Yasmin Punjani

Areas of Law

Criminal Defence

R v A – Serious Indecent Assault of two 14 year old complainants by a 16 year old defendant.
R v T – Successful Judicial Review of promise not to prosecute, instructed by the RMT
R v B – Successfully argued ‘issue estoppel ‘ as an abuse of process
R v W – Multi-handed people trafficking, prostitution and running of high class brothels in central London
R v F – Multi-handed, multiple rape and sexual assault of a child
R v O – Large scale Conspiracy to supply class A drugs – in the South East of England.
R v C  – Multi handed historic rape case with multi complainants
R v A  – Multi handed Murder motivated by sexual orientation
R v W  – Multi handed high profile Murder and Familial Homicide
R v A – Murder and Manslaughter – defence of diminished responsibility
R v M – Rape, false imprisonment, sexual assault involving young vulnerable complainants
R v A – Armed Robbery
R v C and M  –  Multi handed and multiple rape of under 13 year old.
R v S – Rape of under 13 year old.
R v C – Multi handed Conspiracy to Murder with complex telephone and cell cite evidence
R v B   – Gang related Murder with anonymous witnesses and covert recordings

Criminal prosecution & Bribery & Corruption

Disclosure Counsel instructed by Serious Fraud Office for cases concerning manipulations of Special Liquidity Scheme, LIBOR, EURIBOR, and Barclays Qatari Fraud by false representation.

Fraud & Financial Crime & Asset Forfeiture & Confiscation

R v M – NHS fraud by an unqualified dentist, instructed as Junior Counsel
R v M – Multi-million pound Royal Mail and DWP fraud, instructed as junior Counsel
R v G – Multi-million pound Money Laundering within companies set up in UK and Columbia, instructed as Junior Counsel
R v B – Multi million pound VAT evasion on imported prestige cars, instructed as junior Counsel
R v C – Multi handed and multi million pound VAT evasion
R v S – Large scale bank fraud with the use of false identity documents
R v K – Multi handed bank Fraud and Armed Robbery

Other Advisory

Advisor to World Productions Ltd for Sky Atlantic Drama Series.