Brick Court Chambers
Brick Court Chambers offers a broad international law practice including advisory work, in particular in relation to state and diplomatic immunity, domestic litigation raising issues of public international law, and investment treaty arbitration. Robert McCorquodale acts on behalf of the claimant in R (Bancoult (No 5)) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, a case arising out of the dispute over the ownership of the Chagos Archipelago, also known as the British Indian Ocean Territory, between Mauritius and the UK, and specifically if a decision by the ICJ as to whether the right to self-determination can be applied as part of common law. Zahra Al-Rikabi continues to act on behalf of Qatari government-backed broadcaster Al-Jazeera in its ongoing claim against Egypt pertaining to the alleged destruction of its media business in that jurisdiction, raising novel points about human rights issues in the context of investment treaty arbitration.
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