Middle Temple
Anjali enjoys a busy and demanding practice in the UK which focuses on regulatory enforcement and criminal law. She is known for her fearlessness in court, ‘down to earth style’ pleasing to juries and clients and her ability for careful, sensitive yet robust cross examination. Anjali adopts a no-nonsense approach to criminal litigation and is known for her ability not only to consider the legal implications involved in presenting a case, but also the tactics involved. She has an ability to assimilate, master and present complex and voluminous cases involving the identification of interrelated technical and legal issues.
Anjali has previously trained BVC students in advocacy at UWE and presented a number of legal seminars on behalf of Chambers.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate Degree
LLB (Hons) 2:1, King’s College London
Areas of Practice:
Environmental Law
Trading Standards
Benefit Fraud
Licensing
Data Protection
Gambling Act
Road Traffic
Notable Cases:
R v C and others - Instructed in a multi handed £20 million alleged pyramid fraud prosecution brought by the OFT as the first prosecution of its kind under the Gambling Act in which compliance with notification requirements and the application of human rights law, specifically the freedom of association and to property.
Environment Agency v S - Recently represented a farmer accused of water pollution which resulted in all charges being dropped due to weaknesses identified in the investigation and evidence gathering process and disclosure obligations.
Bristol City Council v E - Currently instructed by Bristol City Council in a case involving benefit fraud totalling approximately £60,000.
R v T and others – appeared on behalf of the primary prosecution witness who had given Queen’s evidence during the trial in which alleged jury knobbling took place and thereafter at the re trial before Mr Justice Treacy in the first trial without a jury for 300 years. On behalf of Mr Brockwell, it was successfully argued that in threatening to remove him from the witness protection programme his Article 2 rights were not only engaged but breached by the Witness Protection Unit;
R v B – represented the appellant, Cllr Shirley Brown, during her appeal against conviction at Bristol Crown Court. Although the arguments advanced in relation to the construction of the race hate legislation and human rights were rejected in the Crown Court.
Additional areas of law:
Serious Crime
Professional Memberships:
Criminal Bar Association
Interests:
Anjali has previously trained as a Rape Crisis Counsellor, run a workshop for Bengali girls aimed at increasing their participation in education (Children’s Society, Leicester) and provided free legal advice to women from the Asian community suffering from domestic violence (Baheno, Harrow).
