Sadakat Kadri

Sadakat Kadri's primary expertise lies in the field of criminal law. Crown Court trials have formed the mainstay of his practice, but he has also conducted several appeals to the Privy Council on behalf of Caribbean death row prisoners. He also has experience in freedom of information issues, and has participated in several cases concerning or involving allegations of obscenity, internet crime and official secrecy.

He has a broad international perspective. He has advised various Commonwealth clients, private and governmental, on criminal and constitutional matters, has prepared a number of applications to the European Court of Human Rights, and has assisted or appeared in cases before courts of appeal in Brunei, Malawi and Fiji. He also has particular experience of the USA, having studied constitutional law at Harvard Law School, qualified for the New York Bar and worked on First Amendment cases at the American Civil Liberties Union. He recently spent two years in Manhattan writing a book, and is well-informed on recent legal developments within the country.

As well as contributing to various journals, broadsheets, textbooks and collections of legal essays, Sadakat Kadri is the author of The Trial: A History from Socrates to O.J. Simpson. The book, a narrative history of the western criminal trial, was published in the UK by HarperCollins in the spring of 2005 and is due to appear in the USA under the Random House imprint in September 2005.

Year of Call

1989

Education

BA (Hons) First Class, LLM (Harv), Member of the New York Bar

Email Address

s.kadri@doughtystreet.co.uk