Aliyah Hussain

Aliyah accepts instructions across the full spectrum of criminal law, prosecuting and defending in the Magistrates’ Court, Youth Court and Crown Court.

She is regularly instructed by prosecuting authorities, local authorities and police forces, as well as on behalf of privately funded and publicly funded defendants. She has experience in cases involving serious violence, sexual offences, organised crime, drugs offences, dishonesty, domestic abuse, road traffic matters and communications offences.

Aliyah has particular experience of representing young and vulnerable defendants in the Youth Court.

Cases

Drugs Offences

• Operation Allegro – Represented the lead defendant in a multi-handed organised crime prosecution concerning the large-scale supply of Class A and Class B drugs.
• R v S – Represented a defendant charged with supplying Class A, B and C drugs involving detailed analysis of mobile telephone evidence and disclosure issues.

Offences Involving Violence

• R v J – Successfully defended a teacher charged with multiple assaults alleged by several pupils. The defendant was acquitted following trial.
• R v J – Successfully defended a client charged with multiple assaults arising from an altercation in a hotel room. The defendant was acquitted following trial.
• R v M – Represented a defendant convicted of causing grievous bodily harm where the court considered expert evidence concerning the impact of a traumatic brain injury on culpability and sentence.
• R v X – Prosecuted allegations of serious violence involving multiple witnesses and extensive CCTV evidence.

Sexual Offences

• R v A – Defended a young person charged with serious sexual offences in the Youth Court.

Harassment and Domestic Abuse

• R v Y – Successfully defended a case involving allegations of domestic abuse, harassment, assault and controlling or coercive behaviour.
• R v S – Represented a defendant in proceedings concerning threatening communications and breach of a suspended sentence order.

Direct Access

• R v W – Successfully represented a direct access client in contested road traffic proceedings involving issues under section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Aliyah has substantial experience in professional disciplinary proceedings, acting for both regulators and registrants. She is regularly instructed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council in substantive and interim order proceedings.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Aliyah practised within leading Legal 500 firms specialising in healthcare regulation, inquests and public law. She advised and represented healthcare professionals, care providers, insurers and other interested persons in proceedings before a broad range of healthcare, education and social care regulators, including the General Medical Council, General Dental Council, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health and Care Professions Council, General Pharmaceutical Council, General Optical Council, Education Workforce Council and Social Care Wales.

Aliyah has extensive experience of professional disciplinary proceedings, including substantive Fitness to Practise hearings, Interim Orders proceedings and associated advisory work, gained through both private practice and in-house roles.

Her experience includes cases involving allegations of sexual misconduct, dishonesty, deficient professional performance, patient safety concerns, substance misuse, safeguarding failures and serious clinical failings. She has also advised in matters arising from deaths in custody, allegations of non-accidental injury, complex inquest proceedings and other sensitive public law matters.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Aliyah worked in-house as an advocate and legal adviser, prosecuting and advising on Fitness to Practise proceedings involving allegations of sexual misconduct, safeguarding concerns and failures to treat service users with dignity and respect.

Cases

• Re G – Presented a three-week Fitness to Practise hearing involving extensive allegations of lack of competence, patient safety concerns and misconduct.
• Re P – Presented substantive Fitness to Practise proceedings involving allegations of unsafe medication administration, dishonesty and inaccurate clinical records.
• Re L – Presented substantive Fitness to Practise proceedings involving allegations of serious professional misconduct.
• Re A – Acted for a teacher allegations of sexual misconduct and safeguarding failures on behalf of.

Aliyah is regularly instructed by local authorities, police forces and other prosecuting authorities in a broad range of regulatory proceedings.

She has particular expertise in trading standards matters and regularly appears in cases involving consumer fraud, unfair trading, housing and HMO offences, animal welfare, licensing, environmental regulation, proceeds of crime matters and restraint and asset recovery proceedings.

Aliyah acts for both prosecuting authorities and defendants in regulatory and licensing matters and is experienced in dealing with complex, document-heavy proceedings.

Cases

• Cardiff CC v J & Others – Prosecuted a major multi-handed fraudulent trading prosecution involving vulnerable victims, money laundering and witness intimidation allegations. The matter was listed for a six-week trial.
• Cardiff CC v J – Prosecuted offences involving consumer fraud and unfair trading practices.
• A v D & Anor – Represented a police force in contested Account Freezing Order proceedings concerning funds in excess of several hundred thousand pounds arising from suspected unlawful trading activity.
• Cardiff CC v A – Prosecuted a complex HMO prosecution involving issues concerning section 257 HMOs and the application of the Housing Act 2004.
• RCT v A – Represented the local authority in proceedings concerning the revocation of a taxi licencing matters.
• Ceredigion CC v D – Prosecuted proceedings under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 involving extensive expert veterinary evidence.
• Carmarthenshire CC v D – Successfully defended the local authority in proceedings arising from road traffic matters.

• Accredited to accept Direct Public Access instructions
• Member of the Honourable Society of Middle Temple
• Criminal Bar Association
• Northern Circuit
• Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)

• University of Oxford – BA (Hons) and MA in Oriental Studies: Arabic and Modern Middle Eastern Studies (St Hilda’s College)
• UWE, Bristol – Bar Professional Training Course (Outstanding)
• Bristol Law School Prize for Best Overall Performance
• University of Law – Graduate Diploma in Law
• CILEX Law School – Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (FCILEx)