Gurjit is a duty solicitor and legal head of BD Solicitors. He joined BD Solicitors in 2009 as a trainee solicitor and qualified as a duty solicitor in 2012. Gurjit specialised in advising clients at the police station through to trials in the Magistrates Court and preparation of Crown Court trials for a wide range of matters until 2017.

Gurjit then went to work at the Environment Agency for over 6 years as a Senior Solicitor in the Enforcement and Prosecutions Team. Gurjit advised on criminal investigations and prosecutions in relation to sites operating under exemptions, permits and unpermitted sites. Gurjit has a high degree of experience in cases involving individuals, usually directors, and businesses in industries including waste, COMAH (Control of Major Accident Hazards), odour, farming and water companies as well as providing training to Environment Agency officers on a range of matters including the use and extent of their powers.

Gurjit is therefore in a unique position in that he has direct insight into Environment Agency cases from the prosecution point of view allowing his clients to benefit from his awareness into the relevant considerations when the Environment Agency conducts investigations, prosecutions and considers out of Court disposals including Enforcement Undertakings and imposing Variable Monetary Penalties (VMPs).

APPOINTMENTS:

Fee-Paid First Tier Tribunal Judge in the Social Security and Child Support Chamber

Gurjit was appointed to sit as a Judge in 22 July 2024 where he brings authoritative, expert judgement to every case, delivering fair, meticulous and timely tribunal decisions that safeguard rights and uphold the highest standards of justice

Legal Aid Agency Peer Reviewer

In this role, Gurjit assesses the quality of other Legal Aid Agency suppliers work in criminal defence. Client’s can therefore rest assured that BD Solicitors holds itself to the highest quality service and advice.

Legal Aid Agency Review Panel Member

Gurjit provides independent, expert adjudication on legal aid funding and costs appeals, delivering fair, regulation-grounded decisions across specialist areas of law.

Football Association’s National Serious Cases Panel

Gurjit sits on and chairs the which adjudicate on a wide range of serious disciplinary cases within grassroots football including assaults on and threats to match officials, assaults on participants and discriminatory issues.