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.

3BC holds in high regard its unwavering commitment to providing effective, tailored advocacy and unmatched client care.

We have a number of barristers who are specialists and experienced within their respective field of practice, all of whom offer a personable and accessible service.

The chambers is efficiently managed by Eustace Forjour, the chambers’ director, who has vast clerking experience, management skills, is easily approachable and is able to handle queries ranging from straightforward to complex needs.

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

Sana Mushtaq (2011) (Deputy Head of Chambers) – family

Owusu Emmanuel Abebrese (1985) - Immigration, Commercial,  Civil and Property

Robina Omar (1991) - Civil, Commercial , Employment and Family - Financials

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

Christina Nicholas (1997) – immigration

Rajinder Claire (1997) – immigration, family and crime

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

Nawab Babar Khan (1999) - Immigration

Nadia Zaman (2005) - Civil, Family , Employment & Immigration

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

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

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

Arman Alam (2009) – immigration, family and civil

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

Saravanak Kumar (2012) – crime & family

MD Asraful Arafin (2013) - Immigration, Family & Civil

Devendra Shrestha (2014) – immigration, family and crime

Sajid Mustafa (2016) – immigration

Emil Lixandru (2016) – civil, crime, immigration, social security, family and employment

Aisling Selvakumaran (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

Rehana Ilahi (2019) - Immigration & Family

Ahmed Hayat Yousafzai (2020) - Immigration & Family

Fatima Faran (2021) - Immigration, Family , Civil , Commercial, Employment & Crime

James Divecha (2021) - Immigration, Family , Civil , Commercial, Employment & Crime

Esther Godwins (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