Pump Court Chambers
England
Arbitrators
Nazifa Chowdhury
- Phone+442073530711
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.pumpcourtchambers.com
Position
Nazifa Chowdhury is a member of the Civil Team and accepts instructions in the following areas:
- Commercial
- Breach of Contract
- Construction
- Chancery (Inheritance and Trusts)
- Company
- Personal and Corporate Insolvency
- Landlord and Tenant
- Real Property
- Personal Injury/RTA
- Claims under the Consumer Credit Act 1974/PPI
- Credit Hire
- Debt recovery
Career
Nazifa appears in fast-track and intermediate-track trials, as well as interlocutory applications, CCMCs, allocation hearings, possession hearings, orders for sale hearings, winding up petitions, bankruptcy petitions, and applications to set-side statutory demands.
She has extensive experience in the County Courts and has appeared in the High Court of Justice as sole counsel on a number of instructions.
Nazifa also has a busy paper practice that involves the drafting of pleadings, application notices, and Opinions on various issues. She further has experience in advising and assisting parties in settling matters outside of litigation on without prejudice terms or by way of Tomlin Order.
Since 2022, Nazifa has been a member of the Attorney General’s Junior Panel.
Nazifa transferred to the Bar following a career as a solicitor.
Prior to joining Chambers, Nazifa completed pupillage at a commercial chancery set of chambers in London. She also trained as a solicitor with a Magic Circle law firm in London, before going on to work as an Associate Solicitor in the Commercial Litigation and International Arbitration team of an American law firm in London. As a solicitor, Nazifa obtained rights of audience in all higher court proceedings. She is also an accredited mediator.
Whilst working as a solicitor, she gained valuable experience in commercial and company law proceedings taking place at various courts, such as the Commercial Court and the Technology and Construction Court. Nazifa has also acted in relation to proceedings in the Supreme Court as part of her pro bono work on R (on the application of Elan-Cane) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 56.
Nazifa completed her undergraduate studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, following which she was awarded the Dean’s scholarships for her Graduate Diploma in Law and LLM in Professional Practice (incorporating the Legal Practice Course) from BPP University.
Outside of work, she enjoys travelling and is a member of the board of trustees of the Pituitary Foundation. Nazifa has also been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Law since 2021. Nazifa further enjoys taking part in initiatives for the London Very Young Arbitration Practitioners’ (London VYAP) group, such as writing on legal updates within the arbitration sphere. Nazifa’s article on the Supreme Court’s decision in Kabab-Ji v Kout Food Group [2021] can be accessed here.
Please note that although Nazifa is a fully qualified solicitor, Nazifa currently practises solely as a barrister.