Extradition & Criminal Defence Barrister

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Criminal Defence

Representation at the police station, magistrates' court and Crown Court — including extradition, confiscation, forfeiture and regulatory matters.

Police-station representation
Pre-charge representations
Magistrates' Court trials, sentencing and appeals
Crown Court advocacy, including jury trials
Extradition (Part 1 and Part 2)
POCA confiscation, restraint and enforcement
Cash forfeiture proceedings
Account freezing and forfeiture orders
Road-traffic offences, including drink-driving and totting-up
Regulatory matters
Serious-fraud and financial-crime matters

Public Law

Judicial review, statutory appeals and other challenges to the decisions of public bodies.

Judicial review of public-authority decisions
Statutory appeals from regulatory and tribunal decisions
Challenges to unlawful detention
Habeas corpus
Sanctions designations and challenges

Immigration

Tribunal advocacy and applications across the immigration system — from EUSS to deportation challenges.

EU Settlement Scheme applications
Citizenship and naturalisation
Family, work and visitor visas
Settlement (ILR) applications
Asylum and humanitarian-protection claims
Deportation appeals and Article 8 challenges
First-tier and Upper Tribunal advocacy

Transport & Licensing

Licensing and regulatory proceedings for drivers, instructors and operators — from Traffic Commissioner public inquiries to private hire and DVLA decisions.

Goods and PSV operator's licence applications and variations
Traffic Commissioner public inquiries
Driver conduct hearings and vocational (HGV/PSV) entitlement
Repute, financial standing and professional competence
Curtailment, suspension and revocation of operator's licences
Transport-manager repute and disqualification
DVSA investigations, prohibitions and enforcement
Drivers' hours, tachograph and record-keeping compliance
Cabotage, ECMT permits and driver posting
Private hire and taxi licensing: driver, vehicle and operator licences
Local-authority licensing decisions and magistrates' court appeals
Approved driving instructor (ADI) registration and removal
DVLA licence revocation, including medical and high-risk offender cases

Civil Litigation

Contract, employment, insolvency and civil fraud disputes — from pre-action correspondence through to trial.

Breach of contract and commercial disputes
Debt recovery and defence of money claims
County Court and High Court proceedings
Employment Tribunal claims: unfair and wrongful dismissal
Discrimination claims
Civil fraud claims and asset tracing
Freezing injunctions and interim relief
Statutory demands and winding-up petitions
Bankruptcy proceedings and annulment
Director disqualification proceedings

About

Matei Clej

I was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2017, having read law at Birkbeck and completed the BPTC at City Law School. I am qualified to conduct litigation, accredited at police stations, and authorised to take Public Access instructions.

My work spans criminal defence (with extradition at the heart of the practice), public law, immigration, transport regulatory work and civil litigation. Reported appellate work includes conviction-warrant appeals on Article 8, section 20 deliberate-absence challenges, and proportionality cases turning on dependent children. In the Crown Court I have appeared in transnational fraud and confiscation matters.

I am fluent in Romanian, with working French and Spanish. I am a member of the Defence Extradition Lawyers' Forum and the Criminal Bar Association, and have delivered extradition training to solicitors' firms.

Consensus Law Limited is authorised and regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB entity reference number 193596)

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