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He acted for a number of well known personalities and organisations.
His experience and commitment to the law is immense, having
dedicated his career in either defending the rights of individuals
or helping to advise businesses or organisations.
His remarkable achievements includes advocating in the case of Abdul
Aziz & Others [2006] which has been used by Immigration
Practitioners as authority from higher Courts, an assignment of
lease matter where Dockland Light Railway is the landlord, defending
a client at murder case in Birmingham which was widely published in
media. He is proud to represent a significant number of Indian
Restaurants owners all over the UK through recommendations of each
other.
He would like to warmly acknowledge the support from his wife Borna Benozir
Chowdhury and the dedicated staff for this firm for tolerating
with such good humour the level of mental distraction so often
discernible in brining this firm where it is now, particularly in
undertaking out of hours Police Station and Immigration detention
cases. He would also like to extend his thanks to his two children, Mahi & Parmita who have been deprived of their father’s love and
affection on many occasions in undertaking his duties to clients. He
would like to extend his thanks to his father, Salam Ali for his
support and encouragement.
Mohammad Shamsher
Alam
He achieved his LL.B (Honours) degree at the University of East
London in 1999. He is a senior Immigration Consultant & Legal
Adviser with ten years experience in giving advice and
representation in his specialist area mainly on immigration
including business and points based system, asylum, nationality and
human rights law. He commenced his legal career at Blavo & Co
Solicitors in Central London. He is recognised for his specialist
experience in family with children cases including those cases
outside the immigration rules involving discretionary policy
consideration and human rights law principles. He has experience in
giving advice on both Mental Health and Family Law.
Mr. Alam is an Executive Committee Member and Treasurer of the
Bangladesh Lawyers’ Association, UK. He is also an Executive
Committee Member and Welfare Secretary of All Friends Welfare Forum,
UK and he actively takes part in community activities and their
welfare in the UK.
Before embarking on the legal profession, he worked for the
Government of Bangladesh for 16 years in some ministries extensively
with Education Minister and Education Secretary officially based at
Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka. In 1990 he was assigned to the
Bangladesh High Commission in London through the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and he completed his active tour of duty (1990-1996) in both
Education and Consular wings in this diplomatic mission.
Nashit Rahman
Nashit Rahman is a distinguished Legal Consultant and renowned
TV personality within the British Bangladeshi community in the UK
and Europe. He graduated from the University of Dhaka with LL.B (Hons)
in 1993 and LL. M (First Class) in 1994. He is an Advocate of the
Supreme Court of Bangladesh. Mr. Rahman attended University
Laboratory School and Dhaka College. Mr. Rahman is associated with
Taj Solicitors since 2008. He started his legal practice in the UK
in 2004. Mr. Rahman is a dedicated Lawyer and Human Right Activist.
He is updated with all recent changes in immigration, asylum and
human rights and also case laws in the UK and European jurisdiction.
Mr Rahman participated in various legal and international
conferences and symposiums. Some of the important conferences
attended by Mr Rahman are:
Nashit Rahman main area of practice in the UK is Immigration and
Asylum Law and Human Rights. He represents numerous clients in
Immigration and Asylum Tribunals and Home Office all over the UK.
Apart from Immigration, Asylum and Human Rights Mr. Rahman also
practice in Family, Civil Litigation area.
Nashit Rahman is presenter and producer of the live interactive TV
show “Law with N Rahman” in NTV, SKY Channel 834. Mr Rahman
regularly provides update and imminent changes of law to his viewers
in “Law with N Rahman” programme. Mr Rahman anchored various TV
Shows in different TV Channels since 2006. Nashit Rahman hosted Your
Rights programme from end of 2006 to early 2009. Mr Rahman also
produced and hosted NTV’s 'Your Life in the UK', 'Study in the UK'
and 'Our Life in the UK' shows.
Apart from Legal profession and media activism Mr. Rahman is also
involved with community and charity work. He provides valuable
advice to many community and social originations in the UK as well
as individuals on pro-bono basis. He is married with Mrs. Nazma
Parveen and has one son Nuraaz Rahman.
Shuel Uddin
Shuel Uddin is a Solicitor and is based at the London office.
Before joining Taj Solicitors, Shuel worked for a well known local
firm, Adams Solicitors and then moved on to join a FTSE 100 company
– Capita Plc.
Shuel specialises in all aspects of commercial and residential
conveyancing, involving freehold and leasehold properties. He has
substantial experience of dealing with specialised finances such as
Sharia Compliant mortgages and matrimonial transfers.
Shuel also has considerable experience of dealing with contractual
disputes, debt recovery, commercial and residential possession
proceedings; as well as general civil litigation.
Shuel is fluent in other languages including Bengali and Hindi. He
plays badminton and goes to the gym in his spare time and when he is
not doing that, he enjoys travelling.
