R v PC & others – (Wood Green CC) Junior Alone for the first defendant. Royal Mail fraud. Trial in April 2023

R v MD & others (St Albans CC) Junior Alone. 10 defendants. Conspiracy to commit fraud. Trial in June 2023

R v KS & others (Basildon CC) Junior Alone. Conspiracy to supply drugs. Trial in July 2023.

R v DA (Aylesbury CC) Junior Alone. Indecent images. Trial in July 2023

R v WW (Wood Green CC) Junior Alone. Rape. Re-trial in August 2023. In the first trial Irfan represented the defendant and the trial resulted in a hung jury.

R v IR & others (Southwark CC) Junior Alone. GBH and violence against homeowners in Marylebone. Trial in August 2023

R v PG & others (Harrow CC) Junior Alone. Kidnap & false imprisonment. Trial in August 2023.

R v TM (Isleworth CC) Junior Alone. Historical sexual abuse allegations from over 40 years. Trial in September 2023

R v MB & others (Snaresbrook CC) Junior Alone. Firearms and drugs. Trial in October 2023

R v SK & others (Isleworth CC) – Junior Alone for the first defendant. Irfan represented in trial in August 2023, however, trial halted shortly before closing speeches due to Judge’s ill-health. SK charged with conspiracy to facilitate illegal immigration. Cut-throat defence run by SK. Case involved complex legal arguments on expert psychiatric evidence, hearsay and bad character. Over 10,000 pages of telephone evidence served. Re-trial in January 2024.

R v HA & others– Operation Chest – (Chelmsford CC) Junior Alone. Conspiracy to supply drugs between Sheffield and London. Trial in February 2024

R v KS & others – Operation Vivaldi – (Wood Green CC) Junior Alone for first defendant. Alleged that KS and others had treated elderly residents in a north-London care home with ill-treatment and neglect, all of whom had since died. 4 days into trial, and after lengthy legal arguments, the prosecution offered no evidence against KS on all charges.

London Borough of Ealing v NSS (Isleworth CC) – NSS pleaded guilty to a Town & Planning offence. Irfan instructed after LBE commenced POCA proceedings seeking over £500k as the benefit figure. At the final hearing, and through lengthy negotiations, final figure agreed at approx. £150k.

R v AR & Others – Operation Riddle (Leicester CC) Junior Alone – 12 defendants charged with large-scale, 18-month drugs conspiracy throughout the midlands. AR placed as a high-end significant player. Through a detailed basis of plea, and submissions made at the sentence hearing, Irfan was able to persuade the Judge to sentence AR to lesser role without the need for a Newton Hearing.

R v MB & others (Wolverhampton CC) Junior Alone 13 defendants charged with violent disorder & affray. Despite MB being seen to strike several people with a pole in a residential street, Irfan secured a suspended sentence for MB.

R v CSJ & Others (Inner London CC) Junior Alone in 9-handed case. Money laundering involving a cleaning company which committed fraud against investment firm BlackRock. Irfan successfully negotiated CSJ’s involvement to around £5k from the total fraud of around £250k. CJS received the lowest sentence – a 12-month community order.

R v SB & others – Operation Flowela – (Harrow CC) Junior Alone for first defendant. Kidnap, false imprisonment, and use of machetes to commit robbery. SB acquitted of all serious charges after trial. Sentenced to a suspended sentence for a low-level theft.

R v LLM & Others (Southwark CC) Junior Alone – 6 handed VAT fraud. Irfan successfully negotiated and limited LLM’s culpability to around £7k out of a £250k fraud.

R v DS (Kingston CC) – Junior Alone. DS charged with GBH, caused by attacking the victim with an axe. Prosecution relied on two eye witnesses. After legal argument, prosecution offered no evidence on first day of trial.

R v MJR (Snaresbrook CC) – Junior Alone. MJR was one of 21 defendants split into 5 separate trials, all charged with various drugs offences involving county lines drug supply. MJR placed within trial 4. On the second day of his trial, after legal arguments in court and discussions with the prosecution, no evidence was offered against him. MJR was only 2 out of the 21 defendants that had no evidence offered against them.

R v ES & others (Inner London CC) – Junior Alone. ES charged with perverting the course of justice. Allegation being that she was engaged in an extra-marital affair and had knowledge her lover was going to shoot & kill her husband, which she later lied about to police. Significant evidence later uncovered of text messages and calls between ES and her lover talking about the shooting. After 6 days of trial, Irfan successfully negotiated a lesser charge of ‘making a false written statement.’ ES received a suspended sentence.

R v IB & others (Exeter CC) – Junior Alone for the first defendant. IB charged with conspiracy to facilitate the illegal immigration of 8 people into the UK via a small boat. The prosecution placed IB in the leading category and did not accept his basis of plea that he had been instructed by others. Irfan instructed after IB had pleaded guilty and sacked his legal team. After further disclosure sought and going through the voluminous phone evidence, Irfan redrafted the basis of plea. At the Newton Hearing the prosecution agreed the new basis of plea and IB sentenced to a ‘significant’ role and received a sentence lesser than his co-defendants.

