Sharaz Hussain qualified in 2002 and has been a duty solicitor since 2003.
He joined Goldkorns in August 2014 and is a supervisor and Compliance Officer For Legal Practice (COLP) for the firm. He has undertaken cases ranging from murder, serious sexual offences, large scale and complex fraud, serious drug offences through to smaller offences only heard in the Magistrates court.
He has had a number of cases reported in the local and national press.
He also undertakes representing clients in the police station and Magistrates Court as well as preparing cases for the Crown Court.
Notable Cases
R V S Defendant charged with multiple serious sexual offences
R v M defendant acquitted of a very large value theft of computers. The entire trial took place through video link with the defendant appearing from his bedroom throughout proceedings due to his inability to attend the crown court and is thought to be one of the first cases of its kind to take place like this.
R v C Acted for defendant in high profile murder at the Central Criminal Court of the deceased and attempted murder of his friend the defendant was the only person not convicted of murder and attempted murder – case attracted extensive national press coverage
R v R Acting for defendant in multi million pound VAT evasion case – the case involves over 10 years of HMRC investigation and numbers 24 defendants with over half a million pages of prosecution papers and electronic evidence
R v A Acted for defendant acquitted of murder on the deceased and attempted murder on another male following an altercation in a south London nightclub car park
R v C Acted for lead and co-defendant in multimillion pound car ringing case resulting in the change of law with respect to the importation of cars in a foreign jurisdiction. Case resulted in an acquittal and in the confiscation proceedings for the lead defendant the prosecution wanted £2,159,935 and the actual amount agreed was £13,400 with the defendant paying nothing.
R v G Acted for high profile family in the appeal of the proceeds of crime regime in Republic Of Ireland. Case involved complex proceedings in the Irish Supreme court and the European Court Of Human Rights against the state of Ireland with the European Court delivering a full judgement and the case attracted extensive attention in the Irish national press.
R v M. defendant acquitted of a very large value theft of computers. The entire trial took place through video link with the defendant appearing from his bedroom throughout proceedings due to his inability to attend the Crown Court and is thought to be one of the first cases of its kind to take place like this.
R v J. Defendant charged with large scale drugs conspiracy in the Home Counties
R v S. Defendant charged with multiple serious sexual offences
R v B. Defendant acquitted of murder following a change in legal team.
R v J. Representation of a family charged with murder with the arrests and the finding of the deceased covered live by Sky TV
R v M. First honour killing prosecuted in the UK and dealing with the appeal of both father and uncle. Case appeared on national TV in Panorama
R V D. Defendant charged with murder of a jogger on Mitcham Common and subsequent appeal against sentence allowed by the Lord Chief Justice and case now appears as a legal authority
R v C. Defendant acquitted of murder in the first case to be prosecuted in the UK when the victim was still officially alive through artificial means but subsequently died at the time of the defendant being charged with murder (reported in the national press)