Azeem is a leading silk with a well-established practice across Chambers’ core areas, offering expertise in Judicial Review, Public Procurement, Competition, Information Law, and general commercial work. He was previously Counsel to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (“IICSA” – between January 2016 and 2020).
Azeem appears regularly in the High Court and Upper Tribunal. He has undertaken cases in the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights. In addition to acting as a trial and appellate lawyer, a significant part of Azeem’s practice is advisory.
Called 2004; Inner Temple.
Before coming to the Bar Azeem worked for the United Nations in the Middle East (Gaza City) and was a Judicial Assistant to the former Master of the Rolls, now Supreme Court Justice Lord Clarke. He was awarded a Major Scholarship from Inner Temple for the PgDL (2002) and was a Chapman Scholar during the BVC year (2003).
Arabic (intermediate).
Procurement Lawyers’ Association
The Haberdasher’s Aske’s School; The University of Oxford (1999, BA Oxon, 1st class); Harvard university (2001, MA, thesis with distinction); City University (2003, CPE, commendation), Inner Temple (2002, PgDL major scholar) (2003, Chapman scholar).