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)Matt Ward (2020)Charles Austin-Groome (2021)George Skinner (2021)Piers Walter (2021)Rochelle Collins (2022)Sam Lubner (2022)Harry Stallard (2022)Atticus Blick (Pupil)Neil Sturman (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

Chambers welcomes three new Tenants to 9 KBW
Chambers are delighted to announce that, following successful completion of pupillage, offers of Tenancy have been made to and accepted by Harry Stallard, Piers Walter and Sam Lubner. Our new members will practice in Criminal, (prosecution and defence) Regulatory and Animal Welfare Law. We are so pleased to welcome each of them to the 9 KBW team.

Matt Ward Joins 9 KBW
Chambers are delighted to announce that Matt Ward has accepted an offer of Tenancy, following a very successful probationary tenancy at 9 KBW. Matt practices in Criminal (prosecution and defence) and Regulatory Law. A big welcome Matt to the 9 KBW team!

New Pupils join the 9KW team
Chambers are delighted to welcome 3 new pupils to the 9 KBW team; Neil Sturman, Atticus Blick and Harriet Snookes. We very much look forward to working with them in the coming year.

Louisa Wheeler joins 9 KBW as Chambers Practice Manager
Chambers are delighted to welcome on board Louisa Wheeler as our Practice Manager. Louisa has a wide range of experience in both fee billing and administration in Chambers and will provide invaluable assistance and support to our Senior Clerk in the day to day clerking of 9 KBW’s diary and fees management.

Robyn Murdo Smith from 9KBW commences Kent Coast Circum Kayak (KCCK) Charity Challenge to raise funds for Jerusalem Eye Hospital
Keen to raise money for St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group, our Barrister Robyn Murdo-Smith completed the Monopoly Board Challenge on 22-7-23. Commencing at Angel Islington he walked 14.25 miles to the Blind Beggar Pub in Whitechapel bagging all of the 'squares' on the Monopoly Board in 4 hours and 20 minutes.