Shabeena Azhar HoC (1995)Jonathan Mole HoC (1999)Andrew Cohen (1982)Steven Pidcock (1996)Mandeep Singh Sehmi (1997)John Clifford (1998)Stephen Wells (2000)Paul Simon (2000)Surinder Singh Gohlan (2002)James Dick (2003)Feryal Ertan (2005)Daniel Cohen (2007)William Gatward (2009)Tom Aitken (2011)Callum Morgan (2012)Robyn Murdo-Smith (2013)Claire Stevenson (2014)Clara Sibanda (2018)Louis Maskell (2018)Samuel March (2020)Charles Austin-Groome (2021)George Skinner (2021)Piers Walter (Pupil)Sam Lubner (Pupil)Harry Stallard (Pupil)Andrew Dickens (Door Tenant)Jeremy Rendle (Door Tenant)Founding Members

Shabeena Azhar

Joint Head of Chambers

Year of Call: 1995

Education:

BA (Hons) History, 2:1
Dip. Law (Sussex)

Areas Of Work:

Crime (Defence and Prosecution)
Immigration
Direct Public Access
Regulatory Law

Profile:

Shabeena's criminal practice includes both prosecution and defence work in the Crown Court. She has considerable experience in dealing with cases in all areas of serious crime including murder, violent and sexual offences, firearms, drug importation and supply, and fraud.

Notable Cases include:

R v Kashim & Ors - widely reported in the press. Murder - multi-handed, successfully defended

R v Shah & Ors - widely reported in the press. Murder - inter-racial / gang-related, successful

R v Siddik - Murder - multi-handed, inter-racial joint enterprise killing

R v Bye - successful abuse of process arguments in relation to historic allegations of incestuous child sexual abuse

R v Bunny - widely reported in the press. Sentence - case concerning sexual intercourse by a female with a minor (next-door neighbour's son)

R v Kashim Uddin - high-profile, racial - a recent large-scale public disorder in Leeds

R v S - large-scale conspiracy to defraud - successful legal arguments to have all counts on the indictment dismissed

Immigration practice includes appearance at all levels of the immigration court system including successful appeals in the Court of Appeal. Particular expertise in entry clearance and domicile cases. Many reported cases.

Member of the South Eastern Circuit, the Criminal Bar Association and the Family Law Bar Association.

Joint Head of Chambers' Management Committee and the Pupillage & Tenancy Committee.

Lectured at the Inns Of Court School of Law on behalf of the South Eastern Circuit Minorities Committee.

Languages: Fluent in Bengali.

Interests: Shabeena's interests include drama, music, dancing, cricket and yoga.

Contact: shabeena.azhar@9kbw.co.uk

Miss Shabeena Azhar is regulated by the Bar Standards Board, holds a current practising certificate and her details can be found on the BSB’s Barrister Register https://www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/regulatory-requirements/the-barristers'-register/

Miss Shabeena Azhar holds insurance cover for all legal services supplied through professional indemnity insurance with the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund (BMIF) The coverage is worldwide subject to their terms which are available on their website https://www.barmutual.co.uk/

Miss Shabeena Azhar is registered with the Information Commissioners office under the Data Protection Act https://ico.org.uk/

If you are not satisfied with the service that Miss Shabeena Azhar provides you can make a complaint to Chambers. Information on Chambers Complaints Procedure is available on Chambers website www.9kbw.com/about-us/complaints-procedure

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from Chambers you may complain to the Legal Ombudsman (This must be done within the time limits set out) The contact details can be found on the Legal Ombudsman’s website http://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/

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News

Surinder Singh Gohlan acts as Judge in The Westminster Bar Society Criminal Moot
The Westminster Bar Society had the privilege of hosting barristers Surinder Singh Gohlan from 9KBW, James Caudwell from 2 Harcourt Buildings and New York Attorney Charity Mafuba as judges for our criminal law moot on Saturday 1 st April 2023 sponsored by The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.

Piers Walter successful in application to join the CPS Advocate Panel.
9 KBW offers warmest congratulations to Piers Walter, following his successful application to join the CPS Advocate Panel at level 1.

George Skinner successful in application at level 2 on the CPS Advocate Panel
Chambers are delighted to announce that George Skinner has been successful in his application to upgrade to Level 2 on the London and South-East Advocate Panel. We offer our warmest congratulations to George, who now joins our ever growing panel of CPS advocates at levels 2, 3 and 4.

R -v- Lewis, Findlay & Alpergin: Croydon Crown Court; Sentence 9th Feb 2023
John Clifford secures the conviction of three Defendants as part of an Organised Criminal Network involved in firearms and drugs supply as well as counterfeit currency.

9 KBW members highly successful in applications to upgrade on the CPS Advocate Panel
9 KBW is delighted to announce that nine of our members were successful in their applications to upgrade to Levels 4, 3 and 2. The successful results were as follows; Jonathan Mole and Daniel Cohen both successful at Grade 4 Suzanne Fewins successful at Grade 3 Stephen Wells, Surinder Singh Gohlan, Callum Morgan, Clara Sibanda, Samuel March and Charlie Austin-Groome all successful at Grade 2 .