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Tanveer Qureshi

Tanveer Qureshi

Position

Tanveer’s practice focuses on matters involving allegations of health and safety, regulatory breaches, fraud, along with other misconduct by companies, directors, financial professionals and corporates entities.

Tanveer has a growing health and safety practice. He is an experienced and robust advocate and is frequently retained by corporate and directors to defend against HSE prosecutions, act in inquests and advise on strategy.

Career

Tanveer is frequently instructed to defend in both in the Crown Court and Magistrates Court in cases involving allegations of Health and Safety breaches. He has advised in cases involving for fee for intervention, employer’s general duty of care, issues concerning the identity and liability of the Principal Contractor and other environmental and health safety issues.

Tanveer has a particular interest in alleged liabilities arising from The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations. He has appeared before the Court of Appeal on several points of law concerning the identity of the Principal Contractor.

Tanveer’s criminal law work also includes allegations of consumer protection and product safety.

Over the lockdown period, Tanveer has advised employers on the reporting requirements in relation to COVID-19 outbreaks

Tanveer’s experience includes both civil and criminal litigation. He has appeared in a number of cases involving civil fraud, insolvency claims, freezing injunctions and asset forfeiture.

Tanveer also has experience of advising and acting in respect of individual and company insolvency and has acted for a director in contested company director disqualification proceedings.

Tanveer is also developing an international practice and is one of the first members of the English Bar to be granted rights of audience in the Khazakstan Astana Financial International Court (AIFC).

Tanveer can advise on the strength of the case against you, the options that are available to you and what additional evidence could be obtained in your defence. Many of his clients seek his guidance through the preliminary stages of a case and then retain him to appear as their barrister at subsequent hearings.