The 36 Group

36 Stone

Ishfaq Ahmed has been practising at the Commercial and Admiralty Bar since October 2000 representing and advising in a wide range of commercial and shipping litigation and arbitration.

He specialises in all aspects of commercial and shipping law, including: domestic and international carriage of goods; international trade; shipping (wet and dry); marine and other insurance disputes; P&I Club issues; collision, salvage and towage disputes; fatal and non-fatal maritime accidents; fraud claims; maritime limitation of liability; conflict of laws and jurisdictional disputes; commodities; ship sale and purchase; shipbuilding and various aspects of international law (including treaties).

He has particular experience of international arbitration (including LMAA and DIAC) and has appeared before the Dubai World Tribunal.  He also has significant experience in interim applications including anti-suit and freezing injunctions.

He is also experienced in all aspects of employment law and related disputes, including: contracts of employment (terms, restrictive covenants, interpretation and breach); dismissal (unfair and wrongful dismissal); discrimination; equal pay; redundancy; transfer of undertakings; health and safety; collective labour law and statutory interventions into the employment field.

Called 1999; Lincoln’s Inn.

Urdu, French (working knowledge),

The Commercial Bar Association; the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; the London Shipping Law Centre; the London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; the Employment Law Bar Association and the Employment Lawyers Association.

The University of Bristol (1998, LLB First Class); Inns of Court School of Law (1999, Bar Vocational Course); Master of Laws in Commercial Law (2014, Distinction) including Postgraduate Advanced Award in International Commercial Litigation, Postgraduate Advanced Award in International Commercial Arbitration and Postgraduate Advanced Award in Individual Employment Rights.