Alban Brahimi

Barrister (Door Tenant) | Called 2013

Oliver Woolhouse

Background

Alban is from Kosovo and completed his Bar Professional Training Course at BPP Law School, London and was Called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Inner Temple in 2013. From 2013 to 2016 Alban worked in a bank, pursued general legal experience and completed his Masters (LL.M.) in Professional Legal Practice.

Alban was previously at common law set of chambers between 2016 and 2020 and since then, he resumed his practice as a sole practitioner barrister, under his own name. Alban manages his regulatory and professional discipline practice, while clerks in chambers handle his criminal practice as a grade 3 CPS prosecutor. His workload now includes a variety of cases ranging from criminal matters to regulatory instructions from the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Alban has a real passion for sport and he works with the Football Association and Kent Cricket League where he sits as a Chair panel member on multiple bodies hearing various cases of misconduct by players, match officials and clubs.

Alban completed the South Eastern Circuit Advanced International Advocacy Course (Keble) in 2024 and has also been selected for the South Eastern Circuit Florida Criminal Law Advocacy Course 2025, held at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

 

Education

    • Bachelor of Laws with Honours (University of Kent)
    • Bar Professional Training Course (BPP Law School)
    • LL.M Professional Legal Practice, Financial Regulation Compliance (BPP Law School)

Alban’s expertise

Criminal Law

Alban is instructed by the CPS and defence.

Notable Cases

R v L

Prosecuting in an attempted s.18 wounding with intent where the defendant claimed he had not formed intention (stabbing) due to intake of drink and drugs.

R v M

Prosecuting a case involving 3 counts of assault emergency worker where there were grounds that the defendant was mentally unfit to plead. Trial concluded to mental health disposal.

R v D

Defending client in an ABH s.47 and using an offensive weapon.

R v J

Defending client indicted for a firearm importation including ammunition.

R v E and E and R

Prosecuted multi-handed case involving animal rights protesters.

Regulatory Law

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Alban prepares and prosecutes cases before disciplinary committees for the NMC. He is instructed at all stages of proceedings which can include serious allegations of misconduct, dishonesty and sexual offences. This includes making preliminary applications and also reviewing previous decisions. Alban conducts substantive hearings lasting multiple weeks which require a focus on safeguarding the public and addressing whether individuals are fit to practice in their line of work.

The Football Association and Kent Cricket League

Alban volunteered in 2018 to sit on regional disciplinary panels as a wing member and then qualified to sit as Chair. He was then appointed to the National Serious Case Panel in 2019 and takes instructions as Chair to adjudicate on personal and non-personal hearings. Alban also sits as Chair on the General Appeal Panel which considers challenges to decisions of other Disciplinary Commissions in accordance with routes of appeal set out in The FA Handbook. Cases vary from general misconduct to serious matters of assault, discrimination and threatening behaviour. Alban is also an Independent Disciplinary Adjudicator for the Kent Cricket League where similar to the FA, he adjudicates on instances of misconduct by players and cricket clubs.

Memberships
    • Honourable Society of Inner Temple
    • The South Eastern Circuit
    • The Criminal Bar Association
    • Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers