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Lote Tree Chambers provides advice, drafting and advocacy at every level, from the Magistrates' Court and the Tribunals to the Court of Appeal, with a fixed fee quoted before work begins.
Authorised to conduct direct access and litigation
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Counsel
Called to the Bar in 2009 by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
Zakir has twenty years of immigration law experience, which includes his time employed by the Home Office as an Immigration Officer. Across his legal career he has represented drivers accused of driving offences throughout the country, and he also acts in family and commercial law matters, specialising in ADR as an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Under the Bar's Direct Access Scheme, Zakir is able to receive instructions directly from members of the public and from companies, without the need for a solicitor. He is also authorised to conduct litigation, meaning he can manage a case from first advice through to hearing.
Zakir travels extensively and is regularly to be found in courts throughout the country, representing clients in immigration matters, motoring offences such as speeding, drink driving and failing to provide details, and in family and civil proceedings. Clients who instruct Zakir deal with him directly from start to finish.
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Areas of Law
FTT · UT · Court of Appeal
Zakir frequently appears on immigration matters, representing clients at the Asylum and Immigration Tribunals, both First-tier and Upper Tribunal, and at the Court of Appeal on appeals, judicial review and injunctions. He has developed a strong paper-based practice, having undertaken drafting for the Government Legal Department and for private clients, and his practice often finds him advising on difficult legal issues surrounding judicial review. He specialises in all aspects of immigration law.
He is currently enlisted to represent the Secretary of State for the Home Department at the Immigration and Asylum Tribunals regularly, and assisted in the historical appeals review project of the Home Office.
Magistrates' & Crown Courts · CPS Panel Level 1
Zakir frequently appears in the Magistrates' and Crown Courts, with considerable experience in criminal defence work and a specialism in road traffic offences. He is listed on the CPS Advocates' Panel at Level 1. If you have been charged or summonsed, contact Zakir for free initial legal advice on offences including:
Instructing Zakir means a fixed fee and a bespoke personal service. He will give you tailored advice about the process and how you should plead, and will be frank with you about your chances. If the better option is to plead guilty, he can appear in court with you and mitigate on your behalf to secure the most favourable result. If you have a realistic prospect of defending the charge, he will represent you at trial. Zakir will not instruct another barrister: you deal with him from start to finish.
Private & Public Law · QLR Appointments
Zakir has worked in all areas of family law, in both private and public family law matters, including financial remedy proceedings, child arrangement orders and care proceedings. He also undertakes the Qualified Legal Representative role, directly appointed by the court.
Attorney General's Civil Panel
Zakir has extensive experience in civil litigation. He is public access qualified and regularly accepts instructions on that basis from companies and private clients. He is a Junior Junior Barrister on the Attorney General's civil panel and receives regular instructions from the Government Legal Department.
Professional Standing
Professional Fees
Zakir has been providing open and transparent fee structures for years, and is happy to do so in every case. He will speak with you initially, free of charge, to determine the nature of the problem and whether he can help.
If you are happy for Zakir to represent you, he will offer a fixed fee service, giving you the peace of mind of knowing there will be no extras. You will not be left worried about whether a call will add to the bill, or whether you will be charged for correspondence: all administration involved in your case is included within the fixed price quoted when Zakir is instructed.
You will be engaging Zakir under the Barrister Direct Access Scheme, safe in the knowledge that it is Zakir who deals with your case throughout.
Fees are payable in advance of the hearing. BACS transfer is the only accepted method of payment. For a detailed bespoke quotation, please contact Zakir.
Contact
Zakir accepts instructions directly from the public and from companies under the Direct Access Scheme. Send an enquiry below, or write to chambers by email.
12 Rogers House, Page Street, Westminster
London SW1P 4EX
Virtual chambers. Please email for the correspondence address.
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