Members of Chambers
Year of Call: 1981
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Regulatory Offences, Health & Safety, Prison Law
Practices all areas of criminal defence work. Prosecution for CPS. Regulatory Offences and Health & Safety
Year of Call: 1983
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Immigration
Languages Spoken: Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu
Mahmud has vast and extensive trial experience in Criminal Defence cases both as Leading and Junior Counsel. He has a flair for creating openings in complex and difficult Criminal cases an is particularly strong on cross – examination and closing speeches.
Year of Call: 1985
Areas of Expertise: Landlord & Tenant, Personal Injury, Crime, Employment, Contract, Tort, Insolvency,
Immigration, Commercial Law, Company Law, and Common Law
Languages Spoken: French
All areas of Criminal defence work, ASBO's, Landlord & Tenant, London Borough of Wandsworth & London Borough of Southwark, Employment, Contract, Insolvency...
Year of Call: 1989
Areas of Expertise: Family
Languages Spoken: Welsh
Particular expertise in public law children act, abduction and wardship. Frequently acts for vulnerable & disadvantaged clients, particularly those with learning difficulties. Conducted numerous High Court Actions...
Year of Call: 1990
Areas of Expertise: Family, Landlord & Tenant, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury; Licensing
Languages Spoken: Greek
Family law specialist in all areas of family law at all levels, with extensive experience in care proceedings, private law disputes of all kinds including those relating to children, ancillary relief & domestic violence. Frequently acts for vulnerable, disadvantaged clients and clients with learning & other difficulties...
Year of Call: 1993
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Regulatory Offences, Prison Law
Languages Spoken: French & German
All areas of Criminal defence work, Regulatory Offences, Prison Law...
Year of Call: 1994
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Regulatory Offences, Prison Law
Languages Spoken: Greek & German
All areas of criminal defence work, covering a broad spectrum of offences, murder manslaughter, child and sexual offences, dangerous dogs, customs and excise.
Year of Call: 1994
Areas of Expertise: Immigration & Asylum, Licensing, Crime
Languages Spoken: Greek & German
All areas of immigration, including asylum appeals, entry clearance appeals, Immigration Appeals at AIT Level and High Court/Court of Appeal, Crime – Rape, Licensing...
Year of Call: 1995
Areas of Expertise: Landlord & Tenant, Personal Injury, Civil Litigation
Lisa specialises in housing law. She has particular expertise in rent arrears and unauthorised occupancy but also undertakes cases concerning antisocial behaviour, disrepair and homelessness. Lisa acts primarily for social landlords in both the County Courts and the High Court but also represents private landlords and tenants.
Year of Call: 1997
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Regulatory Offences, Construction, Party-Walls
All areas of criminal defence work. Prosecution for CPS. Regulatory Offences.
Health & Safety, Party Walls/Construction. Employment/ Discrimination.
Year of Call: 1997
Areas of Expertise: Landlord & Tenant/Housing Law, Property Law (Commercial Leases), Civil Litigation, Immigration Law (Business & Entry Clearance)
Languages Spoken: Greek & Spanish
Shaw Kelly is retained by several Local Government organisations and also counts amongst his clients leading Housing Associations. Shaw is a specialist in Landlord & Tenant Law and lectures on the subject. He is instructed in areas ranging from Drafting and Advising on Commercial Leases to Trials concerning acts of Nuisance and Anti-Social Behaviour. He has also acted against Government departments in appeals from Tribunal level through to the High Court.
Year of Call: 1998
Areas of Expertise: Immigration & Asylum, Family: Private child law, care & adoption, domestic violence
Languages Spoken: French & German
Practices all aspects of family law. Particular expertise in public law, children act, abduction & wardship, immigration & asylum. Has conducted numerous High Court actions.
Year of Call: 1998
Areas of Expertise: Crime and Prison Law
All areas of criminal defence work, undertaken covering the full spectrum of criminal offences. Parole Board hearings in relation to recall release on licence and internal disciplinary matters.
Year of Call: 2000
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Personal Injury
All areas of criminal defence work, prosecution for CPS, regulatory offences. Prison Law
Year of Call: 2001
Areas of Expertise: Landlord & Tenant, Civil Litigation, Crime, Licensing, Local Government
Crime: prosecutions for London Borough of Haringey. Landlord & Tenant: For L.B. Southwark & L.B. Haringey, Allocation, ASBO, Disrepair, Homelessness, Nuisance, Possession, Rent Arrears, Tenancy, Unlawful Eviction. Civil Litigation, Licensing, Taxi Law.
Year of Call: 2002
Areas of Expertise: Family, Personal Injury and Civil
Worked for 4 years for a firm of Solicitors who specialised in Motorcycle cases then retrained in family law. Specialises in Family Law, Personal Injury, Landlord and Tenant and General Civil Litigation.
Year of Call: 2002
Areas of Expertise: Civil Litigation, Landlord & Tenant, Insolvency, Crime, Immigration, Family
Prior to joining Staple Inn Chambers Nikki spent three and a half years attending County Courts countrywide undertaking work in the civil field generally, including: consumer credit, contract, housing, bankruptcy, tort, RTA, Landlord & Tenant etc at all levels from application to appeal.
Year of Call: 2003
Areas of Expertise: Crime & Civil
Paris' strength is in cross-examination and substantive law. Paris gained his experience of Criminal Defence work involving murder, rape, other serious sexual offences, blackmail, kidnap, conspiracy, importation of drugs and firearms offences whilst the pupil of Mahmud Aslam, for whom he continues to provide cover for bail applications, pre-trial hearings and other applications in preparation for trial.
Year of Call: 2003
Areas of Expertise: Landlord and Tenant, Civil Litigation, Insolvency, Crime, Family
All areas of criminal defence work, prosecution for CPS, regulatory offences ASBO
Landlord & Tenant for London Borough of Southwark. Allocation, ASBO, Disrepair, Homelessness, Nuisance, Possession, Rent arrears, tenancy, unlawful eviction, Licensing, Insolvency, Civil Litigation...
Rachel Siu Yee Chan
Year of Call: 2004
Called to Hong Kong Bar: 2005
Areas of Expertise: Family and
Divorce, Crime
Languages Spoken: Hakka, Cantonese
Family: Divorce, Children (Private & Public), Ancillary
Relief
Crime: Mixed Defence & Prosecution.
Shelly Glaister-Young
Year of Call: 2004
Areas of Expertise: Family and Crime
General Crime, Family Law: Private & Public Chidren Act 1989 Matters, Family Law Act 1996 Matters, Cohabitees (Applications under Tolata 1996), Ancillary Relief
Daniel Geller
Year of Call: 2004
Areas of Expertise: Crime, Family, Civil
Languages Spoken: Hebrew, Hungarian, French, German
Mainly Criminal Defence work in Magistrates Youth and Crown Courts. Family and Civil Work also undertaken.