Year of Call: 1983
Education / Qualifications
LLB (Hons) Cardiff University
Mediator (accredited by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolutions, 2005)
Profile
Sunil has for most of his career specialised in criminal advocacy. In the early years of his practice he frequently appeared on behalf of the Kent CPS and other government agencies such as the Department of Work and Pensions. Thereafter he was appointed to the Attorney General's list of counsel. Several years then passed when Sunil gained experience in a broad range of criminal work both prosecuting and defending (cases involving public order, offences against the person, sexual offences, immigration and road traffic offences). Sunil progressed, in due course, to being appointed as 'A' list counsel on the Attorney General's list. Thereafter he found himself appearing regularly in heavyweight crime such as vat or excise duty frauds, drug importations and money laundering cases. Arising out of his focus on financial crime he has necessarily found himself specialising in aspects of asset forfeiture whether criminal confiscation or civil applications for the condemnation of goods or civil applications for the detention and forfeiture of cash (i.e. civil recovery of the proceeds of unlawful conduct governed by Part V of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002). In this connection he has written articles published by Wildys in the respected professional Journal of Asset Forfeiture; the Proceeds of Crime Review. He has also lectured widely to professional audiences upon aspects of asset forfeiture (whether in New Scotland Yard, the Empress State Building or in chambers).
Sunil has experience covering diverse areas of practice although in recent years his particular specialisms have been road traffic and financial crime (fraud, money laundering, asset forfeiture and confiscation). He is also qualified to do direct access work. Although Sunil brings a robust approach to his cases he also employs, where appropriate, the art of persuasion (whether with his opponent, the judge or the jury) in order to secure the best outcomes for his clients.
Professional Memberships
Criminal Bar Association
Proceeds of Crime Lawyers Association
South Eastern Circuit
Kent Bar Mess
Articles / Publications
The Forfeiture of Cash derived from tax evasion : see the Proceeds of Crime Review, the Journal of Asset Forfeiture (edition 1, May 2008, Wildy and Sons Ltd.)
Condemnation Proceedings: A Guide: see Volume 2 of the above-mentioned journal (December, 2008).
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