Mr. S. Sathananthan
Principal Solicitor/Director |
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Mr. Sathananthan qualified as an Attorney at Law in Sri Lanka in 1990, and practiced in the UK and subsequently qualified as a solicitor in the UK in August 1993 and successfully established the firm in November 1997. He specialises in Immigration law, and has been successful in matters concerning Judicial Review and Court of Appeal cases. He also practices criminal law, in which he has dealt with a number of cases concerning murder, kidnap, rape, extradition and a host of other serious offences.
Mr. Sathananthan has dealt with many cases in London and around the UK and as well as abroad. He understands what a client requires and provides the highest quality of services possible.
He is the Supervisor for both Immigration and Crime.
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Mr. Sahabudeen Abdul Hamid
Solicitor/Director |
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Mr. Hamid qualified as an Advocate in Chennai, India in 1989 and further qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2007.
He has vast experience in dealing with criminal cases, civil and family matters and has made representations in the High Court of Madras. He currently practices in private family law, immigration and nationality law, criminal compensation awards and civil law areas.
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Ms. Ratha Mariyaratnam B.A.
Attorney at Law (Sri Lanka), Registered Foreign Lawyer (RFL), Director |
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Qualified as an Attorney at Law in Sri Lanka in 1982 and is registered as a foreign lawyer in the UK. She has had previous experience in civil litigation, family law and Conveyancing in Sri Lanka. She joined this firm in September 2000 and now practices Immigration and Nationality Law. Her main focus is concerned with asylum and human rights cases.
Amongst other skills, she has the ability to speak in French which helps with better understanding European and African clients.
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Mr. Lijo Oommen
Solicitor/Director |
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Lijo qualified in the 1999 as a Lawyer/ Advocate in India. He practiced in the areas of civil litigation, criminal and banking until 2006, and advocated in various courts in Kerala. He has previously assisted in several high profile banking cases and had his own diverse case load.
He joined the firm in the 2007 as a legal assistant and practiced in the areas of prison law, crime, private civil litigation and employment law. He provides assistance to clients with their parole hearing, adjudication, recall etc. under prison law and has assisted the solicitors in the firm in preparing and conducting the criminal cases. He has assisted the Principal in employment matters including unfair dismissal matters and pre-Tribunal hearing preparations and has dealt with some civil litigation.
He is fluent in Malayalam and is acquainted with South Indian Languages and Hindi.
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Mr. Abdul R Patel LLB
Solicitor |
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Abdul qualified as a solicitor in 2002. He advises UK and non-UK institutions, property companies, developers and occupiers on a variety of property related matters including acquisitions of Commercial & Residential Property, Commercial Property Litigation, Residential Landlord & Tenant issues including Lease Renewals and Enfranchisement, Family Law and Immigration Law.
Abdul has also successfully conducted many high profile cases, including several landmark cases in the civil courts.
He is also the head of S. Satha & Co's property department. He is fluent in Gujarati, Urdu and Hindi. |
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Ms.Ayesha Patel LLB
Solicitor |
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Ayesha qualified as a solicitor in April 2006. She specialises in Civil Litigation, Commercial Property and Residential Landlord & Tenant, advising corporate and non-corporate clients from a wide variety of backgrounds.
She also specialises in residential property to include enfranchisement, lease extensions, Islamic Finance, Transfer of Equity and Key-Worker schemes. She is fluent in Gujarati & Hindi.
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Ms. Mandeep Karari LLB
Duty Solicitor
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Mandeep joined the firm as a paralegal and commenced her training contract and qualified in February 2006. She currently specialises in criminal litigation, in both private and legally funded work.
Since her time at the firm, Mandeep has conducted her own cases and has dealt with a range matters from Road Traffic matters and common assaults, to high profile cases such as multi-handed indictments and where allegations have involved rape, murder, robbery & fraud. Mandeep also deals with post-conviction work such as appeals.
Mandeep is a Criminal Supervisor and Duty Solicitor for local courts and police stations. |
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Ms. Gayathri Yogarajah LLB
Duty Solicitor |
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Gayathri qualified as a Solicitor in May 2007, having completed a substantial seat in criminal law during her training contract. She has experience in working on a wide variety of cases including charges such as Murder, GBH, Conspiracy to Supply Class A drugs and Money Laundering. In addition, she has experience of complex appeals to the Court of Appeal and Judicial Review applications.
Since joining the firm, Gayathri has been handling a varied caseload, ranging from Murder, Kidnapping and Conspiracy to Defraud matters to theft, ABH and Road Traffic offences.
Gayathri is a Duty Solicitor for local courts and police stations.
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Mr. Muthu Suppiah LLB
Solicitor |
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Muthu qualified as a solicitor in December 2003 and joined the firm in August 2010. Since joining the firm, Muthu has handled a varied caseload, such ABH/GBH, theft and Road Traffic offences to kidnapping and fraud matters.
Muthu is also police station accredited, and is able to provide advice at a police station. This often means that Muthu is working unsociable hours, but he feels that the clients should receive the best advice possible.
Muthu has an excellent reputation for being able to understand a client's needs and to tailor his advice accordingly.
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