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Shakeel Jamil

Shakeel Jamil

Head of Chambers
Call: 1999

Called in 1999, Shakeel has over 25 years experience working in crime. He has worked on a variety of cases for the Serious Fraud Office and HMRC.

 


His work has also included:

  • Money Laundering

  • Murder

  • Armed Robbery

  • High Value Theft

  • Complex Fraud

  • Fraudulent Trading

Barristers

Current Cases

CASE 1

R -V- Pickard, Greenaway, Laver

Instructed by the Serious Fraud Office as Tier 2 Disclosure Counsel in a multi-handed fraud involving the collapse of a company engaged in the purchase of trees in Costa Rica funded largely by pension funds transferred into mini-bonds. The indictment includes conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation and fraudulent trading.

CASE 2

(Awaiting Charge)

Multi-handed fraud where suspects are accused of marketing and administrating mini-bonds making a series of false promises to investors as to the safety and use of their funds. The suspects' companies collapsed owing millions of pounds to thousands of investors, leading to an Independent Government Investigation, The Gloser Report.

Previous Case

R -V- Balli Group PLC, Balli Steel, Balli Trading LTD, Balli Holdings LTD, Balli Investments, Balli Steel Czech, Balli Middle East FZE, Balli GMBH, Trans Ocean navigation & Employees

Instructed by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to carry out a thorough disclosure review of hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence, both digital and hard copy. The fraud involved a highly complex system involving falsification of documents, cash-pooling, misrepresentations of forfeities, multiple pledging of stocks, and Ponzi schemes.

The disclosure investigation lasted over 3 years, eventually leading to multiple convictions. The team responsible for disclosure was acknowledged for their remarkable thoroughness and professionalism. R -v Balli case is now used by the SFO as the gold standard in how to carry out the disclosure review excercise highlighting the need for experienced counsel and the necessity to check and dip-sample past disclosure reviews.

HMRC: Conducted as Disclosure Counsel to work on a multiple-handed tax evasion case involving undercover surveillance, thousands of pages of emails, text mesages, and CCTV evidence.

Older Cases

R -V- YASIN

FRAUD

Central Criminal Court

Junior Counsel in multi-handed fraud involving the setting up of bogus companies as a front for the sale of high-end stolen computer equipment.

The preparation consisted of the analysis of hundreds of thousands of fake and real documents as well as drafting advice and schedules for cross-referencing and indexing.

R -V- JOANNA CORDWELL

MONEY LAUDERING

Central Criminal Court

A multi-handed criminal conspiracy involving the laudering of money obtained by international drug dealing.

Evidence involved analyzing hundreds of thousands of paper trials, bank records, bills of sale, fake title deeds etc.

R -V- ASARE-AFOSU

ASSISTING AN OFFENDER IN A MURDER

Central Criminal Court

A 17-year-old boy was tried for councealing the murder weapon. He was charged along with 6 co-defendants who were all charged with murder.

AKSU -V- REGINA

APPEAL AGAINST SENTENCE

Court of Appeal, Criminal Division

Successful appeal against Burglary Sentence.

R -V- WHITE & OTHERS

CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY CLASS A DRUGS

Winchester Crown Court

Undercover operation: Large conspiracy involving ten defendants.

The evidence consisted of thousands of pages of telephone cell site evidence, undercover surveillance, and money trails.

R -V- BOGE

MURDER & POSSESSION OF FIREARMS

Central Criminal Court

Joint-enterprise gang killing. Acquitted of murder and firearm offenses.
Found guilty of manslaughter.

Evidence was largely based on CCTV and cell site evidence.

R -V- RAHIM

CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY CLASS A DRUGS

Blackfriars Crown Court

The case involved prisoners at HMP Pentonville conspiring to bring in and sell drugs to inmates via a crooked prison officer.

Evidence was based on intercepted telephone conversations and correnpondence.

R -V- VALLAND

CONSPIRACY TO SUPPLY CLASS A DRUGS

Leicester Crown Court

Defence Counsel in multi-handed multi-million pound VAT fraud, involving the setting up of bogus companies in order to unlawfully claim VAT.

CONTACT US

Contact
 

Phone: 07711117731

WhatsApp: 00298279698

Email: shakeeljamil@7dc.uk

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7 Bell Yard, London

WC2A 2JR

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