Ali Naseem Bajwa QC - Garden Court Chambers

Practice
- Leading Queen's Counsel specialising in violent crime, fraud and terrorism
- Ranked highly in crime and civil liberties by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500
- Acted in number of important and high-profile matters, including the Pakistan
cricketers spot fixing case and the airline liquid bomb trial
- Focused, industrious and popular with clients
- Accepts private fee and public access instructions
Directories
"Continues to impress after taking silk in 2011. Areas of focus include civil liberties
and human rights matters arising from crime, inquests and terrorism." Chambers
UK 2013
"Bright and hard-working... acutely aware of the fundamentally important issues to
be determined in a case... tribunals like him because he has a clear and articulate
way of presenting arguments." Chambers UK 2011
"He demonstrates excellent advocacy and attention to detail, and a strong grasp of
his subject" Chambers UK 2009
Cases
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Homicide
R v DE - Murder by stabbing (ongoing)
R v AR - Child murder (ongoing)
R v Popovs - Murder by stabbing
R v Okrutny - Crash for cash manslaughter
R v Menga - Eight-handed murder by stabbing
R v Bhatti - Uxoricide; defence of loss of control
R v Arif - Murder by shooting during 2011 riots
R v Malik - Uxoricide; defence of insanity
R v Head - Murder committed by identical twins
R v Danila - 'The Ambulance Murder'
R v Vaughan - Patricide
R v Khan - Murder with screwdriver
R v Morris - Gangland murder
R v Van Nguyen - Triad murder
R v Thompson - 'The Black Widow' murder
R v Ryan - Contract killing
Fraud & Financial Regulation
R v Butt - Pakistan cricketers spot fixing trial
R v Pillai - UK's largest set top box fraud
R v Grove - SFO prosecution of £60 million 'Ponzi scheme' fraud
R v Bane - Multi-million pound hand car wash fraud
R v Mahtani - Mastermind of UK's largest credit card fraud
Terrorism
Operation Spruce - Far right terrorism (ongoing)
Operation Movie - Preparing to commit acts of terrorism; represented Richard Dart
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Year of Call
1993
Email Address
alib@gclaw.co.uk
Telephone
020 7993 7727
Queen's Counsel
2011
Education
LLB (Hons), London
School of Economics
Languages
Punjabi, Urdu
Practice Areas:
Ali Naseem Bajwa QC is a
member of the following
Practice Areas:
- Crime
- Fraud and Regulatory
Law
- Inquests
- International Advice and
Litigation
- Public and Administrative
Law
Garden Court Chambers
57 - 60 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3LJ
Tel 020 7993 7600
Fax 020 7993 7700

Operation Movie - Preparing to commit acts of terrorism; represented Richard Dart
Operation Overt - Trans-Atlantic airline liquid bomb conspiracy; represented
acquitted defendant, Donald Stewart-Whyte
Operation Vivace - 21 July 2005 failed London bombings; represented main
defendant, Muktar Said-Ibrahim; application to CCRC (ongoing)
Operation Rhyme - US/UK terrorism conspiracy involving key US financial
institutions, 'Gas Limos Project' and 'Dirty Bomb Plot'; represented main defendant,
Dhiren Barot
Drugs & Proceeds of Crime Act
R v Doda - 7-defendant conspiracy to supply class A drugs
R v Marku - Cannabis supply; UK's Strongest Man 2009
R v Beqiri - £2 billion cocaine importation conspiracy
R v Sarasia - £10 million heroin importation
R v Tascon - £100 million Columbian 'drug baron' case
Sports Law
ICC v Butt - Disciplinary hearing in Doha, Qatar of Pakistan cricketers spot fixing
case
Other Crime
R v Uddin - Tamara Ecclestone blackmail case
R v Jahan - 'Riots hero' GBH trial
R v Roberts - 'The Southwark Rapist'/'Beast of Bermondsey'
Public & Administrative Law
Secretary of State v CD - Terrorism Prevention Measure (ongoing)
Secretary of State v AE - Control order served on Iraqi, damages claim for unlawful
imposition of control order
Secretary of State v MB - First control order served on British citizen
Inquests
Re Kua - Mother and five children killed by fire in home caused by failure of freezer
component
Health and Safety
Re Agulian - Fatal fall of guest from unrestrained hotel window
Articles & Publications
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Ali Naseem Bajwa QC
A Necessary Evil?, Counsel Magazine, October 2013, p. 26
The Saajid Badat Case: Inching Towards the US, Halsbury's Law Exchange, 23
April 2012
Trial by Ordeal, Counsel Magazine, September 2011, p. 26
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later, Counsel Magazine, July 2011, p. 32
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
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Fair Controls, New Law Journal (2008) Vol. 158 (No. 7305), p. 124
Learn by Trial and Terror, Solicitors Journal (2007) Vol. 151 (No. 33), p. 7
Pre-Charge Detention in Terrorism Cases, New Law Journal (2006) Vol. 156 (No.
7245), p. 1578
Associated Work
Appellate work, including CCRC applications and Privy Council cases.
Writes and speaks widely on legal issues, including giving evidence to the Joint
Committee on Human Rights, contributing to the Legal Network Television
educational DVD, "The Law on Terror" and addressing a number of human rights
and counter-terrorism conferences.
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.
Admitted to the Lahore High Court.
Memberships
Criminal Bar Association
Criminal Appeal Lawyers Association
South Eastern Circuit; Editor of SEC magazine, The Circuiteer
Bar Pro Bono Unit
Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights
Background
Ali was educated in west London and studied law at the LSE. He then took a year
out to travel before coming to the Bar in 1993. Ali was one of the youngest silks
appointed in 2011. He is married with two children, aged 11 and 8.
Ali follows cricket and tennis (huge Roger Federer fan), skis and scuba dives (both
passably) and enjoys international film.
Profile updated September 2013
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