Saba Naqshbandi

Health & Safety / Fire Safety

“Composed, compelling and tenacious.” Legal 500

“Her client-handling skills are really impeccable and her advocacy is first-rate.” Chambers UK

“A strong barrister with exceptional knowledge of fire safety law.” Legal 500

“The first choice for fire safety work.” Legal 500

“A very fearless advocate who is not cowed by a difficult case or difficult tribunal.” “She really knows the area inside out.” Chambers UK

“Strategically a master, making difficult decisions with ease.” Legal 500

“Precise and persistent as an advocate. You can just depend on her for the right view.” Chambers UK

“Recognised in the health and safety market for her extensive work and particular expertise in the fire safety space.” Chambers UK

“A criminal barrister with a notable regulatory practice.” “Clever, hard-working and thorough, she is very diligent and quite a tough prosecutor.” Chambers UK

Inquests & Public Inquiries

“She’s straight-talking, clear-thinking and knows what is in the client’s best interests.” Chambers UK

“She’s very experienced, fantastic with clients and very good tactically.” Chambers UK

“A seriously impressive senior junior who leaves nothing to chance.” Legal 500

“She has impeccable attention to detail, leaving no stone unturned, and is extremely client-friendly.” Legal 500

“She has an excellent manner with clients, a commanding presence and a nice style. Her attention to detail is first-rate and she is able to get up to speed very quickly. She is especially impressive when technical medical evidence is involved.” Chambers UK

“Brilliantly friendly with clients and solicitors but she also has a very strategic mind and an excellent grasp of the law.” Chambers UK

“An excellent junior, she is very intelligent and hard-working, and a pleasure to work with.’ ‘She’s really thorough and well prepared, excellent on her feet and great on the detail in terms of her written work.” Chambers UK

“She is very intelligent and hardworking, and a pleasure to work with.” Legal 500

Crime / Financial Crime / POCA

“Offers sharp strategic insight and has a very calm and reassuring manner. She really whittles down the facts to the key issues.” Chambers UK

“A junior highly regarded for her expertise in fraud, bribery and money laundering cases.” Chambers UK

“Her mastery of the detail, advice and advocacy are consistently excellent.” Legal 500

“Very polished and very versatile.” Chambers UK

“Has an impressive practice.” “She is an incredibly thorough practitioner, who is smart and absolutely charming with judges. She focuses judges’ minds on the points they need to focus on and is very adept at dealing with clients.” Chambers UK

Extremely user-friendly, sharp, quick and to-the-point, making her a pleasure to work with Legal 500

“She is very experienced and good at sensitive criminal cases.” Chambers UK

“Excellent tactical judgement” “a reassuring presence.” Legal 500

Licensing

An accomplished advocate, who frequently advises well-known operators and is called on to appear in challenging tribunal hearings.

“Presents attractive and authoritative arguments in court.”

“She is very good with tribunals, has an ice-cool temperament and is very articulate.” Chambers UK

“One of the leading licensing juniors.” Legal 500

“She is a super advocate and is very, very clever.” “Her detail is second to none and she is very popular with clients.” Chambers UK

“She has an incredible eye for detail and her preparation is a work of art.” Chambers UK

“Professional, diligent and extremely personable, she has great presence before licensing committees and in the courtroom, and is extremely popular with the client.” Chambers UK

“The ‘outstanding ‘Saba Naqshbandi has ‘a wealth of experience’ in the area.” Legal 500

“Fantastic, very knowledgeable on legislation, gives good practical advice and is always easy to get hold of.” Chambers UK

“Saba Naqshbandi is ‘very bright, hardworking, dedicated and good with clients. She is very persuasive, yet measured. Her written work and her advocacy are both top class’.” Legal 500

Sports Law

“The intelligent and practical Saba Naqshbandi enters the tables this year as one to watch. She is carving something of a niche in coach discipline matters.” Legal 500

• Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers
• Criminal Bar Association
• Health & Safety Lawyers Association
• Middle Temple International Committee

• LLM (Distinction), University College London (1995)
• LLB (Hons), University College London (1994)

• ‘The Guide to Sanctions’ (GIR) – full publication available here (2020)
• Featured in the Middle Temple Exhibition Celebrating a Century of Women in Law (2019)
• Author of the online Westlaw Encyclopaedia for ‘Health & Safety in Sport’ (2012-)
• Author of the online Westlaw Encyclopaedia for ‘Licensing: Hearings’ (2012-)
• Author of the online Westlaw Encyclopaedia for ‘Gambling: Appeals’ (2012-)

