News & Events
News & Events
Professional Associate at Outer Temple Chambers, Oliver Agha has been published in IFN’s December edition (Volume 22, Issue 50). His article is titled ‘Methodological inversion: How Islamic finance lost its compass’. Islamic Finance News is a subscription-based publication journal, published weekly, which provides exclusive and comprehensive coverage of the global Islamic financial markets through in-house analysis and expert external contributions. Oliver Agha is a frequent contributor to the publication. Islamic finance promises something profound: a financial system in which capital serves society, justice anchors profit and law reflects the moral architecture of the Quranic injunctions. The goal is building an economy rooted in risk-sharing, equitable distribution and real economic activity. However, that promise remains largely unfulfilled for several reasons. One reason is…
External Publications, News 3 Dec, 2025
Professional Associate at Outer Temple Chambers, Oliver Agha has been recently published in IFN’s journal: Volume 22, Issue 42, dated 21st October 2025. Oliver’s article is titled ‘Islamic finance fails again: Can it be rescued?’ Islamic Finance News is a subscription-based publication journal, published weekly, which provides exclusive and comprehensive coverage of the global Islamic financial markets through in-house analysis and expert external contributions. Oliver Agha is a frequent contributor to the publication. Today, many believe that Islamic finance has failed the ethical test — and some argue that this failure has limited its material success, with Islamic assets representing a small percentage of global assets (as per S&P Global, Islamic finance assets remain at ~1% of the US$400 trillion global market).…
External Publications, News 10 Nov, 2025
Outer Temple Chambers is delighted to announce the expansion of the Middle East team. Three impressive international lawyers join us in Dubai, broadening our client specialist services in commercial law, private wealth and Islamic law. Oliver Agha brings extensive experience in Islamic Law and Walid Chiniara in ultra-high net worth (UNHW) Middle Eastern families governance. Shabana Saleem specialises in private wealth. They will work alongside our existing Dubai based members David Russell KC, Philip Punwar and Sean Yates in the International Team, covering international arbitration and commercial matters. Oliver, Walid and Shabana enhance the strong team of Outer Temple barristers already successfully working in the DIFC and Middle East markets and the wider team of international commercial specialists working from London…
News 16 May, 2023
