Sam Karim KC > Gatehouse Chambers > London

Work Department

Commercial Arbitration, Procurement, Judicial Review, Private Client, Inquests, Inquires and Investigations

Position

Sam Karim KC (Shekh Mohammed Samiul Karim) is recognised as a leading Kings Counsel. He was called to the Bar in 2002 and subsequently appointed silk in 2017 (one of the youngest at 38 years of age and at 15 years call). Sam is a Deputy High Court Judge who sits in the Family Division and the Kings Bench Division. He is a prolific author (including Patterson & Karim on Judicial Review, Bullen & Leake on Precedents and Karim on Physical restraints: policy and guidance), a Bencher of Gray’s Inn, Judge of the International Court of Appeal of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), Judge of the National Court of Motorsports UK, Visiting Lecturer at UCL, a Director of the British Automobile Racing Club and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a thought leader in AI and the Law having published in this area and lectures across the globe.

He is a recognised specialist in

administrative law (recently acting in high profile central government litigation including Rwanda, Brook House litigation and the Illegal Migration Treaty; recognised as the “driving force behind the development of administrative law” in the regions; Sam was previously on the Attorney-General’s A Panel and acted for HM Government at all levels and continues to act for them as leading counsel in complex matters on GLD’s KC panel
public inquires and inquests (recently leading two government departments at the COVID Inquiry, leading a government department in the Manston Inquiry, leading litigation arising from the Brook House Inquiry and was involved in the Thirlwall Inquiry and the Grenfell Tower Inquiry)
court of protection (where he has been involved in seminal reported T3 and appellant decisions that have defined the jurisdiction)
arbitration (where he sits as an arbitrator globally, in particular in the Middle East)
motorsports law (he has represented teams at Formula E and now sitting as a Judge).

He has been ranked as a Band 1 silk by Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners.

Career

Call: 2002 | Silk: 2017

Languages

Arabic, Bengali

Memberships

ALBA, COPPA

Education

LLB(Hons)
LLM (Lond.)
PG Dip Laws
MCIArb (Intl. Arbitration)
Master of Gray’s Inn