SELECTED CASES
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ICJ
Canada and the Netherlands v Syria
Inter-state proceedings under the Convention against Torture concerning the treatment of detainees in Syria, in which the Court ordered provisional measures in November 2023.
COUNSEL
Kosovo SC
Prosecutor v Gucati and Haradinaj
Defence of Nasim Haradinaj, Deputy Chairman of the KLA War Veterans' Association, on charges of offences against the administration of justice arising from the publication of confidential prosecution material. The first case tried to judgment at the Specialist Chambers.
LEAD COUNSEL
ICC
[Situation or case name]
[One sentence on the question before the Court and the submission made.]
AMICUS CURIAE
Bangladesh
International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh
Special Adviser to the Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh.
SPECIAL ADVISOR
ICTY
Rule 11 bis Referrals
Member of the prosecution team in the proceedings that transferred ICTY cases to the national courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, including Stanković, the first case referred, Mejakić et al., concerning the Omarska and Keraterm camps, and Lukić and Lukić.
PROSECUTION TEAM
Bosnia & Herzegovina
War Crimes Chamber, Court of BiH
First Head of the Criminal Defence Office at the newly created War Crimes Chamber, establishing the defence function and equality of arms in the national system that inherited the ICTY's caseload.
FIRST HEAD OF DEFENCE OFFICE
ICSID
Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v Chile
The longest-running case in the history of ICSID, arising from the confiscation of the newspaper El Clarín following the 1973 coup in Chile.
COUNSEL FOR
THE CLAIMANTS
Investment
Arbitration
Republic of Albania
Counsel for the Government of Albania in proceedings concerning the enforcement of an arbitral award, conducted alongside related criminal proceedings. [Confirm forum: CV says ICC; check whether ICSID.]
COUNSEL FOR
THE STATE
Commercial
Court
AerSale 27469 Aviation Ltd v Wahab
A multi-million-pound, multi-jurisdictional commercial dispute before the London Commercial Court.
COUNSEL FOR THE RESPONDENT
Botswana
Office of the President
International Legal Counsel and Special Adviser to the Office of the President on the investigation of financial crimes and the recovery of stolen state assets.
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COUNSEL
Madagascar
Office of the President
International Legal Counsel and Special Adviser to the Office of the President on the investigation of financial crimes and the recovery of stolen state assets.
INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COUNSEL
Investment
Arbitration
Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files
[Anonymised] Applications for the deletion of politically motivated Red Notices and diffusions issued against [a businessman / journalist / opposition figure].
COUNSEL