Hashim R Salmman
Profile
Hashim specialises in:
- Homicide and Serious Violence
- Serious Sexual Offences
- Serious Organised Crime
- Fraud and Financial Crime
- Confiscation and Asset Recovery
Hashim R. Salmman is regularly instructed in the most serious, high-profile and complex criminal cases. Recognised as a “Leading Junior” in crime, his practice encompasses homicide, serious violence, serious sexual offences, serious organised crime, large-scale drug trafficking operations, complex fraud and complex confiscation and high-value asset recovery.
Hashim is frequently instructed in cases that stand apart from the generality of work within their category by reason of their complexity, scale or sensitivity. He has extensive experience defending allegations carrying the gravest consequences and acting as leading defence counsel. He is widely trusted to defend cases involving substantial evidential challenges, novel points of law and matters of significant public importance.
A persuasive and fearless advocate, he is renowned for his strategic judgement, courtroom presence and unwavering commitment to securing the best possible outcome.
Hashim is recognised for his “meticulous” case preparation, interpersonal approach “which inspires confidence” and having “an innate ability to assimilate masses of material in complex cases to get to the crux of what is required.”
Expertise
R v M: Murder, involving unique features, extreme violence and complex diminished responsibility issues.
R v R and A: Murder for gain, involving complex scientific forensic evidence.
R v R and A: ‘Staircase murder’, involving complex toxicology and blood expert evidence.
R v P and K: Murder for gain, involving complex joint enterprise issues.
R v C and M: Murder, involving complex attribution and joint enterprise issues.
R v C: Murder for gain, involving complex re-construction expert evidence.
R v C and R: Conspiracy to murder, involving complex intelligence and motive evidence.
R v R & Ors: Attempted murder, involving a firearm shooting in the context of a gang feud (junior alone).
R v S: Attempted murder, involving sensitive family issues and a complex psychiatric history (junior alone).
SERIOUS VIOLENCE AND FIREARMS
Operation Fimbry and Operation Marano: Riots, involving use of a petrol bomb (national media attention).
R v A: Violence against a baby, involving a significant background of Family Court proceedings and complex expert evidence (including a Great Ormond Street Specialist Paediatric Consultant).
R v L & Ors: Modern slavery and kidnap (national media attention).
R v T: Conspiracy to supply an UZI machine gun and ammunition. Mandatory minimum sentence disapplied.
SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME
Operation Venetic (Various): The highest level of sophisticated and serious organised crime drug trafficking and money laundering (EncroChat – National Crime Agency prosecution). The proceedings involved unprecedented legal complexity: Operation Oberon, Operation Carina and R v WF.
Significant experience in defending high profile and substantial serious organised crime drug trafficking and complex money laundering: Operation Lilac Mars, Operation Jackdaw II, Operation Red Dragon, Operation Toucan, Operation Solon, Operation Pataca, Operation Sitella II, Operation Vemtor, Operation Allegro, Operation Waterhen, Operation Frank and Operation Leskia, Operation Tredegar.
R v P & Ors: Significant and lucrative criminal enterprise (supplying TV boxes, firestick devices and streaming services via an online website and a digital application). Transactions (£1.8 million+).
Operation Tredegar: Serious organised crime enterprise, involving the production and supply of multi kilo quantities of Class A controlled drugs. The proceedings were complex on the basis of the inter relationship between sophisticated drug trafficking and money laundering.
R v L & Ors: Joint enterprise assisting an offender, concerning a defendant charged in relation to organised crime group activities and a planned firearm killing in the context of a gang feud (Mr Justice Fordham).
Significant experience in defending substantial and sophisticated conspiracy to defraud insurance companies, HMRC, financial institutions: Operation Dino I, Operation Dino II, Operation Anoint, Operation Oyster, Operation Dodge and Operation Usk.
Operation Cassie: Nationwide fraud (company turnover £9+ million), involving consideration of a massive volume of material (including 1.5 terabytes of data and 30 bankers’ boxes of late disclosure). Proceedings required specialist consideration of regulatory law and a novel point of law in relation to abuse of process.
R v E: Historic campaign of rape and sexual abuse, involving multiple complainants.
R v M: Rape and sexual abuse, involving a defendant with severe communication difficulties.
R v L & J: Heavy historic rape Indictment, requiring delicate cross examination.
R v T: Multiple rape charges, involving the sensitive presentation of extremely explicit material.
R v D: Historic sexual abuse (1957), involving complex capacity and abuse of process considerations.
R v T: Multiple rape charges, involving an internationally recognised forensic expert (causation).
R v L & W: Rape and sexual abuse of a child in the context of multi-complainant child cruelty.
Recommendations
Miscellaneous
- CPS Level 3 Advocate Panel
- RASSO Advocate Panel
- Specialist Panel Prosecutor
- Chair to the EDI Committee, Wales and Chester Circuit
- Wales and Chester Circuit
- Criminal Bar Association
- The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Pupil Supervisor
- Inns of Court School of Law, London
- Cardiff University
