Maham Malik

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Maham commenced pupillage in October 2024, under the supervision of Ben Lloyd.

Prior to starting pupillage, Maham spent two years at the Attorney General’s Office, where she advised the Law Officers on Attorney General’s References, unduly lenient sentences, consents to prosecute, inquests, and criminal contempt proceedings.

From 2020 to 2022, Maham was Judicial Assistant to the Lord Chief Justice of England & Wales, and Lord Justice Bean. Maham drafted research notes and bench memos on a range of high-profile and complex criminal and public law appeals, including:

• R v Thacker and Others [2021] EWCA Crim 97 (appeal against conviction of the ‘Stansted 15’)
• R v A & Others (EncroChat) [2021] EWCA Crim 128 (admissibility of ‘EncroChat’ evidence)
• Reprieve and Others v Prime Minister [2021] EWCA Civ 972 (use of closed material procedure in claim alleging U.K. complicity with torture and rendition after 9/11)
• R (End Violence Against Women Coalition) v DPP [2021] EWCA Civ 350 (removal of merits-based approach for RASSO prosecutions)
• R (DPP) v Woolwich Crown Court [2020] EWHC 3243 (COVID-19 custody time limit extensions)
• Gardner v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 967 (right to life and COVID-19 policy in care homes)
• A v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 37 and BF (Eritrea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38 (correct test to be applied be the court when considering a judicial review challenge to a policy).
• Lescene Edwards v The Queen [2022] UKPC 11 (miscarriage of justice in murder conviction in Jamaica)