Aneal Mahmood

Solicitor - Senior Associate

SRA ID: 507469

Aneal Mahmood is a Senior Associate with CLP Solicitors. He is a litigation specialist who has been working in the legal sector for over 18 years. He combines outstanding skill, forensic attention to detail and an unrivalled commitment with an exemplary service to his clients. Expertise in Criminal Litigation: Money Laundering, Fraud, Drugs Offences, Firearms, Murder, Grievous Bodily Harm, Kidnapping, Computer Misuse, Pre-Charge Representations, Resisting Police Applications to Extend Pre-charge Bail; Restraint Orders. and Cash Seizure proceedings. Represented former politician extradited from Dubai to UK for £100 million worldwide fraud & money laundering case lasting 15 years (alleging misappropriation of state funds) - the longest, most complex and expensive operation mounted by Scotland Yard that later involved allegations of bribery against Metropolitan Police Officers. Advising former Minister of Oil and President of OPEC on corruption allegations brought by the National Crime Agency. Advising director in investigation by the National Crime Agency in £1.4 billion tax fraud case. Represented alleged whistle-blower investigated for leak of CCTV footage of the affair of the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP (then Health Secretary) to Mail on Sunday. Successfully overturned a criminal conviction on appeal against an airline pilot that contravened CAP2159 - UK Civil Aviation Authority resulting in the pilot's license remaining in place. Successfully resisted an application to extend pre-charge bail against a former senior member of the ruling Conservative cabinet. Acted in defence team of Omari Roberts in high profile murder case. The prosecution was discontinued on the first day of trial and resulted in the change in law on excessive force. Successfully negotiated a settlement on behalf of a defendant resulting in his release in a serious and complex multi-handed case against 50 defendants within an Organised Crime Group (OCG) prosecuted for running a sophisticated operation concerned in the production and supply of “industrial quantities” of Class B drugs (Category 1) for commercial use. Made detailed pre-charge representations in a £1 million fraudulent Global Water Group Investment Scheme (involving investment bonds to support water projects around the world) as a result of which no legal action was taken by the police against the director of the Company (who was a disqualified director). Secured acquittal in a reported case involving 10 x alleged Computer Misuse Act offences against defendant jointly prosecuted with Deputy Prison Governor of HMP Scrubs (who also held role as Corruption Prevention Manager). Expertise in Confiscation Proceedings under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Landmark Judgment by the Supreme Court in Regina -v- Terry Waya [2012] UKSC 51 (Confiscation Proceedings under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) - successful appeal against £1.1 million confiscation order Successful appeal against £28m Confiscation Order in Regina -v- Onuigbo (Confiscation Proceedings under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) - £28 million order quashed and case remitted for re-hearing to Southwark Crown Court. Successful appeal in R -v- Jawad (Confiscation Proceedings under Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) - relationship between confiscation orders and compensation orders. Successful 3-year negotiation in R -v- K to resist an application for an increased confiscation order in the sum of £1 million under s.22 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in a £60 million pound money laundering case resulting in a withdrawal of the Crown's application and the Crown paying the Defendant's legal costs. Advising multi-million pound international financial derivates company and successfully obtaining a civil injunction in the High Court against a rogue ex-director (later committed to prison for contempt of the civil injunction). Advising on Part 12 of FSMA 2002 and disclosures to the FCA by whistle-blowers. Successfully resisted an application by West Midlands Police against a fugitive wanted by Interpol to strike out a £250k civil claim against the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police for the unlawful destruction of Ferrari 458 Spider released from a Restraint Order under POCA 2002. Acting for multi-million pound company (turnover £20 million) in anti-harassment injunction in the High Court of Justice against a former director & shareholder - successfully obtained a permanent anti-harassment injunction protecting the company, its former and current employees and agents. Successfully acting on behalf of a former politician (Claimant) in obtaining an urgent interim-relief in the High Court. The High Court ordered the Home Secretary to immediately release the Claimant (notwithstanding ongoing proceedings against in the Claimant in a multi-handed case pertaining to an application for a multi-million pound confiscation order). Advised a director of multiple companies charged with serious firearms offences; successfully resisted a complex appeal by the Crown Prosecution Service to overturn a grant of bail issued to a director of a firearms company (with a firearms license) who had been charged with serious firearms offences including intent to cause fear of violence (s.16A of Firearms Act 1968). Successfully obtained an unprecedented order for the director to be released on bail and be permitted to travel to the Maldives. Specialist expertise in Family Law and Financial Remedy proceedings. Acting on behalf of high-profile individuals and expats involving high-net worth financial worth. Expertise in Family Law Arbitration involving worldwide assets including jurisdictional challenges. Specialist expertise in emergency injunctions to stop immigration removals by the Secretary of State for the Home Department; expertise in immigration appeals in the FTT and UTT; Immigration Bail (unprecedented success in a case in 2014 in which Immigration Judge granted immigration bail to allow detainee to be released for voluntary departure from the UK via a private flight); Successfully obtained emergency relief (immediate release) on behalf of a Politically Exposes Person (PEP) in the High Court (reported decision) followed by a successful judicial review action in the High Court for damages for unlawful detention by the Home Secretary (reported decision); successfully resisted a renewed application by the Home Secretary in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) involving the deportation of a high-profile foreign criminal convicted of money laundering offences involving government contracts (case reported) and subsequently persuaded the Home Secretary not to revoke Indefinite Leave to Remain (IRL) in the UK; successfully obtained permission in applications for judicial review against decisions by the Home Secretary to refuse and certify "blood feud" asylum claims (requiring international protection).