Ali Naseem Bajwa - Garden Court Chambers

Practice
Leading defence counsel specialising in serious crime and civil liberties.
Cases
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Ali Naseem Bajwa
Terrorism
Operation Overt - Trans-Atlantic airline liquid bomb conspiracy (leading counsel for
acquitted defendant, Donald Stewart-Whyte) (VHCC)
Operation Vivace - 21 July 2005 failed London bombings (represented main
defendant, Muktar Said-Ibrahim) (VHCC)
Operation Rhyme - US/UK terrorism conspiracy involving key US financial
institutions, 'Gas Limos Project' and 'Dirty Bomb Plot' (represented main defendant,
Dhiren Barot) (VHCC)
Operation Subra - Conspiracy to provide money and property for the purposes of
terrorism to a proscribed organisation, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba
Homicide
R v Dawood - Double death by dangerious driving
R v Arkate - Attempted murder by stabbing
R v Hardy-Thomas - Murder by stabbing
R v Head - Murder committed by identical twins
R v Danila - 'The Ambulance Murder'
R v Roper - Single punch manslaughter
R v Vaughan - Patricide
R v Khan - Murder with screwdriver
R v Hussain - Murder by beating
R v Morris - Gangland murder (VHCC)
R v Van Nguyen - Triad murder
R v Thompson - 'The Black Widow' murder
R v Ryan - Contract killing
Fraud and Financial Regulation
R v MP - UK's largest set top box fraud (VHCC) (ongoing)
R v Grove - SFO prosecution of £60 million 'Ponzi scheme' fraud (VHCC)
R v Bane - Multi-million pound hand car wash fraud (VHCC)
R v Mahtani - Mastermind of UK's largest credit card fraud
Proceeds of Crime Act
R v FRJ - UK's largest cannabis cultivation case (VHCC) (ongoing)
R v Beqiri - £2 billion cocaine importation conspiracy
R v Riasat - Eight-handed drug money laundering (leading counsel for first
defendant)
R v Sarasia - £10 million heroin importation
R v Tascon - £100 million Columbian 'drug baron' case (VHCC)
Sports Law
ICC v Butt - Disciplinary hearing of Pakistan cricket players spot fixing allegations
(leading counsel)
Public and Administrative Law and Human Rights Law
Secretary of State v AE - Control order served on Iraqi on suspicion that he has
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Year of Call
1993
Email Address
alib@gclaw.co.uk
Telephone
020 7993 7600
Queen's Counsel
2011
Education
London School of
Economics - LLB Inns of
Court School of Law - BVC
Practice Areas:
Ali Naseem Bajwa is a
member of the following
Practice Areas:
- Crime
- Fraud & Regulatory
- Public & Administrative
Law
Garden Court Chambers
57 - 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LJ
Tel 020 7993 7600
Fax 020 7993 7700

Secretary of State v AE - Control order served on Iraqi on suspicion that he has
provided support for jihadist insurgency in Iraq and radicalised individuals in the UK
(High Court, Court of Appeal & House of Lords). Claim for damages for unlawful
imposition of control order (High Court & Court of Appeal)
Secretary of State v MB - First control order served on British citizen on suspicion
that he intended to travel to Iraq to fight against coalition forces (High Court, Court
of Appeal & House of Lords)
Secretary of State v AL - Control order served on British citizen on suspicion that he
intended to travel abroad for terrorist training and to engage in violent jihad (High
Court)
Health and Safety
Re Agulian - Fatal fall of guest from unrestrained hotel window
Reported Cases
AN v Secretary of State The Times, 1 Sep 2010: Quashing flawed control orders
(CA)
Secretary of State v AF (No. 3) (2009) 3 WLR 74: Leading authority on control
orders (HL)
R v Ibrahim (2008) 4 All ER 208: Leading authority on admissibility of safety
interviews (CA)
R v Barot [2008] 1 Cr.App.R. (S.) 247(45): Leading authority on sentencing for
terrorist conspiracies to murder (CA)
Secretary of State v MB (2008) 1 AC 440: Article 6 requirements for control orders
proceedings (HL)
R v Levin (2004) Crim LR 493: Leading authority on admissibility of hearsay
evidence in confiscation proceedings (CA)
R v McWilliam [2003] 2 Cr.App.R.(S.) 1: Sentence for child death resulting from
cruelty by adoptive parents (CA)
R v McKay [2000] 1 Cr.App.R.(S.) 17: Sentencing young offenders (CA)
R v Kartal [1999] 10 Archbold News 2: Excessive judicial intervention and Article 6
(CA)
R v Aziz, Archbold para 4-409: Judicial direction for mixed character evidence (CA)
Articles & Publications
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Ali Naseem Bajwa
Sentencing Terror Offences, Criminal Law & Justice Weekly (2010), Vol.174, p.
500, [2010] 10 Archbold Review 5
Terrorising the Innocent, New Law Journal (2010) Vol.160 (No. 7411 & 7412), p.
481
How Safe are Safety Interviews? Counsel Magazine, April 2010, p. 24, Criminal
Law & Justice Weekly (2009), Vol. 173, p. 133
Human Rights and Terrorism, Justice of the Peace (2008), Vol. 172, p. 486
Fair Controls, New Law Journal (2008) Vol. 158 (No. 7305), p. 124
A Practitioner's Guide to Terrorist Trials, December 2007 (Contributing Editor)
Learn by Trial and Terror, Solicitors Journal (2007) Vol. 151 (No. 33), p. 7
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Pre-Charge Detention in Terrorism Cases, New Law Journal (2006) Vol. 156 (No.
7245), p. 1578
Control Orders, CBA News, March 2006
Choose Life? Solicitors Journal (2004) Vol. 148 (No. 42), p. 1258
Article 6(1) v Abuse of Process, CBA News, June 2004
Associated Work
Appellate work, including CCRC applications and Privy Council cases.
Writes and speaks widely on terrorism law, including giving evidence on terrorism
detention to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, contributing to the LNT
educational DVD, "The Law on Terror" and speaking at the:
- Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights Conference 2010
- Investigation and Prosecution Conference 2009
- Counter-Terror Expo 2009
- Human Rights Law Conference 2008
Contributed to Criminal Bar Association working party reports on terrorism detention
(PACE Code H), forensic science regulation and public access rules.
Member of Criminal Bar Association, Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association and
South-Eastern Circuit (Editor of SEC magazine, The Circuiteer).
Intern at the Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights in Kingston in 1999.
Pegasus Scholar at Crown Law Office in New Zealand in 1996.
Gray's Inn advocacy trainer and member of the Advocacy & CPD Committee
Judge in training sessions held by College of Law and Metropolitan Police.
Member of the Punjab Bar Council and called to the Lahore High Court (Pakistan)
Directories
Ranked as a leader in crime and civil liberties by Chambers & Partners and in crime
by Legal 500.
"Regularly appears in terrorist-related control order cases and acted in AF, the
leading House of Lords authority on control orders" Chambers & Partners 2011
"One of the leading individuals practising in control orders and terrorism. He
frequently represents claimants seeking to challenge control orders imposed by the
UK government" Chambers & Partners 2010
"Highly recommended" Legal 500 2010
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Ali Naseem Bajwa
"He demonstrates excellent advocacy and attention to detail, and a strong grasp of
his subject" Chambers & Partners 2009
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Society of Asian Lawyers Criminal Lawyer of the Year 2010
Last updated March 2011
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