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Sam Karim  KC

Sam Karim KC

Kings Chambers, Yorkshire And The Humber

Position

Sam’s main areas of practice are administrative law (including commercial judicial review) and human rights law, regulatory law, public procurement and state aid law, Court of Protection and mental health, arbitration (domestic and international commercial) and information law. He has been a member of the Attorney General’s regional panel of Treasury Counsel for almost a decade and has been constantly recommended as a leading junior. Sam is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Court.

Career

LLM(Lond.), LLB(Hons), PG Dip Laws, MCIArb (Int. Arbitration) Call in 2002 (Grays Inn).

Kings Chambers: Head of Administrative & Public Law; Head of Recruitment

Memberships

Member of the Executive Committee of the Administrative Law Bar Association (ALBA)

Northern Administrative Law Association (NALA), Acting Chair

Founding member and Chair of the Kings Community Care and Disability Rights Association

Education

LLB (Hons), LLM (Lond.), PG Dip Law, MCIArb (Intl. Arbitration)

Mentions

North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar

Administrative law and human rights

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Sam Karim KC – Kings Chambers 'Sam is conscientious, level headed, excellent with clients, and able to utilise his skills and expertise to get a point across when required.'
North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar

Court of Protection and community care

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Sam Karim KC – Kings Chambers 'He is highly professional and builds a great rapport with clients. He is calm, reassuring, and unflappable, his advocacy is outstanding and his written submissions are clear, concise and demonstrate in-depth knowledge.'
Northern Circuit • Regional Bar

Inquests and inquiries

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Sam Karim KC – Kings Chambers 'Sam is excellent with clients, as he has a lovely manner and is very likeable, and at the same time, he is extremely sharp and an exemplary advocate. His calm approach is very reassuring and he is very easy to work with.'