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Mr Mohsin Ariff

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Work Department

Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court

Position

Mohsin is a Solicitor at Lloyds PR Solicitors and is a highly regarded lawyer that works predominantly on serious crime and complex fraud cases. He is Police Station Accredited and also a Court Duty Solicitor.

Career

Trained Lloyds PR Solicitor, qualified in 2010. Moshin joined Lloyds PR Solicitors as a case worker. He became a trainee solicitor almost immediately and qualified as a solicitor in February 2010. Mohsin is an accredited police station representative and a criminal duty solicitor and has extensive experience in representing clients at the Police Station and in the Magistrates’ Court. However, his workload is primarily present in the Crown Court and representing clients that have been charged with murder, rape, multi-handed drug conspiracies, complex frauds, robbery and human trafficking and servitude.

Mohsin is appreciated by clients for his prompt and clear style in communication; he manages expectations and brings sharpness and innovation in his approach when identifying outcomes that are favourable to those instructing him. He is meticulous in his preparation and excellent at putting evidence together when building a defence for his clients.  He has an unrivalled knowledge of procedure and identifies pragmatic solutions in the most complex of cases and this combined with his tactical awareness means that he is a lawyer who is consistently instructed by new and existing clients.

He has always been a prominent member of defence teams in high profile and complex prosecutions. Mohsin forms part of the defence team in the following high profile ongoing cases: Operation Jardim, Central Criminal Court – Murder of Sabrina Moss; Operation Rubytail, Nottingham Crown Court – 4 counts of murder; Operation Chopito, Southwark crown Court – Importation of £11m of high purity cocaine from Mexico; Operation Demolish, Maidstone Crown Court – large scale conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in the Kent area with a total of 18 defendants; Operation Gesticulate, Kingston Crown Court – multi handed prosecution into the unlawful facilitation on non-EU nationals into and within member states. A list of previous notable cases is as follows: Operation Ewe, Luton Crown Court (2013) – murder of a shop owner by his employee; Operation Homebush, Central Criminal Court (2013) – The murder of Thierry Gnanakumar in Lewisham; Operation Geneview, Central Criminal Court (2013) – The murder of Negus McClean by stabbing (gang related); R v J, Reading Crown Court (2012) – Mentally challenged defendant charged with the attempted murder of his mother by stabbing her on the back of her head; R v A , Central Criminal Court (2012) – murder: stabbing to death of a gang member in a bookmakers on Old Kent Road; R v J, Snaresbrook Crown Court (2011) – murder and attempted murder: the defendant was accused of murdering his own father after the body was exhumed by police from the rear garden of the family home. Serious violence: operation Bohemia, Norwich Crown Court (2014) – kidnap, false imprisonment and wounding with intent (Sec 18 GBH). The defendant was one of 11 charged with the kidnap, false imprisonment and brutal attack of a heavily pregnant woman and her partner; Operation Rome, Central Criminal Court (2014) – armed robbery of a money exchange bureau owner whilst transporting the end of day takings to a secure location (£310,000); Operation Anubis, Woolwich Crown Court (2014) – cash in transit robberies in the South London area; Operation Hamun, Southwark Crown Court (2013) – blackmail and false imprisonment with a ransom demand made in Bangladesh; Operation Niji, Harrow Crown Court (2013) – conspiracy to commit burglary over several counties across England. Drug offences: Operation Pagoda, Harrow Crown Court (2014) – conspiracy to supply Class A drugs estimated at over £4 million over a period of time in the Hertfordshire area; R v H, Central Criminal Court (2013) – conspiracy to supply several kilos of high purity cocaine. Sex offences; R v P, Harrow Crown Court (2014) – maternal uncle alleged to have sexually abused his nieces over a period of years; R v A, Harrow Crown Court (2013) – attempted rape at a bus stop; R v W, Winchester Crown Court (2013) – allegation of multiple rapes by wife against her husband; Operation Veerde, Isleworth Crown Court (2013): large scale prosecution into the facilitation of vulnerable women mainly from the Czech Republic for sexual exploitation/prostitution. This case also involved a prosecution in to sham marriages; R v B, St Albans Crown Court (2013) – allegation by step daughter against her stepfather of rape and serious sexual assault spanning over several years; R v V, St Albans Crown Court (2012) – medical staff accused of sexually assaulting an out patient; R v K, Kingston Crown Court (2010) – gang rape of sex workers at a brothel; R v V, Woolwich Crown Court (2009) – rape of a minor; R v S, Croydon Crown Court (2009) – rape and sexual assault of work colleagues.

Languages

Tamil, Sinhalese, Hindi, Urdu, Memoni and Gujrati (moderate).

Memberships

• The Law Society
• Leicester University Alumni
• Association of Sri Lankan Lawyers in the UK

Education

• LLB from the University of Leicester (2005)
• LPC from the College of Law (2007)

Leisure

Cricket and swimming.