R v BAJ and ors [2024] Southwark Crown Court – successfully appealed conviction of aggravated trespass

Dharsha defended one of three co-defendants charged with aggravated trespass in relation to a Palestinian Action protest. The three were arrested after entering onto land belonging to a British weapons manufacturer. The three defendants were convicted at trial in the Magistrate’s Court and then appealed to the Crown Court. Dharsha, and two other members of chambers represented the defendants at trial, and the appellants on appeal. After making legal and factual arguments about whether the Prosecution had made their case on the elements of aggravated trespass, the appeal was allowed, and all three convictions were overturned.

Dharsha was instructed by Rosa Potter at Kelly’s Solicitors.