Shah Misbahur
Rahman
Mr Shah Misbahur Rahman started his work as a Tour Operator and
executed Galileo British Airways reservation system after completing
his IATA diploma in 1998. In May 2001 he joined the Department of
Social Security as an Administrative Officer. He worked in various
positions in the Department of Social Security, Job Centre Plus and
Department for Work and Pensions. He used to make an Incapacity
benefit decisions for the residents of London borough of Tower
Hamlets, London borough of Hackney, London borough of Islington and
London borough of Newham. As a civil servant he undertook intensive
training courses under the government sponsorship. He also was
involved with the civil servants union 'PCS' (Public and Commercial
Services) and played active rules within the government departments
for civil servants interests. In the government department he was
acted as a volunteer 'Fire Warden' and undertook various
responsibilities for public and employees health and safety, in this
regard he was attended training courses provided by the departments.
He was awarded 3 times from the department for his personal
achievement. He was well known within the department for his work
and his voluntary activities. He served as a civil servant for 10
years.
Mr Rahman completed his LLB (Hons) degree from the 'London
Metropolitan University' he also completed his LPC (Legal Practice
Course) from the same university. He joined Taj Solicitors in 2010
and voluntary resigned from his civil service position. His practice
areas are Immigration law, Family law, Civil Litigation, Housing
law, Welfare benefits and Property law. When Mr Rahman is not
working he spends time with research and his favourite game is
Chess.
Shamina Khatun
She joined our London Office in February 2008 as a Trainee
Solicitor. She graduated with a 2:1 LLB (Hons.) Law Degree from The
University of Wales, Glamorgan. She then undertook her Legal
Practice Course at Cardiff University.
She is now permanently based at our branch office in Cardiff, Wales.
She specialises in Asylum, Human Rights and Immigration Law
-including entry clearance applications, appeals, attending Court.
She also deals with all aspects of Family Law, including children.
Deebia Bhanu
Deebia joined Taj Solicitors
in 2010 as a paralegal and is now under going her training
contract in areas of Family Law, Immigration and Asylum and
Human Rights.
She graduated with LLB (Hons.) having studied Family law and
Human Rights as an undergraduate. She went onto complete the
Legal Practice Course at the University of Wales.
Prior to joining the Firm she previously worked for firms in
Cardiff gaining invaluable skills and experience and has
worked as a volunteer for Citizens' Advice Bureau and ISSA
Wales working closely with the local community.
Sabbir Ahmed
Sabbir Ahmed graduated from the London Metropolitan
University in Law LLB (Hons) in 2006 and obtained a Masters
in Law from Brunel University in 2007.
Sabbir has completed the Legal Practice Course in 2010 from
the College of Law and is now working within the
Immigration, Civil Litigation and Conveyancing department.
Prior to joining the firm, Sabbir had worked as a Legal
Support Worker for Southwark Law Centre and has been
actively involved in various charity organisations within
the Bangladeshi community.
In his spare time, Sabbir enjoys writing creative comedy
spoofs and is a keen boxer and practitioner of Wing Chun
Martial Arts.
Thoufike Chowdhury
Thoufike graduated with a Masters of Science in Physics. He is the
Practice Manager at Taj Solicitors, covering all areas relating to
the management of the firm and its branch office including Human
Resources, Operational matters, IT and Marketing.
His job is to always look for ways to build on efficiency and
increase productivity. He runs a tight ship in our accounts
department, ensuring that the monies for our clients' property and
business transactions are in the right place at the right time. He
has been part of the driving force behind the growth, expansion and
success of the firm.
In his spare time Thoufike enjoys net surfing to keep himself
up-to-date and travelling.
Shafiur Rahman
Shafiur Rahman has
been working with Taj Solicitors since 2009. He graduated from
Middlesex University and completed his Legal Practice Course from
College of Law.
He specialises in commercial and residential conveyancing, Human
Rights and Immigration law.
Mohammed Salim
Mr Selim has long
experience in Finance, Accounting and Audit. He did his BA Honours &
MA in Economics from Rajshahi University. He also did PG Dipoma in
Cooperative Studies (Finance and Management Accounting) from
Loughborough University of Technology and MBA (Finance and Banking)
from IIUC. He had participated in a number of trainings nationally
and internationally.
He had served in Sonali Bank, Grameen Bank, Govt of Bangladesh,
Concern Worldwide (an Irish International NGO), Expressions Ltd,
Hoplun (BD) etc.
Mr Selim is a man of hard nose and knows well how to drive an
organisation to bring financially efficient, stable and robust. He
is also very experienced in strategic management, planning,
budgeting and system development.
Mr. Selim has a vast experience in different accounting software
especially Sage Line 50. He has designed and implemented Taj
Solicitors Accounting system in Sage Line 50 which has enabled Taj
Solicitors’ finance run very efficiently, to meet the demand of this
expanding firm and also to comply with Solicitors Regulation
Authority’s strict accounting requirements.
Mohammad Wahidul
Alam (Shameem)
He has been working in this firm since October 2006. He has a
positive attitude with lots of energy by liaising with our Principal
Solicitor and Practice Manager for daily case work, face-to-face and
telephone client care. Has years of IT support experience as well as
giving training of admin staff and dealing with many day to day
general administration work of this firm.
He is responsible for installing, maintaining and supporting
computer communication networks within Taj Solicitors and its branch
office, ensuring the smooth operation of computerised file system in
order to provide maximum performance and usability for all the
staff.
