Biography
Amjid is a Director, a Duty Solicitor, and an accredited police station representative. Amjid is the co-founding director of Lexis Solicitors.
Amjid has extensive criminal litigation experience regularly acting for individuals in high profile cases, including murder, manslaughter, serious fraud, large scale drugs conspiracies, drug importations, firearms offences, and serious sexual offences.
Amjid’s Recent Cases:
- R v F: Acted for F who was charged with a complex multi count Encrochat Conspiracy to Murder at the Old Bailey.
- R v S: represented S who was charged with a large scale Encrochat drugs conspiracy.
- R v Y: acted for Y who was charged with a 10 count indictment including Murder and Attempted Murder.
- R v L: Amjid was instructed to represent a retired teacher who had been charged with a number of historic sexual offences over a number of years. Following a trial Amjid’s client was acquitted of all the charges against him.
- R v Q: instructed to represent Q who had been charged along with four other defendants with murder. Following a lengthy trial at Bradford Crown Court Amjid’s client was acquitted of all the charges against him.
- R v J: instructed to represent a 13 year old charged with murder along with a number of co-defendants.
- R v M: Acted for M who was charged with attempted murder Amjid made detailed submissions to the Crown prior to the trial commencing the Crown reconsidered their case and offered no evidence in relation to the charge of Attempted Murder.
- R -v- W: Complex drugs importation at the Crown Court at Wood Green. Amjid’s client was acquitted of all charges.
- R -v- A: Represented a vulnerable woman at the police station accused of murder. Acted for her in a two-week trial at the Old Bailey (Central Criminal Court) where she was acquitted.
- R -v- B: Acted in a multi-defendant trial prosecuted by the Organised & Financial Crime Unit of the Metropolitan Police Service involving ‘skimming’ devices.
- R -v- A: Acted for a youth accused of murder as part of a drugs feud. Amjid challenged the evidence against his client, including the procedure used by officers when carrying out ID procedures. The case was dropped without charge.
- R -v- Y: Acted for two defendants in a prosecution by the National Crime Agency for international fraud, money laundering and corruption of over £20 million.
- R -v- H: Acted for an individual accused of laundering in excess of £40 million.
- R -v- D: Acted for an individual accused of fraud by abuse of position involving a large family estate, valued at over £800,000. D was alleged to have transferred large sums of money into various accounts.
- R -v- K: Acted in a complex financial fraud, which involved the setting up of ‘ghost accounts’ to defraud over £2 million.
- R -v- A: Amjid’s client was alleged to have conspired with others to supply firearms; this was a lengthy protracted investigation. Following Amjid’s representations at the police station no further action was taken against our client. Five defendants were charged.
- R -v- M: Amjid’s client was alleged to have conspired with others to blackmail his business partner, M and the alleged victim had ventured into a property development business involving multiple properties. The prosecution alleged M held the complainant liable for the failings of the business. They alleged M along with his family members blackmailed the complainant into handing over large amounts of money. Following a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, M was acquitted.
- R -v- G: Amjid represented A who was accused of benefit fraud, the indictment period spanned over 10 years.
- R -v- D: Large scale fraud case investigated by the Royal Mail. D was the director of a business alleged to have misrepresented postage costs. It was alleged the business misrepresented Royal Mail in excess of £300k
- R -v- A: Amjid was instructed to defend A accused of a large-scale conspiracy to defraud involving multiple defendants.
