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Criminal Department
If you are arrested, we can provide advice and representation at the police station at any time. This service is free of charge and you can contact us by telephone on 0208 767 5005 or 0208 682 4040 between 9:30am and 6:00pm or 07886 341 668 outside office hours and weekends.
Our team of solicitors are experienced in representing clients both in the Magistrates and crown courts. We also instruct a variety of highly competent barristers to represent our clients. We have a criminal law contract with the Legal Services Commission and this means that we are able to offer public funding for advice and representation at the Police Station, Magistrates Court and Crown Court for those entitled to public funding. We also represent clients on a private basis and our criminal law department has been renowned for handling all types of criminal matters since it opened in 1997.
Our aim is to always act in the best interests of our clients with particular emphasis on the quality of the advice we provide. Our department is progressing at a steady pace and we can provide you with high quality criminal lawyers who are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist in the following areas of criminal work:
- Advice and representation at Police Stations
- Advice and representation at Magistrates and Crown Courts
- Advice and representation in relation to breach of social security law
- Advice and representation in relation to road traffic matters
- Advice and representation in relation to asset seizure and confiscation
- Advice and representation on drug trafficking including advice in respect of confiscation issues.
- Judicial review of decisions in the Magistrates and Crown Courts
- Criminal Appeals
The Criminal Defence Department is headed by Faisal Sacranie, an experienced criminal defence practitioner. Mr Sacranie is a highly disciplined and organised personality who specialises in criminal defence. His vision is to successfully advance and protect the legal rights of his clients whilst ensuring his department continues to provide the highest standards of advice and representation. Throughout his career he has represented defendants in relation to a extensive wide variety of criminal offences ranging from minor road traffic offences, theft, burglary, robbery, sexual offences, drug offences and more serious offences including rape and murder. He also has experience in representing defendants involved in money laundering and fraud offences.
Property and Conveyancing
We at Thompson & Co are aware that investing in property is likely to be the biggest investment you make. Whether buying of selling things can go wrong if you do not take the appropriate legal advice. Here at Thompson & Co, we can offer you a professional service for all your property needs whether it be the sale or purchase of the residential property or commercial property, whether freehold or leasehold. Our conveyancing department is has been established for 10 years and we offer a comprehensive service at competitive rates. We offer fixed priced conveyancing with no unexpected surprises. Our Conveyancing department is headed by John Thompson who is a highly experienced practitioner who is an expert in property matters, he is also a senior university lecturer specialising in property law.
He is assisted by Bushra Khan a partner of the firm and our very competent trainee solicitor Sofia Khan, who has previous experience of working with finances related to convayancing. Due to our excellent reputation in this area we have recently extended our department to include a further trainee solicitor and additional administrative support. We will prepare your Home Information Pack at no extra cost to you if you instruct us in your conveyance we do not provide Home Efficiency Packs
For a free no obligation quote please call us on 020 8682 4040.
Family Law
We deal with all types of family law cases. We have a Legal Services Commission Franchise allowing us to obtain public funding for a wide range of family related matters. For those not eligible for public funding we also offer a privately funded service. Our Matrimonial Department deals with ancillary relief and financial provision in divorce cases at all levels having represented clients at the Court of Appeal in respect of financial provision on marriage breakdown. Our solicitors also have wide ranging experience of children cases, such as contact proceedings, residence proceedings and public law care proceedings. Whether you are married or cohabiting a relationship breakdown can have serious implications especially if children are involved. Our highly specialist team of solicitors are trained to keep conflict out of court in order to make amicable agreements between parties. Research shows that this is the best way to end such conflict and this usually has less impact on the parties and the children. However, we will pursue orders through the courts if matters cannot be settled out of court. That is why our solicitors are members of Resolution, an organisation which seeks to improve the family justice system and believes in a constructive, non confrontational approach to family law matters.
