Criminal Defense

Scope of service

The final scope is confirmed after reviewing the facts, documents, jurisdiction, and applicable deadlines.

Conduct an urgent, confidential intake covering custody status, accusation, authority, location, case number, immediate deadlines, health needs, and preservation of potentially exculpatory material.

Attend prosecution or authorized investigative proceedings, monitor the record, make lawful applications, and protect access to counsel and the ability to present a defense.

Review reports, witness statements, searches, seizures, digital material, forensic or technical reports, and chains of custody for factual and procedural issues.

Develop a defense theory grounded in the charged provisions, required legal elements, admissible evidence, procedural guarantees, and consistent client instructions.

Prepare defense memoranda, evidence requests, expert challenges, witness issues, release applications, and court submissions tailored to the procedural stage.

Assess appeal and cassation routes separately: an appeal may revisit the case as permitted by law, while cassation ordinarily reviews legal and procedural validity rather than retrying the facts.

Typical documents

Review can begin with available records; additional documents may be requested for the matter.

Case number, authority, and custody information
Police and prosecution records available to the client
Summons, detention, release, and referral decisions
Search, seizure, digital, forensic, and medical records
Witness and alibi information
Prior judgments, criminal-history issues, and sentence-execution records

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Legal framework and official references

Authoritative references defining the service’s general framework. The official Arabic text, later amendments, and matter-specific rules remain controlling.

Sources checked 6 September 2026

Criminal Procedure Law No. 150 of 1950 — current transitionIt remains the governing procedural code through 30 September 2026. Law No. 174 of 2025 is scheduled to replace it from 1 October 2026, so the applicable regime must be checked by date and procedural stage.Law No. 1 of 2024 on felony appealsIntroduced two-tier felony adjudication and materially changed how felony judgments are reviewed before any later cassation question.Official Court of Cassation criminal principlesThe Court’s official research portal records controlling principles on defense rights, evidence, nullity, reasoning, and the scope of cassation review.