Ahmed Nadim was called to the Bar in 1982. He practices from Lincolnhouse Chambers in Manchester. He has been involved Administrative Law cases that have left a defining impact on Education Law, particularly the provision of speech therapy. In the field of Criminal Law he has a particularly extensive practice in all fields of serious crime, including terrorism and homicide. He is in demand both to lead the defence as well as to take a junior brief and has been involved in some of the highest profile defence cases nationally. In 2004 Ahmed was appointed a Recorder to perform duties as a Crown Court judge in criminal cases. In 2006 he was additionally authorized to sit as a judge in cases involving serious sexual offending.
Cases Of Particular Note Undertaken By Ahmed Nadim
- Bradford and Oldham riots.
- Huddersfield arson attack in which eight members of the same family lost their lives (Murder).
- Manslaughter charge following a death caused by a disturbance in the heart rhythm in consequence of the victim’s body’s ‘fight or flight’ response to a frightening and stressful situation allegedly triggered by the Accused.
- A priest accused of murder when a young girl died in the course of a religious ritual (exorcism).
- A Magistrate accused of raping his daughter some 25 years earlier when she was a child.
- A father, together with his friends, accused of raping and otherwise sexually abusing a number of his very young children and other relatives over a prolonged period.
- A British national accused of murdering a Pakistani national in Pakistan.
- An identity fraud causing members of the public to suffer losses of millions of pounds.
- Electoral frauds.
- Forced importation of women from Eastern Europe and requiring them to work as prostitutes in the North West.
- Large-scale conspiracy to bring into the United Kingdom illegal immigrants from the Indian subcontinent via South African with the participation and assistance of employees of the South African Home Office.
- Grooming cases arising from investigations in Rochdale and Manchester areas.
- The abduction of Shannon Matthews
- Money laundering at an international level involving hundreds of millions of pounds through banks and BSBs
- Multiple cases of importations and distribution of class ‘A’ drugs at a national scale.
Reported cases of note include:
- R v Magro and Others [2010] EWCA Crim 1575
- Manchester Crown Court ex p R (Divisional Court) [1999] 2 Cr App R 267
- Lancashire County Council ex p CM (CA) [1989]
- R v Follet (CA) [1989] 88 Cr App R 310
