Barrister
Aliya practises in all areas of Chambers’ work including commercial, employment, public and human rights, data protection, sport, and public international law.
Aliya has recently acted in several high-profile cases. Current and recent highlights including acting in or assisting with:
- A successful application in the Commercial Court for the first post-Brexit anti-suit injunction enforcing an employee’s right to be sued in England.
- A High Court employment and shareholding dispute against a leading F1 Team by its former CEO/Team Principal.
- An ongoing challenge in the High Court to UK Government decisions to continue granting licences for arms exports to Israel in the context of the war in Gaza.
- Advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice on the right to strike in international law.
- A challenge before the European Court of Human Rights on the UK Government’s Rwanda removal policy.
- Successfully resisting a proposed judicial review challenge relating to voter ID requirements.
- Proposed privacy claims in the context of wider civil fraud proceedings worth billions of dollars against a deceased oligarch.
Before coming to the Bar, Aliya was the Judicial Assistant to Lady Arden and Lord Kitchin in the Supreme Court, and UK Focal Point to the European Court of Human Rights’ Superior Courts’ Network, where she gained exposure to several high-profile cases across her areas of practice. She previously trained as a solicitor at Slaughter and May, and was an associate in the firm’s Disputes and Investigations team.
Aliya has an LLB from SOAS, University of London (where she graduated top of the year, and won multiple prizes), and studied for the BCL at the University of Oxford (where she was awarded the Daniel Slifkin scholarship).
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Christopher joined chambers from Australia in October 2018. He was a lawyer in Australia in 2011 and commenced practising as a self-employed barrister in January 2015.
He accepts instructions across most of Chambers’ core areas of practice.
Prior to commencing practice at the bar, he was a clerk to a number of judges including the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He also worked as a graduate lawyer for a leading Australian claimant firm and as a political advisor to parliamentary candidates, senators and parliamentary office-holders.
Christopher has lectured at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology, Sydney in evidence, civil and criminal procedure and torts. He has contributed to a number of Australian legal texts including the Australian Privacy Reporter (providing substantial updates following a major overhaul of Australian data protection law) and the Australian Torts Reporter (authoring chapters on economic torts and defamation).
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“a superb advocate” (Chambers & Partners)
“combines a supreme intellect with dedication and leadership” (Legal 500)
“a born KC – he is so obviously going to make it to the top.” (Legal 500)
“calm and unflappable. He is a true standout among a large crowd of rising stars.” (Legal 500)
“Charming, articulate, will get stuck into anything, and is very good indeed with clients.” (Legal 500)
“fantastically responsive and involved” (Chambers & Partners)
“incredibly insightful” (Chambers & Partners)
“a real pleasure to work with” (Chambers & Partners)
Jamie is a leading junior barrister. He is instructed in particularly heavyweight and high-profile matters, often against barristers many years his senior.
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“One of the world’s most respected and experienced practitioners of Public International Law” – Chambers Global
Recognised globally as one of the most esteemed figures in the field of public international law, Paul Reichler represents Sovereign States before the International Court of Justice and other international courts and arbitral tribunals, in disputes with other States or with foreign investors.
Consistently ranked as a “Star Individual” in Chambers Global, only one of two lawyers worldwide ranked in this distinguished category, Paul “belongs to a select group of elite lawyers with extensive experience litigating on behalf of Sovereign States before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, and the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea in Hamburg.
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John is a public law specialist with related expertise in public international law and a developing information law practice. He is ranked as a leading junior in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and is described as “extremely capable” with “great client-handling skills” and “an elegant and skillful advocate, who is very easy to work with”.
John acts for central government, local authorities, other public bodies and claimants. He was appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Civil Counsel in September 2022 and to the Panel of Public International Law Counsel in October 2020.
John is regularly instructed in sensitive and high-profile litigation, particularly in matters that raise national security or diplomatic immunity and international relations issues. His recent cases include:
- R (Liberty) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 926, a challenge to the lawfulness of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (with Julian Milford KC).
- Dalston Projects Ltd v Secretary of State for Transport [2023] EWHC 1885 (Admin), the first statutory review of a decision to detain a ship under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (with Nigel Giffin KC).
- R (Milburn) v Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman [2023] EWCA Civ 207 [2023] PTSR 1250, a case concerning the limits to scope of the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction, where a complainant has appealed to the Special Educational Needs Tribunal (unled).
- BAA & Others v Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory (Mr Paul Candler) & Others [2023] EWHC 767 (KB), a Divisional Court application for urgent, interim relief seeking to prevent the return of 5 Sri Lankan migrants from a hospital in Rwanda to the island of Diego Garcia.
- Liberty and Privacy International v Security Service and SSHD [2023] UKIP Trib 1, [2023] HRLR 5, a claim in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, alleging misuse of authorised data by MI5 (with Julian Milford KC).
- R (Stride) v Wiltshire Council [2022] EWHC 1476 (Admin) (with James Goudie KC), a challenge to the exclusion of the public from a Council meeting and the selection of a road route.
- Sir Charles Haddon-Cave’s Independent Inquiry Relating to Afghanistan investigating alleged extrajudicial killings by UK special forces in Afghanistan (arising from R (Saifullah Yar) v Secretary of State for Defence).
- The Dawn Sturgess Inquiry investigating the Novichok poisoning of Dawn Sturgess in Salisbury in 2018.
Before coming to the Bar, John completed a PhD in history and was a soldier and diplomat.
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Nigel is a highly experienced practitioner in all areas of employment law, business protection and professional negligence particularly arising in the employment context.
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