Mr Dharmendra (Dee) Toor > Chambers of David Josse KC > London, England > Barrister Profile
5 St Andrews Hill Offices
5 St Andrews Hill
LONDON
EC4V 5BZ
England
Mr Dharmendra (Dee) Toor
Work Department
Dee is a leading criminal barrister who defends & prosecutes in serious criminal cases.
Position
Dharmendra (Dee) is a leading criminal barrister who defends and prosecutes with an established practice in serious crime. He has significant experience as leading junior and led junior.
Dee has extensive experience in organised crime, financial crime, and POCA proceedings. He is a specialist in cybercrime. In addition, he is also a specialist in Consumer and Trading Standards law.
Dee is a Grade 4 prosecutor (highest grade) and is frequently instructed by the Complex Casework Units of the CPS across the UK, dealing with cases of the utmost seriousness.
He is recognised in the Legal 500 in Crime.
Career
Dee is a cybercrime specialist, having extensive knowledge of all cyber-dependent offending (i.e. Computer Misuse Act 1990), such as hacking, ransomware/malware attacks affecting individuals or large corporations.
- In 2023 he was instructed by the CPS London Complex Casework Unit in Operation Ulex (also known as Lapsus$) involving a notorious hacking collective proven responsible for serious hacks on multi-billion-dollar companies such as Rockstar Games (Grand Theft Auto) Uber, Nvidia etc. The case involved close liaison with specialist officers from the FBI and the City of London Police.
- Furthermore, he has significant experience in cases of cyber-enabled offending, typically fraud and money laundering enabled through the Dark Web.
Dee is known for defending in business crime cases against companies and/or their directors. For example, he is currently instructed to defend a company director of a large money service business (MSB) in a multi-million-pound fraud.
Dee has developed a keen eye for detail and is often instructed on cases with complex issues of fact and law, with tens of thousands of served pages of evidence. He is experienced in the disclosure and deployment of internationally obtained material. Many of his cases involve an international dimension and cross-border issues.
Seminars
Dee regularly gives talks and seminars to legal professionals on crypto assets within the context of cybercrime offending and has been involved in several crypto-related cases surrounding confiscation, account forfeiture and restraint proceedings
Languages
Dee speaks Spanish
Memberships
Professional Panel Appointments
- Grade 4 CPS Prosecutor
- Grade 3 on Serious Crime Panel
Professional Memberships
- Criminal Bar Association (CBA).
- Fraud Lawyers Association (FLA).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Crime (general and fraud)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Crime
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Dharmendra (Dee) Toor – 5 St Andrews Hill ‘Dee is exceptionally thorough and dedicated to achieving the best possible outcome for his client. His cross-examination is exceptional; he has every aspect of the papers at his fingertips leaving the witness with nowhere to turn save for conceding that he is correct.’
5 St Andrews Hill offers a strong group of criminal barristers with a broad range of expertise. Having joined from The 36 Group in January 2024, John Cammegh KC brings considerable experience in murder, firearms, drugs, and sexual offences cases, on both the defence and prosecution side. Dharmendra (Dee) Toor, who also joined in January 2024 from The 36 Group, stands out for his cybercrime expertise. Mark Cotter KC recently prosecuted a man who was convicted of murder after beating to death a convicted paedophile in Newport – in the absence of witnesses coming forward, the case was based on CCTV footage, hearsay evidence and forensic analysis of wood fragments.