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Tim Naik is an established criminal practitioner with over 30 years’ experience of both prosecuting and defending as a Leading Junior and as sole counsel.
He undertook a pupillage that encompassed insolvency and bankruptcy, before moving to an exclusively criminal practice.
Tim has a substantial advisory practice encompassing prosecution pre-charge advice through to defence direct access multi-jurisdictional pre-charge engagement and representation.
His extensive trial and appellate experience, both prosecuting and defending, includes cases involving serious sexual offences, extreme violence and gang warfare, drugs and firearms, money laundering and connected confiscation.
Tim has significant expertise in conducting appeals against Conviction and Sentence. He successfully conducted the first prosecution appeals against terminating rulings and he is frequently instructed in appeals where he did not conduct the trial. He recently succeeded in an appeal against conviction) where he acted alone against a prosecution team consisting of a silk and two juniors.
He has been on the RASSO approved list for over 20 years and is Direct Access qualified
To instruct Tim please get in touch with the clerking team who will be happy to assist.
Call: 020 7092 1900 or email clerks@4bb.co.uk
Advising family of Royal Marine in relation to allegations outside the jurisdiction
One of the first successful Prosecution appeals against a terminating ruling.
Further Prosecution appeal against terminating ruling. Advised and drafted amendment to Viper proforma booklet, approved by the Court of Appeal.
Successful Defence appeal based on meaning of ‘change of circumstances’ in benefit fraud, resisted prosecution application to ‘substitute’ charges.
Successfully resisted appeal on meaning of ‘Bad Character’
Junior Counsel in longest ‘Gold Smuggling’ trials 18 months at CCC.
Leading Junior in multi-handed Attempted Murder and violent disorder only Defendant acquitted
Defence Counsel in multi-handed gang on gang violence involving complex issues of transferred malice acquitted
Kidnap and false imprisonment Leading Junior for prosecution in 27 counts of Rape, S.18.
Leading Junior for prosecution in 14 counts on armed robbery based on similar fact evidence. Convicted.
Successfully Defended wife of Iceland Director on conspiracy to defraud.
Notable 14-day prosecution of Defendant in person (initially listed for 1 day).
Defence counsel for hotel owner accused of multiple sexual assaults on male guests. Acquitted.
Prosecution of male masseur accused of assaulting female clients.
Prosecution of scout master accused of sexual assault on Cub Scouts.
Represented 19 of 27 Drug mules arrested on single flight.
Prosecution of ‘stealth’ rape case
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