Aisha Wadoodi
Year of call: 1994
areas of practice
synopsis
Aisha Wadoodi is a specialist criminal practitioner. She is instructed both by the prosecution and the defence in cases involving serious sexual abuse, child cruelty, drug trafficking, fraud, and arson. She has been instructed to defend in a number of death by dangerous cases. She is a Grade 4 prosecutor.
notable cases
- R v Learmont : prosecuting attempted rape of sister by her brother
- R v Bates : prosecuting attempted rape by student of a stranger
- R v Tennick : defending a half a million pound fraud instructed as led junior
- R v Locklin : defending labour councillor who had raped boys in a care home where he worked 20 years ago, instructed as led junior
- R v G : defending 14-year-old boy who raped 14-year-old school girl
- R v McFadden : defending 50-year-old male accused of the rape and indecent assault of six complainants, instructed as led junior
- R v Breckon : prosecuting father raping natural daughter
- R v Dunn : prosecuting predatory paedophile who used Facebook to attract underage girls
education
- University of Newcastle upon Tyne: LLB (Hons)
memberships
- She is a member of the Criminal Bar Association
other information
- Aisha is fluent in Urdu and has a very in-depth knowledge of Islamic religious and cultural practices. She has used this knowledge to her advantage whilst prosecuting and defending.