We have a thriving Matrimonial department led by Bushra Khan a partner specialising in family law. Bushra has extensive experience of representing clients in all types of family law disputes. However, she has particular expertise in international cases such as child abduction, divorce and ancillary relief. In recent times she was the lead solicitor on a High Court case which successfully challenged the judges protocol for Pakistan Jurisdiction. Bushra's expertise secured the return of children from Pakistan and the payment of Ancillary relief to the parent with care. Bushra has successfully represented several clients with international family law issues. She has been highly successful in this complex area of law. International cases can vary greatly from UK cases, they require different action and timetables from UK family law cases therefore they require a practitioner experienced in such matters. Bushra has a particular expertise in conflicts relation to Indian and Pakistani Law. Bushra has practiced both UK and international family law for 3 years she is a member of Reunite. At Thompson & Co, we realise how hard it is for client's to take that first step to protect themselves from domestic violence that is why we aim to have one of our own advocates represent clients at first non-molestation applications.
Immigration
We have over 10 years experience of providing Immigration and Nationality services. Our extensive experience and expertise has led to changes in Immigration legislation. Anas Khan and Naeem Khan, both senior partners at Thompson & Co, head the immigration department to ensure quality of service. Both have a strong commitment to providing legal advice and representation to those seeking assistance with immigration matters regardless of their financial status. We have a Community Legal Funding contract for immigration work which means we are able to provide legal aid to those entitled to it. We also provide assistance and representation on a competitive privately funded basis.
We specialise in all immigration areas including but not limited to:
- Working Holiday
- Asylum Seekers
- Students Visas (application and appeal)
- Highly Skilled Immigrant (application and appeal)
- Business Visa
- Right of abode for spouses
- Visitors Visas (appeal)
- Family Reunion
We understand that many applications fail due to poor preparation and inadequate knowledge of those making the applications. We are also aware that that there is an extremely low rate of appeals against refusals for non-settlement applications (visitors, working holiday makers, students etc). That is why we focus on producing high quality applications and appeals and make sure all of our staff attends regular training to keep them updated in respect to changes in the law. We are dedicated to ensuring that clients benefit from our extensive experience, we are able to understand your requirements and advise you on the prospects of success and potential difficulties in pursuing your application. We have taken our experiences with the Home Office, Foreign Commonwealth Office and British High Commission and made access to proper Immigration advice accessible to all in the UK and in India by opening an appeal process centre in India.
Anas Khan is a solicitor and advocate with Higher Rights of Audience which means he can provide a personal service from preparation of a case to personally representing client's in court regardless of which court your case is heard in. Anas has over 10 years experience in as an immigration practitioner and is renowned for changing the law in the House of Lords case of Ullah v DO and the Court of Appeal cases of Ling Quin Lin, A v Pakistan, Mohammed Rafiq v Home Office and many other High Court cases. Anas is also a member of the charter of institute of arbitrators. Anas has dealt with all types of immigration cases including applications for visas and entry clearance, Work permits and business applications, Relationship and marriage applications, Students, Citizenship and nationality, Asylum and human rights applications.
Naeem Khan is a supervising solicitor and with over 10 years experience as an immigration practitioner. He has experience of cases ranging from Asylum to Work Permit, Relationship and Marriage Applications, Students, Citizenship and Nationality, Work permits and business applications and Human Rights applications.
Afzal Tahir has been a caseworker for over ten years, he has dealt with all types of immigration cases including applications for Visas and Entry Clearance, Work permits and Business Applications, Relationship and Marriage Applications, Students, Citizenship and Nationality, Asylum and Human Rights applications.
Simba Muzenda is a solicitor and senior caseworker with extensive advocacy experience in all areas of immigration in particular Asylum and Human Rights. Our immigration team is supported by junior caseworkers and extensive administrative support.
Civil Litigation
Anas Khan is a supervising partner with over 10 years experience in Civil Litigation. Anas is a solicitor and advocate with Higher Rights of Audience which means he can provide a personal service from preparation of a case to personally representing clients in court regardless of which court your case is heard in. He has experience in representing clients in the High Court, County Court, Court of Appeal and the House of Lords. Anas has dealt with matters from breach of contract to possession matters. He is assisted by a trainee solicitor.