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Yasmin Punjani

020 7430 7430 yasminpunjani@187fleetstreet.com

Position

Yasmin practises in all areas of general crime, defending and prosecuting all types of serious crime, attempted murder, other violent offences, rape, sexual assault, false imprisonment, perverting the course of justice, importation of drugs, conspiracy to supply drugs, death by dangerous driving, armed robbery and false accounting. Her practice involves appearing as a junior alone and being led in multi-handed cases in equal measure. She is also regularly instructed to appear in the Court of Appeal and the Administrative Court. She has a recognised reputation and specialisation in all aspects of fraud and money laundering, including SOCPA, FSA cases and ancillary confiscation proceedings, restraint proceedings and Administrative Court proceedings. In the last year she has been instructed to defend in three notable bank frauds. She is highly regarded for her meticulous preparation, research and legal argument, as well as being an experienced jury advocate. Notable cases: R v A [2004] (serious indecent assault of two 14-year-old complainants by a 16-year-old defendant); R v T [2004] (successful judicial review of promise not to prosecute, instructed by the RMT); R v B [2004] (successfully argued ‘issue estoppel’ as an abuse of process); R v M [2004-05] (NHS fraud by an unqualified dentist, instructed as junior counsel); R v M [2005] (multimillion-pound Royal Mail and DWP fraud, instructed as junior counsel); R v G [2005] (multimillion-pound money laundering within companies set up in UK and Columbia, instructed as junior counsel); R v W [2006] (multi-handed people trafficking, prostitution and running of high-class brothels in central London); R v F [2006] (multi-handed, multiple rape and sexual assault of a child); R v B [2007] (multimillion-pound VAT evasion on imported prestige cars, instructed as junior counsel); R v O [2008] (large-scale conspiracy to supply class A drugs in the South East of England); R v S [2008] (large-scale bank fraud with the use of false identity documents); R v S and Others [2009] (multi-handed bank fraud); R v W and Others [2010] (multi-handed murder and familial homicide); R v K and Others [2011] (multi-handed mortgage and bank fraud); R v C and C [2012] (multiple historic rapes and sexual assaults of children). Approved to undertake work on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Career

Qualified 2000; Lincoln’s Inn.

Memberships

Criminal Bar Association; South Eastern Circuit; Young Fraud Lawyers Association.

Education

Southgate School, Cockfosters; Queen Mary and Westfield College (1999 LLB 2(1)).