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Charnjit Singh Jutla |
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| Year of Call - 2003 (ICSL), LLB (hons) |
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| Member of Lincolns Inn |
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| Languages |
| Urdu, Punjabi and Potohari/Mirpuri |
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| Mr Jutla has been involved in a large number of Serious and High Profile Criminal cases. The spectrum of cases undertaken by him, vary from Murders, Drug Trafficking right through to Serious White Collar Crime. Mr Jutla has been lead in many cases by Junior and Queen’s Counsel and has an Appellant Practice. He is also a Panel Member of the Very High Cost Cases (VHCC) scheme. As a young junior barrister Mr Jutla has been involved in many High Profile cases that have attracted significant media attention and publicity. |
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| Interests |
| Cars and travel |
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| Practice Profile |
| Considerable experience in Drug Cases; Money Laundering; Revenue Fraud; Murders; Human Trafficking and the like. |
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| Cases |
| R v Neil Dawe (Northampton): |
| Instructed by defence solicitors as Junior Counsel led by Queens Counsel. Allegations involved a £50 million Conspiracy to Defraud the Revenue, also know as MTIC Carousel Fraud. Case papers involved over 50,000 pages of material and this matter had two separate trials which lasted a total aggregate period of 5 months. The Defendant was acquitted of all matters after trial. |
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| R v Saqib Khan (Bradford): |
| Represented the Defendant in relation to a large scale Drugs Conspiracy. The Defendant was acquitted at trial. |
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| R v Valerie William (Wolverhampton): |
| Represented the Crown by prosecuting this matter. Allegations involved the Importation of Class A drugs of high value from Jamaica. The Defendant was convicted on all charges after trial. |
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| R v Mohammed Ahmed (Warwick): |
| Acted for the Defendant in relation to an allegation that the Defendant murdered his wife having found her engaged in a sexual act with an unknown male. Led by Queen’s Counsel and after trial the Defendant was acquitted of Murder. |
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| R v Ramanpreet Singh (Coventry): |
| Instructed on behalf of the Defence. This case involved an allegation of Kidnapping and was classed as an Honour Crime in which the Defendant and two others detained the Complainant for a significant period of time. The case involved significant aggravating features. The Defendant was acquitted of all charges. |
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| R v Erjon Jevori (Cardiff): |
| Allegations involved Trafficking women into and within the UK for Prostitution. This was a multi-handed case involving several women trafficked in from Lithuania. Led by Queen’s Counsel who could not attend the trial. Dealt with trial without Queen’s Counsel. |
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| R v Nasser Khokhar (Sheffield): |
| Instructed by defence solicitors as Junior Counsel to Leading Junior Counsel in order to represent the Defendant at his trial. The Defendant faced 5 counts of Rape, 1 count of Indecent Assault and 1 Count of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm. |
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| Example of Appeal Case |
| R v Zulfiqar Ali (Court of Appeal): |
| Defendant pleaded guilty to Robbery. He was sentenced to 4 ½ years imprisonment for Public Protection. Sought leave to appeal the sentence, but was refused by a single judge. Continue with the appeal on a pro-bono basis and renewed the application before the full court. Successfully appealed the sentence imposed and the sentence was replaced by a determinate sentence of 3 years and 2 months |
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| Recent Cases |
| R v Ashiq Hussain (Bradford): |
| Represented the Defendant in a 12 week trial for an offence of Attempted Murder. The allegations involved the use of a firearm in order to kill three males. Led by Queen’s Counsel and Cross Examined the main Complainants in this case. The Defendant was acquitted of Attempted Murder. |
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| R v Harnaik Sandhu (Birmingham) |
| Instructed as Counsel for the Defence. Case involves allegations of Conspiracy to defraud the Revenue of £41 million pounds and Money Laundering. This case involves 7 other Defendants and is currently being prepared for the forthcoming hearings. This case has a 12 week time estimate for trial. |
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