offences
- R v OB - Representing a prisoner before the Parole Board, convicted of terrorism offences and who was recalled for breaching licence conditions
- R v A - Representation of foreign nationals in parole proceedings who was sentenced to an extended sentence
- R v RP - Parole Board hearing of a client seeking parole after convictions for rape and drugs offences
Lectured In-House in seminars and at solicitors offices on Parole Board hearings and adjudications
Represented prisoners on numerous adjudications and on applications for Parole. Also involved in a number of actions to judicially review Parole Board decisions
International Criminal Law
International Criminal Law
Worked for Reprieve 2003/2004 to today in representing inmates on Death Row and facing the Death penalty in Louisiana and Texas
Advising clients in Caribbean Death Row cases
Advising clients in Pakistan who are sentenced to the Death Penalty
Associated Work
Training
- Florida Advanced Advocacy Course
- South Eastern Circuit Keble College Course
Professional and Other Memberships
- Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)
- INQUEST
- Haldane Society
- Young Fraud Lawyers Association
- Extradition Lawyers Association
- Criminal Bar Association
- Marylebone Cricket Club
Interests
Pro Bono work for Newham Monitoring Project
Trustee and Volunteer at Frenford Clubs for Young People and NMP Anti-Racist Trust
Adviser to Gujerati Metropolitan Cricket League (GMCL) and Essex Association of Boys Clubs
Languages
Gujerati, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi and Turkish
Contact
T. 020 7067 1500
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