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Ali Mohammed Azhar
Year of Call: 1962
Education: BA (University of Rajshahi)
MA (University of Dhaka)
Areas of Work:
Criminal (defence)
Civil
International & Human Rights
Family
Expert in Sharia Law
Immigration
Employment
Profile: Mr Azhar has extensive experience in all areas of law at the highest level, including the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords.
He has acted as leading junior in many significant cases representing those charged with murder and other offences of the most serious nature, as well as high-profile matters such as the case of Salman Rushdie "Satanic Verses" and the Tipton Three. Several of his cases have been reported and are still leading authorities. These include DPP v Fagan (mens rea), Hoque v Singh (immigration) and Qureshi v Qureshi (family).
Mr Azhar is heavily involved in Chambers' extensive human rights work abroad, such as the Guantanamo Bay case. He has defended in a murder case in Canada and has attended national security courts in Turkey and Egypt. He has visited Israel and made representations for the release of Palestinians from the Israeli high security prisons, as well as a military tribunal in Cairo. Recently he attended the Maldives as part of a four-strong delegation, led by Sir Ivan Lawrence QC, who were engaged on a fact-finding mission concerning alleged human rights abuses.
Mr Azhar is enrolled as an advocate of the High Court of East Pakistan and is an expert on the Islamic law of marriage, divorce, contact, custody and guardianship, inheritance and succession, as applicable in any Muslim country in the world, and particularly in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. He is conversant with the constitution and the civil, criminal and family laws of these countries. He has appeared as an expert witness in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Central Criminal Court, as well as other courts throughout this country. He is considered to be the leading expert on "mirror orders".
Mr Azhar is a member of the South Eastern Circuit, the Criminal Bar Association and CEBA.
Languages: Mr Azhar is fluent in Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and Arabic.
Interests: His interests centre around his family including his two daughters who are also Members of these Chambers, gardening and fishing.
Contact: ali.mohammed.azhar@ninekingsbenchwalk.com
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Chambers of A M Azhar
9 King's Bench Walk
Temple
London
EC4Y 7DX
Tel : 020 7353 9564
Fax: 020 7353 7943
Out of hours:
07940491479
07775333053
DX: 118 Chancery Lane
Senior Clerk:
Christine Eadie
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