Imran Khan & Partners

The Firm

Imran Khan and Partners is a leading law firm based in the heart of London, with unrivalled expertise in public law, regulatory enforcement and criminal defence, including serious and general crime, financial crime and proceeds of crime work.

Imran Khan and Partners was established in 2000 and quickly emerged as a market leader in criminal defence, human rights and public law work. They have been involved in some of the most significant and high-profile cases in the last two and a half decades.

Imran Khan and Partners has six partners with some 200 years of combined experience and is widely recognised as one of the leading law firms in the UK.

Though much has changed since 2000, much has stayed the same.

They are client focused, thorough, strategic and robust and complement their in-house expertise with a bank of trusted expert consultants developed over many years.

They have an established reputation for excellence and are recognised in leading guides including Chambers and Partners and The Times Best Law Firm 2024.

Our Mission

To fearlessly guard the rights of clients and to relentlessly hold public bodies to account.

Contact

0207404 3004 / [email protected]

Actions against the Police - Daniel Cooper

Administrative Law /Judicial Review - Daniel Cooper

Criminal Defence – Pratik Patel/ Ben Basal

Inquests - Daniel Cooper

Proceeds of Crime- Nadia Ryman

Prison Law - Pratik Patel / Ben Basal

Public Enquiries - Daniel Cooper

Public Law - Daniel Cooper

Principle areas of Work

Actions against the Police

Daniel Cooper acted for Alfie Meadows in the police complaint and civil claim that secured a six-figure settlement against the Metropolitan Police Service after he was struck by an officer’s baton during a protest for tuition fees in 2010 requiring emergency life-saving brain surgery.

Administrative Law/Judicial Review

The firm has recently been instructed to judicially review a refusal to reopen a claim for redress for historical sexual abuse at a Children’s Home in Lambeth and issued proceedings for a high-profile claimant to challenge the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office in a claim involving diplomatic immunity.

Criminal Defence

Pratik Patel and Ben Basel are frequently instructed in some of the most serious cases the criminal courts have to deal with ranging from offences relating to terrorism in Syria, Murder and EncroChat cases (Operation Venetic). Their work incorporates international elements and the instruction of experts to efficiently represent their clients

Inquests

Daniel Cooper was instructed to represent the mother of Jennifer Chalkley, an autistic young girl where the Coroner issued a prevention of future deaths report so that action should be taken to prevent future deaths

Proceeds of Crime

Imran Khan are one of the leading firms in this area with a dedicated team. They have been instructed in many high-profile cases one of which features in a Netflix documentary ' Love Rats'

Prison Law

The have successfully assisted many clients with issues in this niche field of Law

Public Inquiries

The firm represented Bereaved, Survivors and Residents (BSR’s) as Core Participants in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry (‘GTI’) which concluded in September 2024. They currently act for Non-State Core Participants in the Undercover Police Inquiry (‘UCPI’) which is investigating the ‘Spy Cops’ scandal where officers from the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Public Order Intelligence Unit were deployed undercover for almost 4 decades from 1968 - 2007 reporting on activist groups and family justice campaigns

Public Law

The firm is representing applicants to the Lambeth Redress Scheme where individuals were abused in Lambeth Children’s Homes. They also represent the survivors of horrific abuse at Red House who have commenced legal action in negligence, sexual abuse, physical assault, false imprisonment, torture, starvation, and neglect.