Behind every serious case,
the detail matters.

A collaborative approach
to serious criminal cases.

Zain Khan is a lawyer who works with a leading law firm and a number of leading criminal solicitors and barristers to help provide specialist legal advice in relation to serious offences. His role brings together meticulous preparation, close attention to technical evidence and practical assistance to the legal professionals responsible for representation.

Serious cases demand a careful understanding of both the allegation and the person facing it. Zain’s work supports that process: organising information, examining the detail and helping the legal team identify the questions that need to be explored.

Preparation that goes
beyond the case papers.

Zain is involved in the detailed preparation of work for the Magistrates’ Court and the Crown Court. This includes attendances at prisons and the Crown Court, as well as visits to the locus — the place or location relevant to an alleged offence — to assist in the representation of some of the most complex and serious cases.

These attendances form part of a wider preparation process, bringing the case papers, the client’s account and the practical circumstances together for consideration by the legal team.

Making sense of
complex technical evidence.

A substantial part of Zain’s day is spent considering telephone data, cell-site metadata, automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) assessments, radio-frequency testing and material relating to General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) analysis.

This work is particularly relevant where the prosecution seeks to establish a person’s location or movements, or where an alibi forms part of the defence. The focus is on understanding the material, examining its limitations and helping the legal team consider how it relates to the wider evidence.

A clear role.
A shared focus.

Zain works as a lawyer alongside criminal solicitors and barristers. His involvement in preparation and evidence review assists the professionals undertaking legal representation; the scope of any assistance is agreed for the particular case.