3 Bolt Court Chambers

3 Bolt Court Chambers ‘3BC’ is a  modern, diverse and a dynamic set of chambers  comprising of over 30 dedicated barristers who specialise in immigration, civil law, commercial, bankruptcy, housing/ possessions, professional negligence, shipping/marine law, intellectual property, arbitration, mediation, employment, family and criminal law.

Barristers at 3 Bolt Court are experts in their chosen areas of practice delivering skilled advocacy in Courts and Tribunals across the country as well as providing clients with sound legal advice.

Advice provided by the barristers is done either face to face, by video, by telephone and/or in written form.

The chambers also takes on court cases from members of the public directly via the Direct Public Access Scheme.

Chambers is based in Fleet Street, Central London with conference facilities also based in Stratford, East of London.

Barristers at 3 Bolt Court
Farah Ramzan (2003) (Joint Head of Chambers) – crime, family, immigration and civil

Jacqueline Victor- Mazeli (1997) (Joint Head of Chambers) – immigration, family (children matters), civil, crime and mediation

Sylvester Emefiona Unigwe – immigration and family (children)

Owusu Abebrese (1985) – immigration, civil and property

Hilda Adejumo (1989) – civil and commercial mediator, housing, immigration, commecial, family and employment (discrimination)

Jonathan Reynold (1992) – immigration

Andrei Vasilescu (1993) – civil, commercial, bankruptcy, landlord and tenant

Saamir Mahmud (1996) – immigration and family

Sorour Bassiri (1996) – immigration and family

Mehtab Malhotra (1996) - immigration and family

S Rahman (1996) - Employment, Commercial, Civil & Family Law

Christina Nicholas (1997) – immigration, civil and commercial

Rajinder Claire (1998) – immigration, family and crime

Paul Turner (1998) – immigration, housing and family

Babar Khan (1999) – immigration, civil, crime and employment

Khadija Rahman (2000) immigration and family

Shahid Chaudhry (2006) -civil, commercial, family and immigration

Claire Litchfield (2007) – family – children and non- molestations

Dr Mehedi Rahim (2007) – civil, commercial, personal Injury, arbitration and intellectual property

Chowdhury Sultan (2009) – immigration, family, crime, civil and employment

Arman Alam (2009) – immigration, family and civil

Anjulika Vatish (2009) – immigration, family, civil and social security 

Sana Mushtaq (2011) – family, crime and civil 

Cherreem Lindsay (2011) – immigration, family, civil, commercial and family mediation

Saravanak Kumar (2012) – crime, civil, family, immigration and employment

Emil Lixandru (2012) – civil, crime, immigration, social security, family and employment

Dr Rakhi Rashmi (2013) – immigration and family

Kareesha Turner (2013) – immigration, family and commercial

Devendra Shrestha (2014) – immigration, family and crime

Jay Gajjar (2014) – immigration, civil, family and employment

Stephanie Heijdra (2014) – family, civil, commercial, immigration and employment

Sajid Mustafa (2016) – immigration

Kashmala Khan (2017) – family, immigration, civil, crime and employment

Dr Mazhar Ilahi (2017) – immigration and family

Mustapha Rashid (2017) – crime, family and civil

Jam Gazzain (2018) – civil, commercial, education, immigration, family and crime

Faisal Mehmood (2018) – family and immigration

Muhammad Navid Hamid (2019) - Crime, Civil , Family & Immigration

Esther Godwins (employment advocate)

Abou Bakarr Kamara (employment advocate)

Practice areas
Immigration:  Court hearings and advice on:

• UK and EEA immigration law
• Student visas, work permits, highly skilled migrant visas
• Business/corporate immigration including Tier 1 and 2 visas
• Point based system including indefinite leave to remain
• Family settlement (ie dependent parents)
• Overseas adoption
• Marriage applications
• Unlawful detention
• Sponsor licences
• Refusal of asylum
• Deportation
• Urgent injunction

Family: Court hearings and advice on:

• Dispute resolution appointments
• Financial dispute resolutions
• Child arrangement orders/ child care proceedings
• Ancillary relief/ financial provision (divorce, cohabitation and death)
• Property disputes
• Care/adoption
• Child abduction
• Incapacity/Court of Protection welfare issues
• Final and fact- finding hearings

Civil: Court hearings and advice on:

• Landlord and tenant
• Personal injury and clinical negligence
• Contractual disputes
• Product liability
• Defamation
• Probates
• Mediation
• Arbitration matters
• Professional negligence
• Small claims, fast track and multi track

Commercial: Court hearings and advice on:

• Injunctions
• Bankruptcy and insolvency matters
• Contractual disputes
• Issues of jurisdiction
• Conflict of laws / private international law
• Chancery matters

Crime: Court appearances on :

• Kidnapping
• False imprisonment
• Robbery
• Sexual offences
• Violent crime
• Possession of drugs and drug trafficking
• Possession of firearms
• Fraud
• Domestic violence
• Theft and handling stolen goods
• Burglary
• Possession of firearm
• Possession of false documentation
• Road traffic offences

Employment: Tribunal attendance and advice on :

• Breach of contract
• Contract of employment
• All forms of discrimination; disability, race, sex, age, sexual orientation and religious
• Wrongful and unfair dismissal
• Pay disputes/ equal pay
• Harassment
• Redundancies