9KBW specialises in high level and general Criminal cases, Regulatory, Animal Protection, Extradition and Immigration work. We offer services under the Direct Public Access Rules in many areas of law.
Chambers offers a wealth of experience in all of our specialist areas of Law and Counsel regularly prosecute and defend in the most serious and high profile Criminal cases on behalf of defence solicitors throughout England and Wales and prosecuting Authorities such as the CPS, the NCA, The Homicide Teams, The Organised Crime Unit, RASSO, the SFO and the NPS.
Chambers members are regularly instructed on behalf of a wide range of professional regulatory bodies, both within the private and government sectors, assisting with very large, high profile and complex investigations.
Members act in what are often very serious and media profile cases, for bodies such as the NMC, CQC, GMC, GPC, Ofsted, the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency.
Members appear in Crown Courts and Magistrates Courts, Court of Appeal and the High Court, Regulatory, Extradition and Immigration Courts, Tribunals at all levels, First Tier and Upper Tribunal, Nursing and Midwifery and other Tribunals.
9 KBW is a Chambers founded on belief in the rule of law, the right of all individuals to be expertly represented and the administration of justice. Those solid foundations were laid down almost 50 years ago and we continue to base our service firmly upon those simple, but vital, principles
Each year we offer three pupillage places and recently offered places to three new pupils from October 2024. We are therefore looking forward to the coming year immensely, as being one in which the finest of 9KBW’s traditional standards of service and representation continue, whilst we welcome more new tenants to the 9KBW “family” and we guide those very new to the profession forward.
In recent years Chambers has recognisably developed its specialism’s and expanded in numbers, improved the quality and experience of our membership and, as a consequence, the level of cases we are currently instructed in is of a standard that is exceptional.
We continue to promise our clients standards of excellence, commitment, dedication and a quality of representation that is of the highest order.
Our clerking and administration team are highly experienced and will be happy to discuss areas of work and fee levels with Solicitors and members of the public alike. An indication of fees charged generally, by our members, can be found under the About Us heading then under our Fee Scales page. We are friendly and approachable and will always put the needs of the professional and lay client first.
Whether we are working on site or remotely we will continue to offer the same standard of professional, dedicated clerking and administration that we are renowned for. Our clerks can be contacted by using Chambers contact details, or through the mobile numbers provided for any urgent out of hours’ matters.
We strive every day to provide our clients with a service that is of the highest level; quality, experience, commitment are the basis of what we offer and provide to all that we serve.
9 King's Bench Walk was founded in 1974 by the late Ali Mohammed Abbas who was the first Head of Chambers. Upon his death in 1979, his brother Ali Mohammed Azhar became Head of Chambers and remained so until August 2014 when he sadly passed away.
Following Mr Azhar’s death his daughter Shabeena Azhar and his Son in law Jonathan Mole were elected as Joint Heads of Chambers and they continue to lead chambers, upholding the traditions and commitment for which this set is so well regarded.
Full details of all areas of law in which 9 KBW members specialise can be found under the headings in the Expertise section of this website. The main specialisms, but by no means all, are listed below;
We can provide overnight and next morning representation, in Courts throughout the South, including during weekends and Public Holidays Chambers has full conference facilities available but in view of the limited access to our building we can offer alternative arrangements for clients who need reasonable adjustments such as wheelchair access, for conferences at their home or at solicitor’s offices.
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Our friendly and approachable clerks can be contacted at any time on the following numbers:
020 7353 9564 (8.45pm – 6.15pm)
Out of business hours on
07775745923 Dave Fardon
or
07766258636 Louisa Wheeler
9 KBW is delighted to announce that Clement Idowu has joined Chambers as a tenant from February 17th 2025. Clement has considerable experience and expertise in the practice of Criminal Law, having been a solicitor advocate until taking up a position as in house counsel in 2018.
Instructed by Hussein Solicitors, Daniel Cohen’s represented a client who was acquitted by a jury of being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. The case concerned a “County lines” operation in Sussex. Three co-defendants had all pleaded guilty.
Chambers launches 9 King’s Bench Talk, our new podcast series talking about life as a pupil at 9 KBW and how to get there! This is the first in series of podcasts that deals not only with applying for and undertaking pupillage at 9KBW,
F v CPS This case was a High Court appeal, by way of case stated, before Lord Justice Coulson under s.28 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 from a decision of the Crown Court at Harrow, made on 15 June 2023 for the destruction of a dog under the DDA 199
Harry Stallard, instructed by Morgan Has, defended a young man who was unanimously acquitted after a 4-day trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court of possession with intent to supply cannabis. It was alleged that he, together with his co-accused, were out in his car selling the class B drug.
Chambers of
Shabeena Azhar & Jonathan Mole
9 King's Bench Walk,
Temple, London,
EC4Y 7DX
United Kingdom
