Barristers

Martin Lau

Martin Lau

Position

Regularly advises on South Asian law and Islamic law in the form of expert opinions on commercial law, human rights law and environmental law with regard to proceedings before the High Court of England and Wales, the County Court, Magistrates’ Courts, the Immigration Appeals Tribunal and the International Chamber of Commerce and US Courts. Work experience includes being a research assistant at the University of Heidelberg, a legal secretary on a claims resolution tribunal for dormant accounts in Zurich and a training fellow at the Department of Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London, where he still works as a lecturer.

Career

Called 1996, Middle Temple; joined Essex Court Chambers 1997.

Languages

German, Urdu, French (fluent).

Memberships

Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR); London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.

Education

Heidelberg (BA, equivalent); School of Oriental and African Studies, London (MA); Dip Law, North London; Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Vocational Course); PhD, London.