Sajid specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration.
He has expertise in banking and finance, civil fraud, company, construction, insolvency, insurance, partnership and shareholder disputes, and sanctions.
He appears as counsel in the English courts at all levels, in LCIA, DIAC, and ICC arbitrations, and in the DIFC and ADGM Courts.
Sajid’s recent instructions in the English courts include:
In addition to his litigation practice, Sajid’s recent arbitration experience includes:
Sajid also represents clients in court proceedings to enforce, challenge, or set aside arbitral awards.
Sajid’s civil fraud experience includes:
Sajid’s broad contractual disputes experience includes:
Sajid has considerable experience in urgent interlocutory relief, including freezing injunctions, anti-suit injunctions, and Norwich Pharmacal Orders, often in the context of cross-border civil fraud claims.
Sajid also has a busy company, shareholder and partnership disputes practice, with recent instructions including:
Westrop v Harrath [2023] EWCA Civ 1566
Appeal concerning contempt finding arising out of an application for financial information from a judgment debtor.
Eelakanthan Thirukkovil Trust v Lal [2023] EWHC 2186 (KB)
Application for an injunction to restrain a temple from use of its site.
Murfet v Property Lending LLP [2024] EWHC 2787 (Ch)
Appeal concerning an application to set aside a statutory demand for a debt arising out of a lending arrangement for a construction project.
In construction disputes, Sajid has acted as sole counsel in cases concerning complex issues on delay, variations, and quantum before the English courts and in arbitration proceedings in the Middle East. He recently represented a contractor in a 50 million AED claim in an ICC arbitration, which involved complex issues surrounding delay and variations in a development in Dubai.
He is regularly instructed to advise on construction claims at the pre-action stage and to appear as counsel at trial.
His insolvency experience includes acting for liquidators in recovering substantial sums from former directors for misfeasance and acting for creditors in the recognition and enforcement of foreign insolvency proceedings. Sajid has considerable experience in proceedings brought under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006. He also regularly appears on behalf of both creditors and debtors in bankruptcy and winding-up proceedings in the Insolvency and Companies List.
Representing the Official Assignee in New Zealand in cross-border insolvency proceedings in the English High Court to realise the debtor’s interest in property in Mayfair.
Representing a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings concerning a substantial lending agreement for a construction project.
• Representing the liquidators in proceedings against former directors for misfeasance, transactions at an undervalue, and preferences.
Representing creditors in proceedings to recognise a foreign bankruptcy.
Representing a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings relating to a debt arising from a partnership agreement.
Sajid advises clients on compliance with sanctions regimes in England and abroad. Recent cases including advising on complex sanctions issues in the British Virgin Islands for a Russian individual.
In the UAE, recent examples of Sajid’s instructions include: acting in a DIFC Court claim involving AED 30 million in alleged civil fraud; representing a party in an investor dispute before the ADGM Court arising out of the $1 billion Leaf Tower development; handling an employee share scheme dispute in the ADGM Court; enforcing arbitration awards and judgments in the DIFC Court; and pursuing an anti-suit injunction application in the DIFC Court.
Sajid’s recent instructions in the DIFC and ADGM Courts include:
Examples of reported cases include:
Sajid Suleman is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate. If you are not satisfied with the service provided, please click here.
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