Alamgir Bhuiyan
Could say he is the
heart of Taj Solicitors or even the lungs. He plays a very important
role within this firm. Every business is run by its staff, but it's
those individual that help the other staff work their best. And Alam is that
individual person in this firm.
He has been with Taj Solicitors from very early stage. With Alam's
coordination, every staff in this firm is benefited and organised.
Alam is the most familiar person in this firm, not just the staff
but also our clients.
Emadur Rahman (Shakir)
Shakir
has been an employee at Taj Solicitors since April 2010, he is a
graduate from London South Bank University and is a key member of
staff who is available all office open hours. Emadur is Bangladeshi,
Sylheti speaking colleague who enjoys various physical activities
and likes to innovate new , creative methods to help organise his
surrounding.
Our Approach
Taj Solicitors
offers a fast, reliable and friendly service that is tailored to
suit each client’s particular needs. Everything you discuss with us
is in total confidence.
We believe in
working in partnership with all our clients, taking time to listen,
being easily accessible and appreciating your particular needs and
issues. In this way, we can give the right advice in order to
achieve the best results.
Client Care
Client care is our
number one focus at Taj Solicitors. Over 75% of our business is the
result of recommendations from previous and current clients, repeat
business from those clients, or referrals from our extensive network
of professional contacts, including estate agents, accountancy firms
and others. We believe that this in itself is demonstration of our
first class service, and we would encourage you to visit our
testimonials page for further information.
However, we do not
rest on our laurels. To help ensure that our services is always
improved and tailored to meet the changing needs of our clients, we
run a rolling programme of client surveys. These are conducted by
our business development manager by phone, towards the end or
following a transaction. Results are collated on a regular basis and
fed back to the solicitors concerned. We believe that this
attention to client service is one of the many factors that sets us
clearly apart from our competitors
Our fees
We understand the
need for clients to be able to budget for legal fees as they would
other costs. We are always totally transparent in our fee and cost
schedules and always discuss fees with our clients in advance, so
that guidelines can be agreed. In appropriate cases, special billing
arrangements may be negotiated. In most matters, the first meeting
is free.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is
paramount for each and every client at Taj Solicitors. We understand
the sensitive nature of all the matters we advise on and handle.
Everything you say to us and our advice to you will be in total
confidence.
Office hours
Our offices are open
from 10:00am to 6:00pm from Monday to Friday, although we might meet
you at other times by appointment.
Making an
appointment
Please telephone,
email or call in – some time we can make appointments at short
notice. We believe it is important to meet and talk to our clients
face to face although, in many cases, much of our work can be
completed using telephone, post or email. If you need information
about car parking or have special access needs, please tell us when
you make your appointment. We can at times visit you at your
workplace depending upon circumstances and magnitude of situation.
We charge a small
fee for appointments for new clients.
Community and
Corporate Social Responsibility
We take our
responsibilities in terms of social responsibility seriously and
Corporate Social Responsibility. In part, this is a natural result
of the pride we take in serving the local community by providing
first-class, economic legal services for both business and private
clients. We are currently engaged in developing our policy in this
context but so far have put in place the following initiatives:
NTV – Law with N
Rahman
http://www.ntvbd.com/
NTV is most popular
Satellite TV in Bangladesh and also among British Bangladeshi
community in the UK and well as in the Europe. NTV is a free view
channel in SKY network at channel 834.
Taj Uddin Shah,
Principal of Taj Solicitor is a regular contributor of most popular
live and interactive Legal Advice show among the Bangladeshi
community in the UK. Law with N Rahman is telecast every
Saturday between 12:30 – 14:00 and the very show repeat in NTV on
every Sunday night between 00:30 – 02:40. Nashit Rahman a
distinguish Legal Advisor and renowned TV personality is host and
producer of the show Law with N Rahman. The popular TV show
regularly provides update of changes of law and new rules. Viewers
can call the live show about their day-to-day life legal problem and
spoke with Nashit Rahman and Taj Shah. Enormous numbers of email
arrive every week to Nashit Rahman. Taj Shah and Nashit Rahman
scrutinise most of the emails and provide answer of most common and
important emails every week.
The Show Law with
N Rahman is a common platform for deprive, backward and
destitute people as well as educated 2ns and 3rd
generation British Bangladeshis.
Unlike other
commercial TV channels NTV do not charge for incoming calls from
callers. Any viewers may call the Show Law with N Rahman
using normal land line number starting with 020 numbers.
Environmental
Policy
Taj Solicitors is
concerned about the impact our activities have on the environment.
Wherever possible, we recycle our office waste, including all waste
paper, print cartridges and other recyclables such as bottles and
cans. In line with advice, we also take a range of basic energy
saving measures such as ensuring that office equipment is not left
on stand-by and that we minimise water usage.
However, we know
there’s plenty of work still to do. We are committed to developing
our environmental policy over the coming months, and are currently
investigating a number of initiatives, with help and advice from
relevant agencies.
Free Legal Advice
Occasionally we
offer free legal advice to very poor and destitute people, depending
upon their personal circumstances. Please contact us for further
information.
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