Narita Bahra KC
Narita Bahra KC
Director: King's Counsel (Barrister)
Call: +44 (0)203 196 7822
Email: nbahra@garricklaw.com
Narita is a fearless premier league Defence Barrister.
Narita Bahra KC is one of the most sought after defence lawyers in the country. Narita is a fearless premier league advocate and has earned an impressive reputation amongst professionals and lay clients. Her skills in the areas of Serious and Financial Crime have been recognised in legal directories including; Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Narita’s fearless and tenacious approach makes her widely sought after by professional and lay clients. She is recognised as a King’s Counsel who can skilfully deal with the most difficult of cases. With her investigative approach, Narita leads her team to successful results.
Narita specialises in defending highly complex and challenging cases, with particular emphasis on Financial Crime (such as fraud, money laundering, corporate crime, SFO, FCA and HMRC investigations), Serious Crime ( murder, terrorism organised crime and sexual offences) and Regulatory cases. Narita’s experience and understanding of disclosure makes her a first choice for clients looking to bring Private Prosecutions.
Narita is recognised as a leading Silk in these areas, making her one of the most in demand defence lawyers in the UK. Narita’s excellent track record, high success rate and commitment to fighting fearlessly for her client’s best interests, make her the leading choice in most significant criminal cases. Her instruction in numerous high-profile cases has resulted in the exposure of disclosure failings by prosecuting authorities. Narita has been commissioned to publish a 2024 update to her successful practitioner’s guidebook ‘Tackling Disclosure in the Criminal Courts’.
Narita is recognised as a specialist in expert witness cases. Narita’s first case in silk resulted in disqualification of an expert witness. Since that date many of Narita’s expert witness cases have attracted substantial media coverage. Narita was then instructed in the ensuing special appeals at the Court of Appeal.
Narita is ranked as a Tier 1 Silk in Financial Crime. Her publication on Confiscation and Restraint has become a trusted practical guide for lawyers.
Narita appears as a legal correspondent on National TV and Radio, including Sky News, BBC news, ITV news, Channel 4 news and Radio 4. Narita presents a Crime Series (Killer Britain) with Dermott Murnaghan, appears in BBC Crime series (Murder in the Valleys) & (Cold Case Killers).
Narita is a regular contributor to legal journals. Recently published in The Times (5/6/19) and Counsel magazine.
Narita’s success as a female Financial Crime Silk who is smashing traditional stereotypes is recognised by The Financial Times and the national media. Narita was the first King’s Counsel to mark the centenary of women entering the legal profession.
Narita’s Specialist Areas:
• Representation before the Court of Appeal, Special Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
• Financial Crime and Fraud, including:
• Anti-competitive conduct (cartels, market abuse, insider dealing)
• Civil/commercial fraud
• Fraudulent trading
• Mortgage fraud
• Money laundering
• Revenue fraud
• VAT/MTIC fraud
• Specialist knowledge of the Hawala banking system
• Business crime and fraud, including:
• Anti-competitive conduct (cartels, market abuse, insider dealing)
• Civil/commercial fraud
• Fraudulent trading
• Mortgage fraud
• Money laundering
• Revenue fraud
• VAT/MTIC fraud
• Specialist knowledge of the Hawala banking system
Other serious crime, including:
• Terrorism
• Murder
• Serious sexual offences
• Organised crime
• Regulatory
Quotes from previous directory editions include:
• Legal 500 – Crime: “A very capable and formidable advocate who is incredibly hardworking and tenacious”.
• Legal 500 – Fraud: “She defends in money laundering, grant funding and phishing cases”.
• Chambers & Partners - Crime & Fraud: – New Silk
Awards & Rankings:
Master of the Bench for The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.
Nominated as Financial Crime Silk 2023
Nominated as Crime silk of the year 2022
Winner of ‘Women of Achievement Award’ 2020
Winner of ‘Criminal Lawyer 2019’ Legal Awards 2019
Winner of ‘Legal Excellence Awards’ Signature Awards
Shortlisted for "Women in Law Award - 100 Years Legal Awards 2019
In 2023 Narita ranked in the following legal Directories:
• Legal 500 - London Bar – Crime, Leading Silks, Tier 2: “Narita is one of the most sought after silks in the country. She is respected and admired by the judiciary and her colleagues. Very few can absorb and then deliver with formidable vigour complex legal arguments before the most senior members of the judiciary like she does. She is a trailblazer and is in a class of her own.”
