
9 Park Place
Barristers

Abdallah Barakat
- Phone02920382731
- Email[email protected]
Work Department
Children – Private Law, Children – Public Law, Civil, Contractual & Commercial Disputes, Crime, Drugs, Family, Fraud & White Collar Crime, Homicide & Violence, Housing / Landlord & Tenant, Immigration, Organised Crime, Personal Injury, Regulatory, Sexual offences
Career
Abdallah accepted an offer of tenancy in Chambers upon successful completion of his pupillage in November 2024. He was under the supervision of Katherine Broadhurst (Family) in his first six and Nuhu Gobir (Crime) in his second six.
He now accepts instructions in all of Chambers’ practice areas.
Prior to commencing his pupillage, Abdallah lectured undergraduate law at Cardiff University and co-directed two of the Law School’s Pro Bono & Employability projects.
Abdallah holds a voluntary position at Cardiff University’s Innocence Project reviewing convictions for serious offences and drafting applications to the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Abdallah is an editor on the Justice Gap magazine. He recently co-authored an article in its most recent print on the Birmingham 4 case. He volunteers at the Future Justice Project providing the secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Miscarriages of Justice. In that role, he is involved in a research project on access to court transcripts in conjunction with the Cambridge Pro Bono Project.
Abdallah values pro bono work and is frequently instructed by Advocate, the Bar's Pro Bono Unit. During his pupillage he completed Advocate's Pupillage Pledge. He was nominated for the Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year award in the 2025 Bar Pro Bono Awards where he received a Special Mention.
Languages
Abdallah is a native Arabic speaker.
Personal
Outside the courtroom, Abdallah plays blues music in a local band.