Jehad Mustafa

Practice
Jehad Mustafa practises in prosecution and defence work in London and across the South Eastern and Western Circuits. He has appeared in a broad selection of serious cases including armed robberies, sexual assaults, cases of grievous bodily harm, false imprisonments and blackmail matters.

Jehad is recommended by solicitors for his patient approach with clients and his thorough preparation for hearings. He recently appeared in the Court of Appeal where he won praise from the bench for his approach to the case, which he successfully brought. The full report can be found at [2011] EWCA Crim 748.

In addition to his serious crime practice Jehad has built up a significant practice dealing with road traffic law. He has a particular interest in exceptional hardship applications and an example of his approach can be found here.

In addition to a growing practice, Jehad is involved with advocacy training with Bar Vocational Course providers and has contributed to several publications on life at the bar. See the links here.

Defence
In addition to Crown Court work Jehad has appeared in prison adjudications, extradition hearings and inquests.

Prosecution
Jehad has prosecuted on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service, Probation Services, Her Majesty’s Revenues and Customs and the Department of Work and Pensions.

Previous relevant experience
Prior to being called, Jehad worked in the consumer and competition law departments of the Office of Fair Trading. This role included legal research in the high profile case against the major high street banks in relation to their overdraft charges. Furthermore he assisted with research on several significant Trading Standards investigations.

Notable cases

R v Paul Jordan
Successful appeal against sentence in the court of appeal where a sentence for robbery was reduced by one third.

R v Moss
Defended in a £10 000 criminal damage ‘spree’ in Peterborough Crown Court. See the attached link for an example of Jehad’s approach to the representation of vulnerable clients.

1. Peterborough Today

R v Tothill
Prosecution of offences of sexual activity with a child, see the attached link for the comments of the victim’s families in relation to the prosecution.

1. Cambridge News

R v B
Successful defence in matters of theft from employee in the Isleworth Crown Court.

R v F
Secured a suspended sentence for a defendant in large-scale cannabis production case.

R v S
Successful prosecution in matter of serious wounding. This case also concerned complex matters in relation to abuse of process arguments.

R v H
Successful defence in false imprisonment matter.

Police v L, Police v C and Police v Y
Examples of successful exceptional hardship applications before the justices.

Police v J 
Acquittal in driving whilst disqualified case using abuse of process argument.

R v Dobrushi:
Defence of Section 18 offence at Liverpool Crown Court.

R v Turner:
Defence in burglary matter with a total of 150 allegations at Cambridge Crown Court.

R v Brown:
Prosecution of one of 'Britain's worst neighbours' at Hove Crown Court.

R v Player:
Defence in Robbery matter at Basildon Crown Court.

R v Brown:
Defence in Aggravated Burglary matter at Inner London Crown Court.

HMRC v Reid:
Prosecution of high value income support fraud of very high value.

DWP v Fanis:
Defence in benefit fraud case.

R v Fife:
Defence in large scale cannabis production case.

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