St John's Buildings

Crime

Zahra Baqri is a criminal law practitioner whose experience and specialism encompasses all aspects of serious crime and fraud.

Zahra is a CPS Level 3 Prosecutor, and has prosecuted (whether that be in the capacity of reviewing lawyer or advocate) in some of the region’s most serious cases, including many cases of murder, attempted murder, child destruction, child cruelty, serious sexual offending, unlawful manslaughter and fraud.

Born in Liverpool, Zahra read Law at Leeds University. Post-qualification, she worked as an associate solicitor with a senior equity partner in the Commercial Litigation department. Zahra attended as advocate for interlocutory hearings at the High Court and substantive hearings at the County Court.

She worked for the Crown Prosecution Service in Bristol before moving back to the North West and practising from the CPS Manchester office. She joined St John's Buildings in 2015.