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Armin Solimani
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Position
Armin has a busy and growing practice across Chambers’ specialisms. He is ranked amongst the leading planning barristers under the age of 35 by Planning Magazine’s Planning Law Survey 2025 (and was recognised as such in his first year of practice). He is regularly instructed as sole and junior counsel in the High Court and planning inquiries. He has swiftly accumulated substantial advocacy experience, including a successful appearance before the Old Bailey. He frequently appears as sole counsel before the Magistrates’ Courts, Licensing Sub-Committees, and the Crown Court.
Armin has been instructed as sole or junior counsel in a number of significant litigations, including:
- As sole counsel, instructed to act for the Claimant in a challenge to the confirmation of the Blackpool Borough Council (Multiversity) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024, a £65 million regeneration scheme;
- As junior counsel to Saira Kabir-Sheikh KC, acting for National Grid Plc in their application for a Development Consent Order relating to the ‘Sea Link’ project, one of the most significant upgrades to the UK’s energy infrastructure of recent years;
- As junior counsel to Gregory Jones KC, acting for the claimant landowner in a challenge to the confirmation of the London Borough of Newham (James Riley Point) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023, a £78 million regeneration scheme;
- As junior counsel to Mark Westmoreland-Smith KC, acting for the Secretary of State for Transport in a challenge relating to the Immingham Port ‘Ro-Ro’ Development Consent Order, which concerns the UK’s largest port facility;
- As junior counsel to James Pereira KC, acting for the Claimant landowner in two multimillion-pound compensation claims relating to the diminution of land value caused by the erection of power lines;
- As junior counsel to Charles Streeten, successfully defending the Secretary of State for Transport against a challenge relating to the disposal of land acquired for the HS2 project (R (Holohan) v Secretary of State for Transport and HS2 Ltd [2025] EWHC 23 (Admin)).
Armin previously served as the Judicial Assistant to Sir Keith Lindblom, the Senior President of Tribunals, at the Court of Appeal. He assisted exclusively with appeals concerning planning, environmental, and public law, including some of the most significant such cases of recent years. He therefore benefits from an unusual depth of experience in relation to Chambers’ practice areas for a junior of his call.
Before his career at the Bar, Armin worked in the tech sector, and helped build the client services team at one of the UK’s leading cybersecurity startups. His commercial background makes him particularly well-equipped for handling technical matters.
Career
Called to the Bar in 2023.