Exchange Chambers

Criminal

Frida Hussain KC is instructed in private fee and legal aid cases. She is known for her professionalism, dedication and hardworking approach with particular attention to detail. She is determined, robust and well respected by the judiciary, colleagues, professional and lay clients.

She specialises in high profile criminal defence cases involving single and multi-handed allegations of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, terrorism, drugs, sexual offences, fraud and other serious organised crime. These cases engage complex issues such as conspiracy, joint enterprise, gang membership and often involve vulnerable individuals.

She is instructed to defend in many of the countrys most serious high profile terrorism trials and is regularly instructed in this field. She has a cultural understanding and knowledge of theological issues that are often at the core of such cases.

She defended in the ‘London Bombing 21/7’ trial that involved a conspiracy to murder passengers on London transport by detonating bombs. She also defended in the ‘aeroplane bomb plot’ trial. This involved a conspiracy to commit mass murder of passengers by detonating liquid bombs onboard transatlantic flights and was described as the most grave and wicked conspiracy in Britain. She has defended in ISIS inspired conspiracies to murder and many cases involving the preparation for acts of terrorism.

She successfully defended in UK’s first ever prosecution of parents charged with female genital mutilation. This was based on evidence from a 3 year old child and involved complex medical and anthropological expert opinion. She also defended in the first prosecution under the Terrorism Act of offences relating to the setting up and attendance at UK terrorist training camps. Her practice takes her nationwide and in particular across London and in the North of England. She appears in courts at all levels and is multilingual as a fluent speaker of Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi.

She lectures on topical criminal law issues and provides advice in respect of interlocutory and pre-charge matters, including applications for warrants of further detention. She is an approved Inner Temple advocacy trainer. As a member of the Bar International Relations committee she taught advocacy skills to barristers from foreign jurisdictions.

She is an Inner Temple Scholarship Committee panel member and was awarded the Pegasus Scholarship earlier in her career, to gain experience working in the Australian criminal justice system.

Frida lectures on current criminal practice and procedure and provides practical advice to colleagues and instructing solicitors on topical issues, such as applications for warrants for further detention at the police station.

The Honourable Society of Inner Temple: Frida is a selected advocacy trainer, regularly providing training to junior members of the Bar in the skills required for effective advocacy through the Inner Temple Advocacy Training Programme. In 2004 she travelled with other members of the panel to teach advocacy training techniques to members of the Bar in Pakistan.

Frida is a member of the Bar Council International Relations sub-committee, a volunteer member of the Temple Scholarship panel and a registered pupil supervisor.

Frida was awarded a Pegasus Scholarship. As part of this she worked with the Australian criminal justice system for 3 months.