• Legal 500 - London Bar – Fraud, Leading Silks, Tier 1: “Narita is a fearless advocate with real court presence. When she is on her feet she commands attention and respect and in conference she instils confidence in her clients.”
In 2021 Narita ranked in the following legal Directories:
• Legal 500 – Crime, Tier 2: “Narita is tenacious and she leaves no stone uncovered. She will dive into the unused material and seek disclosure till there is nothing else left to consider, meaning that our clients can be assured that every avenue that could be considered has been. Her closing speeches are phenomenal and she is able to relate to a jury no matter what their background or age. A barrister who gets results.”
• Legal 500 – Fraud, Tier 1: “Narita is tenacious and meticulous in her preparation of cases which makes her the perfect choice as counsel for fraud cases.”
In 2020 Narita ranked in the following legal Directories:
• Legal 500 – Crime: “She has a unique style in front of juries, who like her approach”
• Legal 500 – Fraud: “A very polished operator; tenacious and fearless.”
• Chambers & Partners - Crime: “She chews the prosecution to pieces and wins before they bring the case to trial, because she attacks with every possible argument.” “A good strategist when working with complex cases.”
Narita Bahra KC
Director: King's Counsel (Barrister)
Call: +44 (0)203 196 7822
Email: nbahra@garricklaw.com
Narita is a fearless premier league Defence Barrister.
Narita Bahra KC is one of the most sought after defence lawyers in the country. Narita is a fearless premier league advocate and has earned an impressive reputation amongst professionals and lay clients. Her skills in the areas of Crime and Fraud Crime have been recognised in legal directories including; Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Narita is recognised as a leading Silk in these areas, making her one of the most in demand defence lawyers in the UK. Narita has been instructed in some of the most significant criminal cases and has extensive experience dealing with disclosure issues. She has cemented a reputation as a barrister who can skilfully deal with the most difficult of disclosure cases. Narita has published a book on tackling disclosure issues arising in both the Magistrates and Criminal Courts.
Her excellent track record, high success rate and commitment to fighting fearlessly for her client’s best interests make her the leading choice in high profile disclosure cases. She regularly appears on Sky News, ITV, Channel 4 and BBC news as a legal correspondent and is a regular author and contributor to legal journals.
Several of her successes have become headline news: notably those where Narita has successfully challenged prosecution disclosure failings, and where she has exposed failings of expert witnesses. Narita is regularly requested to be a legal correspondent for various news outlets regarding these areas of expertise.
Narita now specialises in highly complex and challenging cases, with particular emphasis on Financial Crime (such as fraud, money laundering and business crime) and Serious Crime (such as murder, terrorism and organised crime). However she is highly experienced in all areas of criminal defence and prosecution, and recognises that for clients there is no such thing as a “minor” criminal charge.
Narita regularly appears as an expert adviser to Sky News, ITV News, BBC News; writes expert articles for legal journals such as Counsel and Legal 360; and frequently writes or gives interviews for the mainstream press such as the Times and Financial Times. She published her first legal book: A Practitioner’s Handbook on Disclosure in late 2019.
Narita’s Specialist Areas:
• Representation before the Court of Appeal, Special Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
• Business crime and fraud, including:
• Anti-competitive conduct (cartels, market abuse, insider dealing)
• Civil/commercial fraud
• Fraudulent trading
• Mortgage fraud
• Money laundering
• Revenue fraud
• VAT/MTIC fraud
• Specialist knowledge of the Hawala banking system
Other serious crime, including:
• Terrorism
• Murder
• Serious sexual offences
• Organised crime
Awards & Rankings:
• Winner of ‘Criminal Lawyer 2019’ in the Asian Legal Awards 2019
• Shortlisted for ‘Women in Law Award – 100 Years’ in The Asian Legal Awards 2019
• 1st Female Criminal Silk to Begin the “Lethbridge Gloves” Tradition on Silks Day
In 2021 Narita ranked in the following legal Directories:
• Legal 500 – Crime, Tier 2: “Narita is tenacious and she leaves no stone uncovered. She will dive into the unused material and seek disclosure till there is nothing else left to consider, meaning that our clients can be assured that every avenue that could be considered has been. Her closing speeches are phenomenal and she is able to relate to a jury no matter what their background or age. A barrister who gets results.”
• Legal 500 – Fraud, Tier 1: “Narita is tenacious and meticulous in her preparation of cases which makes her the perfect choice as counsel for fraud cases.”
