Crime Team

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 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 and sits on the Enfield Duty Solicitor Committee.

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.

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 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. She is also a higher rights court advocate and conducts trials on a variety of offences at the Crown Court.

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 graduated in Law, French and German before being called to the Bar in 2000. She cross-qualified to become a solicitor in 2006 and became a duty solicitor in 2008. Before coming to work at Wilson & Co, Dawn 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 has gained experience in a number of areas and has worked on cases of the utmost seriousness including murder, conspiracy to supply class A drugs and large-scale fraud. She undertakes her own trials in the Magistrates' Court and regularly appears in the Crown Court.

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 has extensive experience in police station work and procedure covering wide range of offences.

Adeela Khan

Adeela joined Wilson & Co in 2006 and qualified as a solicitor in 2009, specialising exclusively in criminal defence. She is an experienced police station representative and has worked on a variety of cases, ranging from minor offences to the most serious violent and sexual offences. Adeela has particular expertise in representing clients with a wide range of mental health issues and defending vulnerable youths and adults.  

David Burns

David studied Law at University College Dublin before moving to Nottingham to complete the Legal Practice Course. David joined Wilson and Co in 2006 and qualified as a solicitor in 2009. He became a duty solicitor in 2009.

David specialises in criminal law and has extensive experience in defending clients throughout the criminal Justice process. He has represented clients in the police station for offences such as large scale importation of drugs and serious violent offences. David has also worked on a variety of cases in the magistrates and Crown court and has a particular interest in representing clients charged with drugs related offences.