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Rajeev Shetty

Call: 1996
Appointments: Recorder (Crime) 2009, Legal Assessor for the General Medical Council (2010) , Inner Temple Advocacy Teacher, The CPS London specialist rape list (2009)
Education: Southampton University, LLB 2:1 (Hons)

Practice Summary

  • Personal Injury
  • Police Law
  • Commercial Disputes
  • Fraud & Regulatory
  • General Crime
  • Clinical Negligence
  • Contract disputes
  • Costs
  • Professional Negligence (PI Related)
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Sport
  • Professional and Clinical Negligence
  • Public Law
 

Memberships

  • Personal Injury Bar Association
  • Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
  • Criminal Bar Association
  • Member of the South Eastern Circuit
  • Herts and Beds Bar Mess (Treasurer)
 
   

Personal Injury



Raj works for both Claimants and Defendants in all areas of Personal Injury.  He has been involved in a number of high value multi track cases involving serious or catastrophic injury.  He has considerable experience in:




  • Brain Injury cases



  • Spinal injury



  • Asbestos related illness



  • Respiratory disease cases



  • Noise Induced Hearing Loss



  • Vibration White Finger




Clinical Neglience


Raj's practice now involves a significant amount of clinical negligence work, which includes:




  • Wrongful Diagnosis



  • Negligent births



  • Surgical Error



  • Removal of organs



  • Negligent hospital treatment/care



    Raj also sits as a legal assessor on the GMC's fitness to practice panel and interim orders panel.






Police Work



Raj is regularly instructed by the Metropolitan Police and other constabularies in the following areas:




  • Civil Actions involving allegations of assault, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution



  • Judicial Review



  • Inquests involving death in custody



  • Police Discipline Hearings



  • Firearms



  • Proceeds of Crime



  • Sexual Offences Prevention Orders



Raj was recommended by the Legal 500 in 2008 and 2009 within the cateogry of Regulatory and Discipline Law (incorporating Police Law).




Fraud and Regulatory Work



Raj has done considerable work for HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions.  He has successfully prosecuted fraudulent tax credit claims made over the internet, cases involving theft by employees from the Revenue, money laundering, and large and small drug importations. 


Raj is recommended in the 2010 edition of the Legal 500 for Fraud.






General Crime



Raj has prosecuted and defended in criminal cases involving multiple rape, child cruelty, attempted murder, death by dangerous driving, serious violence and violent disorder.  He is a Grade 3 prosecutor on the London and South East Circuit and has prosecuted for many CPS areas including Bedfordshire, Thames Valley and Northamptonshire.  He is a specialist prosecutor of serious sexual offences.



Commercial

 

Raj has been instructed in a variety of matters including




  • Building disputes



  • Landlord and Tenant



  • Insurance disputes



  • General Commercial Disputes



  • Interpretation of contracts



  • Sale of Goods



 

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Cases

L v G (2011): Catastrophic road traffic accident settled at JSM for over £0.5 million

Z v King's College NHS Trust (2011):  Clinical negligence case arising from negligent delivery of child.

F v QE Hospital Trust (2010): Negligent removal of thyroid

P v Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust (2010): Negligent treatment of diabetic patient leading to death.

R v L (2009):  Catastrophic road traffic accident.  Settled damages at JSM for over £300,000.

Bhatti v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (2010).  Lead in an Administrative Court case involving the formalities and requirements of search warrants.


Demico v (1) Transco (Nottingham City Council).  Represented a school girl injured in a highways accident involving statutory undertakers and the highways act.



Deane v Marlon King.  Successful claim involving an assault by a premiership footballer on a fellow player during a football match.



R v Bamidele Matanmi (2005-2006) (prosecuted for the Revenue in one of the first fraudulent tax credit prosecutions made over the internet).



R v Davies (and others) (2004) Prosecuted a five handed conspiracy to cheat the Revenue case involving an employee of the Revenue.



R v Horn, Cook and others (2001)  Led by leading junior counsel in a multi-million pound customs evasion case involving 12 defendants.



R v Miller and others (2004) Successfully defended a multi-handed conspiracy to supply drugs case in the Northamptonshire area.



Ward v Commissioner of the Police for the Metropolis (2001)(advised in a case that eventually was decided in the House of Lords involving a warrant obtained and executed under the Mental health Act 1983).



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Seminars

Raj is happy to give seminars on a variety of topics including catastrophic injury, serious road traffic accidents, sports injuries and animal cases.

10th Annual Personal Injury Seminar & Legal Update
Asbestos and Related Claims


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Publications

Raj has written articles for the Law Society Gazette and the APIL newsletter and is a regular contributor to Health and Safety Law published by EMIS.   He is also a contributor to the Lawtel Personal Injury Update Bulletin.



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Interests

Raj spends most of his non-work time with his wife, two children and two rescued greyhounds. He is a golf fanatic and plays off 8 (time and form permitting).

He is also an avid film watcher.





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  Rajeev Shetty
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practice teams:
  Personal Injury
Police Law
Commercial Disputes
Fraud & Regulatory
General Crime
Clinical Negligence
Professional Negligence
Property
Regulatory and Disciplinary
Sport
  Listed as a Leading Junior in Fraud: Crime and described as "extremely bright".
  Legal 500 Clients' Guide 2010
  Raj is listed as a Leading Junior in Professional Discipline and Regulatory Law (incorporating Police Law).
  Legal 500 Clients' Guide 2009 Edition
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