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Jasbir Dhillon
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Position
Barrister specialising in commercial law (including banking, financial services, insurance, international arbitration, company and insolvency), European Union law (including competition law) and public law (including sports law, regulatory and human rights). Interesting recent cases include the following: Deutsche Bank v Sebastian Holdings [2011] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 106 (CA: banking and finance/conflict of laws/multiple jurisdiction clauses); R (Electoral Commission) v UKIP [2010] 3 WLR 705 (Supreme Court: public law/electoral law); Trademark Licensing Ltd v Leofelis [2010] ILPr 16 (ChD: trade mark licensing/conflicts of laws/stay); Deutsche Bank v Vik [2010] EWHC 551 (Comm) (Comm Ct: banking and finance/conflict of laws/restitution; R (JS (Sri Lanka)) v Home Secretary [2010] 2 WLR 766 (Sup Ct: judicial review/war crimes/crimes against humanity); Transport Secretary v Southwest Trains [2010] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 175 (arbitration/contract/train franchise); Perpetual Trustee v BNY Corporate Trustee and Lehman Brothers [2009] EWHC 1912 (ChD: banking and finance/insolvency/conflicts of laws); Karafarin Bank v Dara [2009] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 235 (CommCt: banking/cheques/conflicts of laws); In re Club La Bourse [2008] EWHC 1866 (Ch) (insolvency/consumer credit); Leofelis v Lonsdale [2008] EWCA Civ 640, Times, 23 July 2008 (contract/trade mark); Davison v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 676 (judicial review/human rights); Citibank v MBIA [2008] 1 BCLC 376 (banking and finance/trusts); Olaffson v Gissurarson (No 2) [2008] WLR 2016 (Court of Appeal: civil procedure/conflicts of laws) Crane v SKY [2007] 1 CLC 389, [2007] FSR 14, [2008] EWCA Civ 66 (commercial agents/passing off).
Career
Called 1996; admitted to New York State, New York Federal and US Supreme Court Bars; litigation associate, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York 1992-95 Board; assistant editor of ‘Paget’s Law of Banking’ (13th ed 2007).
Languages
Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, French.
Member
Commercial Bar Association; Administrative Law Bar Association; Standards Committee of the Bar Standards Board.
Education
Desborough School; Keble College, Oxford (1991 BA Hons Jurisprudence, First Class); Harvard Law School (1992 LLM).
Leisure
Basketball, football, history.
Practice Areas
Banking; Financial services; Litigation - commercial
