Witan Solicitors

Dispute Resolution

Solicitor Advocate and Director at Witan Solicitors, leading the Dispute Resolution team. Qarrar is a trusted advocate in high‑value commercial, chancery and insolvency disputes, offering clients direct access to higher‑court litigation expertise and strategic representation across the Midlands and beyond.

Qarrar qualified as a Solicitor Advocate with higher rights of audience in 2014 and joined Witan Solicitors in 2018 as an Associate Solicitor. He was appointed Director in 2020 and now leads the firm’s Dispute Resolution practice, handling challenging and complex litigation through to higher courts. His caseload spans shareholder, director and joint venture disputes, construction and professional negligence claims, insolvency litigation, injunctions, and cross‑border recovery, including multi-million pound matters and urgent freezing order applications. Qarrar was named in the Legal 500 (2019) as “an impressive and industrious litigator”, known for his advocacy strength, rapid synthesis of complex facts, and strategic clarity. Clients regularly praise his communication and trustworthiness:

“Our initial consultation with Qarrar left us with utmost confidence … A clear communicator, prompt, responsive and genuine.” Review Solicitors clients note: “Qarrar Somji is an awesome guy… hats off to Witan solicitors for their hard and impressive work!”

English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kiswahili

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) — admitted in December 2014 as a Solicitor Advocate (SRA ID: 471858)

CEDR‑accredited Commercial Mediator, member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers Association, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, and the College of Mediators

BA (Legal Studies), 2:1, Coventry University

LPC (Commendation), The University of Law

LLM (Commercial Law), University of Birmingham — master’s thesis on Employer’s Liability for Work-Related Stress (2009)

CEDR Accredited Mediator (2024)

Raised in Tanzania, Qarrar brings a multicultural perspective and linguistic versatility to his work, fluent in English, Gujarati, Hindi (Urdu), and Swahili allowing him to serve a diverse client base, including international and cross-border cases.

Colleagues and clients value his calm, strategic mindset, his ability to “sense instinctively when to settle and when to fight,” and his commitment to achieving timely, cost-effective outcomes.

Qarrar enjoys classical music, and is a passionate reader of fantasy fiction, especially the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. He is also an avid sports fan with particular love for cricket and badminton, reflecting his appreciation for focus, discipline, and teamwork both on‑ and off‑court.