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E: timnaik@msn.com Call: 1994 Professional Membership: Criminal Bar Association. Academic Background: LLB (Hons) 2.1 BVC Very Competent – Inn’s of Court School of Law Taught degree level Criminal and Civil practice and procedure. |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE Established Criminal Practitioner with experience at all levels prosecuting and defending as a Leading Junior, sole Counsel or as a led Junior. Having undertook a pupillage that encompassed insolvency and bankruptcy developed a good feel for papers before moving to an exclusively criminal practice Particular recent Appellate experience. Successfully conducting the first Prosecution Appeals against terminating rulings, and a number of appeals, having not conducted the trials, and recent appellate confiscation experience including successfully acting alone against a prosecution team consisting of a silk and two juniors Extensive trial and appellate experience prosecuting and defending including recent cases involving :- Murder, GBH, and Violent Gang crime Serious sexual offences including Rape and Child sexual offences Confiscation Serious Fraud including benefit Armed Robbery and flying squad prosecutions Drugs importation and supply Youth Crime Mental Health CASES OF NOTE R v H and others. Junior Counsel in longest 'Gold Smuggling' trials 18 months at CCC R v P and others Leading Junior in Multi-handed Attempted Murder and violent disorder only defendant acquitted. R v S and others Defence Counsel in multi-handed gang on gang violence involving complex issues of transferred malice R v H Leading Junior for prosecution in 27 counts of Rape, S.18 Kidnap and false imprisonment R v L Leading Junior for prosecution in 14 counts on armed robbery based on similar fact evidence. Convicted R v G Successfully Defended wife of Iceland Director on conspiracy to defraud R v T Notable 14 day prosecution of Defendant in person (initially listed 1 ˝ days!) R v K Defence counsel for hotel owner accused of multiple sexual assaults on male guests. Acquitted R v P Prosecution of male masseur accused of assaulting female clients R v S Prosecution of scout master accused of sexual assault on Cub Scout R v S and others Represented 19 of 27 Drug mules arrested on single flight APPEAL CASES R v S One of the first successful Prosecution appeals against a terminating ruling R v B Further Prosecution appeal against terminating. Advised and drafted amendment to Viper proforma booklet, approved by the Court of Appeal R v H Successful Defence appeal based on meaning of ‘change of circumstances’ in benefit fraud, resisted prosecution application to ‘substitute’ charges. |
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