• Assistant Coroner for Inner North London (2019-)
• Board of Governors, The Expert Witness Institute (2019-)
• Bencher of the Middle Temple (2016)
• Middle Temple Bencher Selection Advisory Committee (2016-)
• Bar Council International Committee Member (2016-2017)
• Middle Temple Membership Committee Member (2014-)
• Chair of the Annual Bar Conference (2013)
• Vice Chair of the Annual Bar Conference (2012)
• Co-Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association (2009-2012)
• Elected Committee member of the Criminal Bar Association Committee (2009-2012)
• Court of Arbitration of Sport Pro Bono Lawyers Panel
• General Dental Council Panel of Advocates
• Middle Temple Advocacy Trainer
• Specialist Advocate in Health & Safety and Environmental Law (A Panel)

Awards

• International Crime Lawyer of the Year – Corporate LiveWire Global Awards (2019)
• Best Barrister of the Year in Regulatory Compliance & Criminal Law – United Kingdom Global 100 (2019)
• Crime Defence Lawyer of the Year UK, Women in Law, Business, Lawyer Monthly (2019)
• Criminal Lawyer of the Year, Lawyer Monthly (2014)
• Women in Law Awards, Lawyer Monthly (2014)

Nominations

• Chambers UK Health & Safety Junior of the Year 2021

Languages

• French (conversational)
• Urdu (conversational)

I, Saba Naqshbandi, am a data controller and can be contacted at 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5BH or by telephone on 020 7400 6400 or by email at saba.naqshbandi@3rblaw.com. My Data Protection Policy can be found below.

All personal data that I process is for the purposes of providing legal services, conducting conflict-checks, marketing, defending potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes, keeping anti-money laundering records, training other barristers and pupils and when providing work-shadowing opportunities, and/or exercising a right to a lien. The types of data I process vary upon the nature of the legal matter in relation to which I am engaged to advise, but can include names, contact details, biographic details and ‘special category personal data’ (such as details of racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sex life and criminal convictions and proceedings).

Depending upon the circumstances of the case, the legal bases upon which I process personal data are (i) the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract, (ii) the processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations to which I am subject, or (iii) the processing is necessary for the legitimate interests set out above, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subjects which require protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child. When I rely on (iii) legitimate interests, my ‘Legitimate Interests Assessment’ can be found here. When I process data which has not be obtained directly from the data subject (e.g. personal data contained in evidential materials), it will have been supplied to me as part of my instructions in circumstances covered by legal professional privilege.

Depending upon the circumstances of the case, I may share the personal data with:

1. my Chambers, which supplies professional and administrative support to my practice;
2. Courts and other tribunals to whom documents are presented;
3. my lay and professional clients;
4. potential witnesses, in particular experts, and friends or family of the data subject;
5. solicitors, barristers, pupils, mini pupils and other legal representatives;
6. ombudsmen and regulatory authorities;
7. current, past or prospective employers;
8. education and examining bodies;
9. business associates, professional advisers and trade bodies.

I retain personal data for no longer than 7 years after the case has come to an end or as otherwise required by law.

I do not intend to transfer data to any country which is not either within the European Union, ‘white listed’ by the EU or otherwise permitted by EU law (e.g. to the USA under the provisions of the ‘Privacy Shield’).

Under the GDPR, data subjects whose personal data I process have the right to request from me access to, and rectification or erasure of, their personal data, the right to the restriction of processing concerning them, the right to object to processing as well as the right to data portability. Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk).

In cases where there is a contract between me and the data subject, the provision of personal data is a contractual requirement and the data subject is obliged to provide the personal data in order that I can supply legal services. A failure to provide such data may mean that I will not be able to provide the legal services.

Data Protection Policy

Legitimate Interests Assessment

Saba Naqshbandi is qualified to accept instructions direct from clients under the Bar Council’s Public Access Scheme. This means that members of the public who seek specialist advice can come direct to her. In addition, she welcomes instructions from solicitors, in-house law departments, qualified foreign lawyers, and clients licensed by the Bar Council to give instructions direct to barristers under the Bar Council’s Licensed Access Scheme.

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