Year of Call: 1998
Clerk: Nigel East

Nuhu specialises in general crime, regulatory crime and immigration and nationality. He is a Crown Prosecution Service Grade 3 Prosecutor.

A member of the Criminal Bar Association, Nuhu was appointed to the Attorney General’s Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates in 2006. Some of his most recent work includes R v Diana Jones (2009) where Nuhu was a lead junior for the defence in a case involving the management of brothels in Cardiff and Swindon with proceeds of Crime Act Proceedings totalling over £4 million. He was also involved in HSE v R.P. Traffic Management Limited (2010) where he prosecuted on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive following a fatal accident on the M4 motorway.

Reported cases that Nuhu has worked on include R v Craig Lewis and Shane Thomas (2006) EWCA Crim 2895 where he resisted an appeal against conviction in the Court of Appeal based on identification and multiple breaches of Code D of PACE. Nuhu also handled TD v Secretary of State for the Home Department (2006) Imm. A.R. 569, an appeal involving the issue of ‘sole responsibility’ within the Immigration Rules in relation to children, entry clearance and family reunification.

Nuhu was educated at Cheltenham College before going on to study at Cardiff University, Warwick University and Nottingham Law School. He spent two years working for the human rights organisation ‘Liberty’ before coming to the Bar.