Elyas Patel > New Park Court Chambers > Leeds, England > Barrister Profile

Elyas Patel

+44 (0)113 243 3277 clerks@newparkcourt.co.uk

Work Department

Crime

Position

Elyas Patel now practises exclusively in criminal law, after a broad common law practice (including Personal Injury, Family, Immigration and Employment).

From the foundation of a very well-established and mixed prosecution and defence criminal practice, Elyas now devotes himself exclusively to criminal defence work.

Elyas has particular interest and experience of dealing with cases bearing an Islamic perspective.

Elyas is multilingual and speaks both Urdu and Gujarati.

Elyas has a true understanding of today’s multicultural society and is often praised for the empathy and understanding he shows to his clients.

Elyas is typically instructed in the most serious criminal cases; and has experience of dealing with the full spectrum of criminal offences including homicide, firearms offences, terrorism offences, operational conspiracies, sexual offences, serious fraud, drugs and violence offences and multi-handed public order offending.

Elyas was the Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize winner and also the winner of the Gooderson Memorial Award (St Catherine’s College, University of Cambridge).

Elyas was born in West Yorkshire and continues to live there.