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Mr Bajul Shah
Position
Bajul has a broad commercial Chancery practice with an emphasis on aviation, commercial litigation, company and insolvency, civil fraud, and trusts and probate. He also has considerable experience of offshore and international work, particularly from the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man and Guernsey.
Career
Call: 1996
Memberships
- Chancery Bar Association
- Insolvency Lawyers Association
- European Circuit
- Member of the Bar of the British Virgin Islands
- Member of the Bar of Gibraltar
Education
- Christ Church, Oxford, BA BCL (First Class)
- Denning, Wolfson & Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn
- Previously a lecturer in Land Law at King’s College, London
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Aviation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Bajul Shah – XXIV Old Buildings ‘Bajul is the stand-out junior for aviation.’
‘A go-to set for aviation disputes,’ XXIV Old Buildings‘ barristers act for airlines and lessors on the spectrum of aviation issues, including leasing matters, fatal and hull damage incidents in addition to insolvency proceedings and cargo claims. Steven Thompson KC has a broad practice that encompasses maintenance disputes, sale and purchase and leasing disputes, while Edward Cumming KC specialises in aircraft maintenance cases, with further experience in aviation regulation. Bajul Shah acted for the Qatar Airlines in its dispute with Airbus concerning peeling paint of A350 aircraft, with the airline grounding several of the type and alleging that this constituted a safety issue, a claim which Airbus denied. He also handles insolvency matters and ownership disputes. Erin Hitchens was also instructed by Qatar Airlines in their dispute with Airbus and often appears in the Commercial Court regarding summary judgements and interim applications, with Tom Stewart Coats handling a growing commercial caseload in addition to acting for airlines facing EC261 claims.
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Bajul Shah –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Bajul has a powerful advocacy style.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Bajul Shah –XXIV Old Buildings ‘Calm, collected and methodical. Judges love his approach, as he tells it as it is.’