Crime Team

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Kenroy Vincent
Kenroy Vincent trained with Wilson & Co and qualified as a solicitor in 1990. Since then, he has practised exclusively in crime, and has been a duty solicitor for over a decade. He became a partner in 1997 and is now head of the criminal department.

Kenroy's cases cover the whole spectrum of criminal law; he specialises in serious and complex crime, including drugs, conspiracies fraud and money laundering. His expertise in fraud and white collar crime is reflected in his accreditation as a supervisor on the Legal Services Commission's Specialist Fraud Panel. He is a member of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association, sits on the Enfield Duty Solicitor Committee, and is a Legal Services Commission peer reviewer for criminal work.

Caroline Jackson
Caroline Jackson trained at Virdees and qualified as a solicitor in 1996. She has also worked at Kaim Todner and Moss & Co, and joined Wilson & Co in 2000 and became a partner in 2005. Caroline has rights of audience in the higher criminal courts.

Since qualification, Caroline has specialised exclusively in criminal defence work. She became a duty solicitor in 1997, and has conducted cases across the spectrum of criminal defence, including murder, kidnapping, serious sexual offences and drugs offences. She has a particular interest in fraud and financial impropriety, and is recognised as a supervisor in serious fraud work by the Legal Services Commission Specialist Fraud Panel. Caroline has conducted cases at all levels of the criminal justice system, including before the House of Lords, European Court of Human Rights, and the Criminal Cases Review Commission.

Alex Britton
Alex Britton joined Wilson & Co in 1998, after working as an advisor at Luton Law Centre and two years teaching English abroad.

Alex qualified as a solicitor in 2002. Since qualification, he has specialised in criminal defence, and became a duty solicitor in 2003. His cases have covered a wide range of offences, including serious matters such as rape and murder. Among his recent cases is R v Peters & Others [2005] 2 Cr App R (S) 101 (young offenders; murder sentencing guidelines post CJA 2003).

Shakeel Jamil
Shakeel Jamil was called to the Bar in 1999. After working for Antony Hodari & Co as an advocate in their personal injury department, he joined Wilson & Co in 2000. Shakeel cross-qualified as a solicitor in 2002 and practices exclusively in criminal law. He has acted for clients accused of a wide range of offences, including the most serious, and specialises in advocacy and has rights of audience in the higher criminal courts. Shakeel became a duty solicitor in 2003.

Simon Pugh
Simon Pugh trained as a barrister, and then cross-qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and practises as a criminal advocate. He became a duty solicitor in 2004. He has acted in a wide range of cases, particularly appeal work. Among his recent cases is R v Powell [2006] 1 Cr App R 31 (special measures, competence and delay: very young witnesses).

Simon was appointed as Wilson & Co.'s first Practice Manager in 2000, and is responsible for the firm's management and administration. He has a particular interest in Legal Aid practice management, finance and contract compliance, and is the co-author (with Vicky Ling) of Understanding Legal Aid: A Practical Guide to Public Funding (Law Society Publishing, 2003). He is a contributor to Cordery on Solicitors and wrote the immigration chapter in The Carter Survival Handbook (2007, Mark Allen Publishing). He is a regular trainer on legal aid and related issues for the Legal Aid Practitioners Group and commercial training companies.

Paul Culbert
Paul Culbert was called to the bar in 1999 and cross-qualified to become a solicitor with Wilson & Co in 2004. Paul's practice is exclusively criminal defence and he has worked on a number of complex fraud cases together with serious drugs matters. Paul has previously worked as a journalist and a lecturer. He became a duty solicitor in 2006.

Mureeham Shahban
Mureeham Shahban was called to the bar in 2002 and cross-qualified to become a solicitor with Wilson & Co in 2005. She specialises in criminal law and has experience of a wide range of cases, including those involving terrorism, bomb hoaxes and serious violent and sexual offences. She became a duty solicitor in 2006.

Mureeham has previously worked on death penalty cases in America with the Louisiana Crisis Assistance Centre and with the Texas Defenders Service in Austin, USA. She contributed to the research for the publication of A State of Denial: Texas Justice and the Death Penalty.

Dawn La-Borde
Dawn La-Borde was called to the Bar in 2000 and cross-qualified to become a solicitor in 2006. Before coming to work at Wilson & Co, she worked as an outdoor clerk for various firms. She also undertook voluntary work at the Camden Law Centre and worked at Enfield Magistrates' Court. She has also provided pro bono advice at the Tottenham Advice Bureau.

Dawn's practice is exclusively criminal defence. She has gained experience in a number of areas and has worked on cases of the utmost seriousness including murder and large-scale fraud.

Anna Rothwell
After completing her law degree at UCL and a Masters degree in human rights at the University of Essex, Anna joined Wilson & Co in 2002. She completed her LPC part-time while working in the immigration department. Anna worked in the immigration department for three years before joining our criminal team in 2005. She now practises as a criminal defence solicitor, and has a particular expertise in the overlap between criminal and immigration law, including complex extradition cases. She became a duty solicitor in 2007.

Arti Somaia
Arti Somaia joined Wilson & Co in 2002 and qualified as a solicitor in 2006, having trained in criminal and family law. Arti practices exclusively in criminal defence. She paricularly enjoys and has had extensive experience in police station work and procedure covering wide range of offences.