No 1. High Pavement are pleased to announce that Balraj Bhatia KC and James Varley have been elected to serve a joint heads of chambers, following on from Michael Auty KC on his retirement from being head of chambers.
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Sept
Balraj
Bhatia KC
Balraj ‘Baz’ Bhatia KC has been a specialist practitioner in crime for nearly 40 years. He has been instructed almost exclusively in high profile and heavy weight criminal defence cases.
James
Varley
James defends and prosecutes cases of all types, including allegations of serious violence, drugs, fraud, rape and sexual assault.
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