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Education

University of Kent at Canterbury (English and History with Honours)

Practice

All Criminal Defence, all aspects of Prison Law, Extradition and Civil Actions against the Police, Inquests, Regulatory Work and Public and Administrative Law and Football Banning Orders.

Yasin Patel is associated with the following areas of expertise:

Crime
Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance
General Fraud
Human Rights Law
Inquest and Public Inquiries
International Criminal Law
Prison law
Regulatory and Disciplinary
Terrorism

Yasin Patel may now accept work directly from the public. For further details contact his clerks.

Cases

Fraud and financial regulation

  • R v Hart – Confiscation Proceedings relating to pre-1998 offences and confiscation pre POCA
  • R v Ali – Confiscation Hearing in relation to Copyright, Benefits, Mortgage and Trade Marks Fraud over a six-year period
  • R v P – Counsel in trial and confiscation Proceedings after fraudulent insurance Claims by the Defendant and his son.

Terrorism

  • R v AM – Parole Board Hearing, representing client convicted of terrorism offences
  • R v OB – Representation of Prisoner before Parole Board Hearing of prisoner convicted of terrorism offences and who was recalled for breaching licence conditions
  • R v Meziane and Benmezourga – Worked in preparation and research for Gareth Peirce on Terrorism case.

Produced in 2010, a Leaflet on the Terrorism Act 2000 and 2001 outlining new Police Rights for Stop and Search and Questioning of Suspects.

Working with Newham Monitoring Project and Birnberg Peirce Solicitors around terrorism arrests and raids in Forest Gate in 2006/2007 and current legal actions.

Crime

  • R v Warwick and others: Junior counsel in a multi-million pound drugs conspiracy trial and confiscation proceedings at Kingston Crown Court.
  • R v Ormsby and others - Junior counsel in a multi-million pound drugs conspiracy in Teesside
  • R v P - Junior Counsel in this multi-million pound conspiracy involving BOSCH UK.
  • R v Akiniyi: Junior Counsel in proceedings involving a multi-handed serious public disorder trial
  • R v U; Cleric charged with multiple counts of rape and indecent assault upon young students
  • R v L; Man charged with multiple counts of marital rape over a number of years.
  • R v P – Man with serious mental health deficiencies accused of raping young children
  • R v L – Man accused of raping prostitute and causing serious injuries to her body
  • R v Bucknall - Attempted armed robbery conspiracy on armoured vehicle
  • R v Cook – Charges of GBH with intent, Attempted Robbery and Possession of an Offensive Weapon and in sentencing, whether a sentence for public protection
  • R v Nguyen - number of cultivation of cannabis charges involving cannabis factories in Bristol and the South East
  • R v Akinshola - Youth facing numerous counts of robbery, attempted robbery and violence matters and potential sentence under ‘dangerousness’ provisions
  • R v Ali and Others - a domestic matter where the father, his wife and son faced charges of assault, theft and abuse where a successful submission at the end of the Prosecution case resulted in the defendant being acquitted
  • R v Ruscoe (& Others) - Defendant charged with Racially Aggravated GBH and ABH
  • R v M P - charged and tried on a number of sexual allegations.
  • R v Lawrence –Charges of child cruelty and negligence after 8-month old child was found with serious injuries to the face and upper body
  • R v Edwin Appiah – Preparation of Defence for suspect accused of drugs, firearms and violence offences at Birnberg Peirce Solicitors
  • R v C – Application by Police to have Chelsea supporters banned and have a football banning order for anti-semitism

Inquests and Public Enquiries

  • Acted for a number of families in Inquests due to deaths of prisoners in custody.  In conjunction with INQUEST, the result of these hearings has been the full investigation of the tragic deaths and in a number of cases, recommendations to the Home Secretary from the Coroner regarding changes.  
  • 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 Prisoner and Rule 39 Order in relation to the availability of defibrillator’s in Prison establishments
  • Andrew Palmer – Inquest that ordered the updating and minimal requirements of first aid equipment in Prison Establishments

Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance

  • R v RK – Representation of Defendant in extradition proceedings who was wanted by Category 2 state for offences of Murder and Kidnap
  • Involved in a number of Extradition hearings involving applications by a variety of states within the European Union and beyond
  • R v B – Application by Turkish state to have extradition of Kurdish refugee: opposition due to Human Rights Arguments
  • R v Wu – Application by authorities to have client extradited to China despite the Human Rights dangers to the defendant

 Appeal and High Court

  • R v C – Appeal against Sentence on basis that sentence imposed by Crown Court illegal
  • R v Lorren Sampson-Joseph - Appeal against Sentence at the Court of Appeal where the Court overturned a Section 91 Order and replaced it with a shorter DTO in a case involving Possession with Intent to Supply Class A by a youth.
  • R v Reid – Appeal against Sentence in the case of a woman smuggling Class A drugs into a prison establishment.
  • R v McQuieson – Application to High Court for a Certificate of Inadequacy in relation to a half a million pound theft

Proceeds of Crime Act

  • R v A – Multi defendant matter where defendants charged with money-laundering from High Street Banks
  • R v P – Multi defendant matter where allegation of money laundering in credit card scam
  • R v SA – Money Laundering charge and Confiscation proceedings where large sums of money laundered through Post Office Accouts and Postal Orders

Public and Administrative Law

  • R v A –Application to Judicially Review the Parole Board and the Prison Establishment regarding the recall and training provided 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 – JR of prisoner incarcerated beyond his minimum time tariff due to the lack of courses in the Prison Establishment 

Human Rights Law

  • R v Aqil Shaer - Represented defendant in first prosecution under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2003, for protesting outside Parliament.
  • R v OB – JR 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 and extremists  

Prison Law

  • R v AM – Parole Board Hearing, representing client convicted of terrorism offences
  • R v OB – Representation of prisoner before Parole Board, convicted of terrorism offences and who was recalled for breaching licence conditions
  • R v A – Representation of Foreign National in Parole Board Proceedings who was sentenced to extended sentence
  • R v RP – Parole Board Hearing of client seeking Parole after convictions for rape & 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

Worked for Reprieve 2003/2004 to today in representing inmates on Death Row and facing the Death Penalty in Louisiana and Texas, United States.

Associated Work

Worked with Gareth Peirce as her researcher on notable SIAC cases and Terrorism cases including Meziane and Ben Mezourga, Abu Qatada and Akhmed Zakhayev.

Spoken in Youth Clubs, Mosques and Advice Centres regarding new anti-terrorism legislation and police powers.

Professional Memberships

  • Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)

Interests

Pro Bono Work for Newham Monitoring Project, Trustee and volunteer at Frenford Clubs for Young People and NMP Anti-Racist Trust. Adviser to Gujrati Metropolitan Cricket League and Essex Association of Boys Clubs.

Languages

Gujerati, Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi

Contact

T. 020 7067 1500

E. ypatel@25bedfordrow.com