Timothy Otty KC > Chambers of Tom Weisselberg KC and Jane Mulcahy KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

Blackstone Chambers ‘has an extraordinary depth of experience and talent, from its silks to its juniors to its clerks.’ Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC and Timothy Otty KC lead chambers’ international law group which comprises ‘high calibre advocates’ who regularly appear before the ICJ, international arbitration tribunals and before domestic courts in cases involving issues of public international law with particular experience in international boundary disputes, state and diplomatic immunity intersecting with international protection of human rights. Paul Luckhurst  also acted for the Government in Western Sahara Campaign v Secretary of State for International Trade to defend the lawfulness of the UK’s international trade agreement with Morocco, which was opposed by the claimants, a campaign group campaigning for independence for the territory, which is fully claimed and partially occupied by Morocco. Jason Pobjoy maintains a busy practice advising the Foreign Office on state and diplomatic immunity, foreign act of state, and potential seizure of foreign assets.