SAHOTA & SAHOTA SOLICITORS

Criminal Defence

We are able to assist you with serious complex crime matters, general crime cases, fraud, VAT offences and Appeals as we provide expert advice at the Police Station, Magistrates’ Court & Crown Court.

Sahota & Sahota Solicitors are specialist Criminal Defence lawyers providing expert advice and representation at the police station (24 hours a day), Magistrates’ Court, Crown Court and Appeal Courts nationwide for all manner of offences such as:

• Fraud / False Representation / VAT Fraud
• Complex Financial Crime such as Mortgage Fraud, Banking Fraud and Money Laundering
• Conspiracy offences
• Drug offences such as Possession with Intent to Supply and Cultivation of Cannabis offences
• Murder / Manslaughter
• Sexual allegations such as rape, historic sexual offending and possession of indecent images
• Terrorism
• Extradition
• Common Assault / battery, Actual Bodily Harm (ABH) and Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH),
• Theft / Burglary / Robbery
• Public order offences
• Cyber Crime including Online Scams and Internet Frauds
• Legal Highs / psychoactive substances
• Benefit Fraud / Social Security Administration Act 1992 offences
• Trademark / Copyright / Counterfeit offences.

We appreciate being the subject of a police investigation can take its toll on you and your family. If you have been arrested or are on bail for any offence it is important to seek expert legal advice as soon as possible. Sahota & Sahota Solicitors take a proactive approach when it comes to involvement with the authorities. We enjoy a reputation for not backing down and challenge the investigatory body at every stage of the proceedings.

We have expertise in defending cases brought by a range of bodies including:

• Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
• Economic Crime Units (ECU)
• National Crime Agency (NCA)
• HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
• Federation Against Copyright & Software Theft (FACT)
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• UK Border Agency (UKBA)
• Trading Standards
• Department of Works and Pensions (DWP).

We are renowned for providing advice to individuals and companies on a national and international level. Given our lawyers’ respectable history and proven track record, we enjoy an excellent reputation with Courts, Court staff and investigatory bodies.

We put you first and use our legal expertise and experience to defend you. We have the experience and knowledge to best deal with your case and have developed strong relationships with leading QC’s, barristers and expert witnesses to instruct on your behalf.

All initial advice calls or meetings are free and without any obligation. Initially we will ask you to provide details about the case and we will ascertain any issues which may be of relevance. Once we have done this we will advise you about the issues and will propose a strategy as to how we will best deal with your case, in order to achieve the best possible outcome.

Fees

We are able to offer our clients a variety of privately paying options to fund representation. This includes, fixed fees, stage-by-stage fee agreements and highly competitive hourly rates. We will keep you informed of the cost at each stage so there are no surprises. We can in certain circumstances offer representation on a legal aid basis.

We appreciate that the cost of legal representation is not always affordable, but believe that everyone should have access to high quality legal representation and justice. If you have issues in paying our fees in full at the outset, please speak to us about paying in instalments.

Recent Cases

The Crime Department at Sahota & Sahota Solicitors is headed by Partner, Kally Sahota. He has been involved in some of the most serious cases including:

• R v TG – £40m money laundering. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v JC – £300m MTIC/carousel fraud involving mobile phone trading. Over 100,000 pages of evidence served. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v SA – Representation of a Barrister involved in a multi-million pound immigration scam involving a bogus college. Several thousand fabricated immigration applications were submitted to the Home Office. The case involved £3,000,000 (three million pounds) being found in suitcases and designer handbags in one bedroom alone. (Southwark Crown Court)
• R v SR – Conspiracy to Supply Class A and Class B with connections to Dubai, Holland and South America. (Nottingham Crown Court)
• R v HS – Rape. Case proceeded to trial despite our representations. Judge directed the Prosecution review their stance after the close of the Prosecution case. Not guilty verdict. (Shrewsbury Crown Court)
• R v RY – £17m pyramid scheme scam. (Bristol Crown Court)
• R v LS – NHS Fraud by Dentist of over 30 years experience. (Northampton Crown Court)
• R v SH – 14 defendant Conspiracy to Defraud. Defendants used Gumtree website to target victims. Client avoided custody. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v JB – Joint-enterprise murder involving 7 defendants. Successful acquittal after submission of no case to answer. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v JK – Multiple marital rape allegations. Further to careful preparation of this case and repeated requests of the Prosecution (section 8 disclosure requests), the defence uncovered text messages from the complainant sent at the times of the allegations which undermined her credibility. The Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence and the client, after serving nearly one year on remand, was released. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v KH – Conspiracy to steal. (Leicester Crown Court)
• R v RI – Driving Instructor fraud. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v NG – Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Successfully argued surveillance recordings obtained under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 were obtained illegally. The CPS could not prove conspiracy after this and the charge was reduced to simple possession. (Leicester Crown Court)
• R v MB – Historic rape allegations of ex-partner. Complex case which required intermediaries and various experts. (Leicester Crown Court)
• R v SN/PS – Cheat the Public Revenue offence of failing to pay income tax over a 10 year period. Final figure of non-payment was reduced further to financial enquiries by the defence. (Leicester Crown Court)
• R v MK – Multi-handed conspiracy to steal motor vehicles from Europe. Substantive enquiries made in Poland, France and with transportation companies included EuroTunnel and P&O Ferries. (Leicester Crown Court)
• R v SV – Actual Bodily Harm acquittal. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v LM – Sexual offences and fraud. Thousands of pages of mobile and email data requested as part of Unused Material by defence team led by Kally Sahota. Nature of allegation was the Defendant contacted over 200 women asking them to take part in an international gynaecological study. (Birmingham Crown Court)
• R v GC – Conspiracy to kidnap, Conspiracy to steal and Conspiracy to burgle while purporting to be police officers. (Newcastle Crown Court)
• R v GS – GBH/False Imprisonment offence. (Isleworth Crown Court)
• R v GB – Possession with Intent to Supply Class A Cocaine. High purity cocaine. (Carlisle Crown Court.)
• R v AM – Possession of criminal property. Sophisticated confidence fraud targeting the affluent and elderly. Offenders posed as police officers and used complex methods to transfer funds. (Luton Crown Court)
• R v FM – Conspiracy to steal alcohol and cash from a bonded warehouse. 3 Defendants purported to be HMRC officers. Case involved the investigation of a serving HMRC officer as ‘props’ such as identity cards, evidence bags and seizure forms were genuine. (Wolverhampton Crown Court)
• R v LH – Multi-defendant metal theft conspiracy causing loss of £2million to Network Rail. Substantial amount of case paper and telephone evidence served. Prosecution could prove the conspiracy against the client (Newcastle Crown Court)

If you have recently been arrested, are on police bail, fear you may be contacted by the police regarding an offence or have received communication form the police of any sort, then you should speak to one of our expert criminal solicitors now on 01162 555 155 (24 hours).