Mr Abdul Kapadia > Rose Court Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Mr Abdul Kapadia

Position

Before becoming a barrister, Abdul was a solicitor advocate from 1999 and solicitor from 1996, and in legal practice from 1986.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Defence

• Business Crime & Financial Services

Career

Abdul is a criminal barrister specialising in cases that require expert advocacy skills. He has experience in drug trafficking, serious sexual offences, violent crime, and complex fraud. He has successfully defended and prosecuted in a range of cases.

Abdul practised as a solicitor advocate in 1999, he was admitted as a solicitor in 1996 and was in the legal practice before that since 1986. He transferred and was called to the bar in 2017 and has been a practicing Crown Court advocate for the last 22 years.

Abdul has a varied practice and represents both individual and corporate clients respectively. Abdul is called upon to advise professional clients at an early stage of proceedings in respect of strategy and achieving the best outcome for lay clients.

Abdul has a reputation for being a highly-skilled, measured, forceful and persuasive advocate.

Abdul has successfully represented clients appearing before major hearings at the Court of Criminal Appeal and is often consulted to advise on the merits of an appeal.

Abdul was a panel member at the Commission of Race Equality appointed to advise the parliamentary select committee on new legislation to deal with racially aggravated criminal offences during the mid-90s, with new legislation passed around at that time, he has lectured youths on their fundamental legal rights under PACE.

Abdul is public access accredited and accepts direct instructions from lay clients.

Memberships

• Criminal Bar Association

• South Eastern Circuit

• Inner Temple