R v MB (Southwark CC) – Led Junior. MB, a medical professional, was charged with s.18 GBH of transmitting HIV to his partner. Legally and medically complex. Only second prosecution in UK of HIV transfer with intent. Irfan instructed to prepare instruction to HIV expert, conduct research on legal argument to dismiss the s.18 charge, and drafted the defence statement. The prosecution eventually offered no evidence against MB 5 days in to trial. Irfan was led by Sarah Forshaw KC.

R v HA (Aylesbury CC) – Junior Alone. HA charged with a number of serious sexual offences. After taking detailed instructions relating to HA’s upbringing and background and undiagnosed learning difficulties, Irfan identified the need for a forensic psycho-sexual expert with a speciality of dealing with sexual offences. Irfan successfully persuaded the sentencing judge to adopt an exceptional course. HA received suspended sentences for all offences.

R v DR & others (Reading CC) – Led Junior. DR and 4 others charged with murder. Case complicated by the fact all 5 defendants were related to deceased. DR was the nephew. Further complication was the pathologist who could not identify cause of death. Irfan conducted all written and oral advocacy until 2 weeks before trial when the Judge granted leading counsel certificate and Sam Robinson KC joined the defence team. 4 days into trial, Sam & Irfan successfully negotiated with the prosecution and reduced the murder charge for DR to one of violent disorder.

R v EK & others (Cardiff CC) – Junior Alone for first defendant. EK charged with cultivation of cannabis on a farm in Wales. After careful consideration of the evidence, including phone and cell site, Irfan persuaded the prosecution to accept a guilty plea on the limited basis of EK being a gardener. EK released from prison at sentence hearing, having been sentenced to time served.

R v KW & others (Wood Green CC) – Junior Alone. KW, and three of his family members charged with modern slavery offences of holding a polish woman in a garden shed for around 6 years. Case involved developing case law as to what amounts to servitude. KW received lowest sentence of all defendants.

R v NA & others (Snaresbrook CC) – Junior Alone for the first defendant. NA charged with PWITS class A, kidnap, and violent offences. There were significant number of legal arguments and trial eventually stopped after 4 days because of disclosure issues. Trial was relisted for a few weeks later, however before re-trial the Crown offered no evidence against NA based on an addendum defence statement and written submissions made by Irfan.

R v PC & others (Bournemouth CC) – Junior Alone for second defendant. PC charged with conspiracy & firearm offences. On first day of trial, disclosure issues raised by all defence team. Trial adjourned until new date. Before re-trial, and after further written submissions, prosecution offered no evidence against all defendants.

R v MS (Luton CC) – Junior Alone. MS raised defence of duress to supplying a significant number of drugs for a well-known drug dealer with whom she was in an intimate relationship. After extensive submissions on medical evidence and a forensic psychiatric examination of client, prosecution offered no evidence.

R v AH (Harrow CC) – Junior Alone for first defendant. AH charged with firearms offences with intent to kill. Using medical evidence, Irfan was able to significantly reduce the final sentence and persuaded HHJ to avoid a dangerousness assessment.

R v MM & others (Reading CC) – Junior Alone. MM charged with cultivation of cannabis in various property in and around London. IA successful resisted the prosecution introducing evidence into the case which had not be served formally. The prosecution accepted MM’s role as a gardner. At the sentence hearing he was sentenced to time served.

R v FD (Inner London CC) – Junior Alone – obtained a suspended sentence for PWITS of class A after negotiating and drafting an acceptable basis of plea. Starting point would not have allowed a suspended sentence otherwise.

R v PH (Reading CC) – Junior Alone – PH charged with the production of large-scale cannabis. Complicated by the fact the growth was on The Royal Estate near Windsor Castle which caused issues of disclosure of evidence. PH also vulnerable to significant mental health issues. Pleaded guilty. Persuaded HHJ to suspend the custodial sentence, despite the starting point being over two years.

R v HC (Isleworth CC) HC charged with significant PWITS class A and Criminal Property. He had extensive previous convictions of similar nature. Drafted and argued the basis of the plea, which was eventually accepted by the Crown. Sentenced to significantly lower than the starting point.

R v BA – (Croydon CC) – Junior Alone. BA was charged with possession of false ID documents. Irfan successfully persuaded the Judge to pass a suspended sentence, despite the sentence guidelines stating the starting point was immediate custody. The judge remarked she had been persuaded to take a truly exceptional course in this case.

R v MM & Others (Winchester CC) – Junior Alone for first defendant. County lines drugs supply. After service of prosecution evidence at Stage 1, Irfan responded with detailed submissions outlining the weaknesses in the Crowns case. Prosecution offered no evidence before trial.

R v AB & others (Newcastle CC) – Junior Alone for first defendant. AB was the only defendant to be granted bail at the magistrate’s court and Irfan successfully resisted the prosecution appeal at the Crown Court. Shortly before the trial, the prosecution offered no evidence against AB.

R v AN – (Inner London CC) – Junior Alone. PWITS and false ID. Judge persuaded to sentence outside of the sentencing guidelines, due to the long delay between arrest and hearing. This resulted in AN receiving a suspended sentence.