Five Paper Buildings

Call: 1989

Bencher of Grays Inn: 2009

Recorder: 2009
Silk: 2010

Anuja has for many years been ranked in the legal directories as a leader at the bar. In Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 she is complimented for her ‘excellent interpersonal skills’.  She is described as:

"One of the bravest advocates around",

‘’Really fights her corner, but remains charming to the judge and the jury’’

"Extremely dynamic and a real fighter", and as being

 "Absolutely in command of the court’.

Anuja is praised for being “Efficient and hard working” and for giving: ‘’tremendously clear and practical advice to clients with no hint of fuzziness".

Anuja has a busy and wide ranging practice.  She has particular expertise in crime (national and international) and terrorism and national security cases. Since she took silk in 2010 she has been in several high profile criminal cases, for example the ‘Ritz fraud’ and the ‘Victoria station’ murder trial at the Old Bailey.

Anuja has considerable experience of prosecuting and defending serious crime, including violent crime, fraud (she has acted in many high profile multi-handed  international frauds, including boiler room, MTIC, mortgage, immigration, and benefit frauds), mutual assistance (e.g. Berlusconi, representing David Mills' accountants), confiscation and contempt (e.g. representing the head of Honda Australia).

Anuja has a special interest in human rights. She has acted as a ‘special advocate’ in terrorism/national security cases involving British and Foreign nationals. She has been involved in human rights/advocacy projects in Jamaica (death row cases), Sri Lanka (advocacy and human rights), India (advocacy and human rights). Zimbabwe (advocacy) and in South Africa. 

As a special advocate she has appeared before SIAC, the High Court, the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal: e.g. BF (control order), PP (SIAC: Algerian national), XX (SIAC and the Court of Appeal: Ethiopian national), J1 (SIAC: Ethiopian national) and Coghlan and others (Liverpool Crown Court).

Examples of violent crimes: Bayode (multi-handed murder), Taylor (cut throat murder), Kendall (cut-throat multi-handed murder), Hockley (multi-handed racist gang attack), Gallop (attempted murder and arson with intent to endanger life) and Dumbaya (steaming case involving over 100 robberies).

Examples of fraud: prosecuting the Ritz fraud; Davison and others (multi- handed boiler room fraud); Subramaniam and Hinds (billion dollar Nomura international fraud); Krestin (solicitor charged with laundering over £3 million); Saggar (multi-handed, multi-million pound MTIC fraud); Sanchez Pike-Williams (police corruption); Williams (£1 million benefit fraud); Adaka (£3 million ‘419’ fraud) and Ero (sham marriage conspiracy).

Professional Memberships: Member of the SFO's QC panel of prosecuting counsel, the Attorney General's panel of prosecuting counsel and the Attorney General's list of 'special counsel'. Member of the Criminal Bar Association. CPS external advocacy assessor

Publications: Joint editor of the chapter on the SFO in Fraud Law, Practice and Procedure, Butterworths.