187 Chambers

Barrister

Ali Dewji prosecutes and defends in cases of serious crime, including homicide, sexual offences, organised crime, and financial crime. He has been instructed in cases of the highest severity, including murder, manslaughter, rape, assault, robbery, fraud, drug trafficking, and people smuggling. Ali appears mainly in the Crown Court, but has also appeared as required in the Court of Appeal, County Court and Upper Tribunal.

In recent years, Ali has developed significant experience in cases of homicide, which includes dealing with loss of control, householder self-defence, one-punch manslaughter, and attempted murder.

Ali’s experience in sexual offences includes cases involving multiple victims, vulnerable victims, cross-examination in relation to sexual history, and pre-recorded cross-examination.

Ali is regularly instructed in cases of serious and organised crime, including multi-handed conspiracies to burgle, rob or supply drugs. He has successfully acted in cases involving serial offending, multiple defendants, and so-called ‘cut-throat’ defences.

Ali has appeared in cases involving many types of fraud, including advance fee fraud, confidence fraud, rogue trading, cybercrime, fraud related to social security and immigration, fraud against local authorities, fraud in order to evade tax, and fraud against customers in a business context.

Ali has significant experience working for the Financial Conduct Authority on regulatory and criminal cases, including in relation to fraud and financial crime.

Ali is frequently instructed in cases involving expert evidence, high volumes of evidence, or technical legal arguments, all of which he enjoys.

Criminal Bar Association

Fraud Lawyers Association

CPS Advocate Panel (Level 3)

CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Panel

LLM (Distinction), University College London

GDL and LLB, City Law School

Diplock Scholarship, Middle Temple

BSc (hons.) International Relations and History, London School of Economics