Ali Tabari > Chambers of Sara Lewis KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile

Ali Tabari

0121 246 7010 commercial@st-philips.com View profile

Work Department

Business & Property

Position

Ali Tabari is widely recognised as a leading commercial junior, consistently ranked in the legal directories for many years and described variously as “a highly skilled and persuasive advocate”, “exceptional on his feet”, “a very impressive trial advocate”, “very incisive”, “a pleasure to work with”, “very approachable, responsive and friendly”, “absolutely fantastic”, and with an “excellent manner with clients and the judiciary”.

He has a busy and thriving commercial practice focussing on heavy commercial litigation involving fraud, insolvency, company and finance aspects. His experience in those fields also leads to instructions in professional liability matters.

He regularly appears in lengthy and complex trials in the High Court, and has been instructed in the Court of Appeal several times. Recent experience has seen him led in a 3-week fraud trial  worth £100m+ and sole junior (against four Silks) in a month-long conspiracy and breach of duty trial worth £30m+ in the Rolls Building.

First and foremost, Ali is a confident courtroom advocate who is diligent, proactive and approachable. He welcomes early involvement so as to help formulate a strategy in line with the client’s commercial objectives, and his advice is robust, pragmatic and realistic. Ali’s responsive and collaborative style is well-suited to urgent applications for injunctive relief, as well as applications for pre-action and interim relief, all of which are regular features of his fraud and insolvency practice areas.

Moreover, Ali is an accredited civil/commercial mediator through ADR Group, and uses those skills when instructed as the advocate in mediations; he has acted in over 50 mediations as either mediator or advocate. His sensible and considered approach has also led to instructions as an independent investigator for private companies requiring findings of fact and determinations of internal disputes.

Ali is qualified to take instructions through the Direct Public Access scheme. He writes regularly for well-established practitioner resources and regularly delivers seminars.

Career

Called 2006, Inner Temple.

Languages

Fluent in Farsi, with a good working knowledge of German and French.

Memberships

Midlands Chancery and Commercial Bar Association (MCCBA)

Education

Dunelm (LLB (Hons)); Nottingham Law School (BVC, very competent).