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…
External Publications, News 23 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…
External Publications, News 10 Nov, 2025
Following successful appeals before the Islamic Development Bank Group Administrative Tribunal (“IsDBGAT” or “Tribunal”) in 2022 (see below), members of OTC’s International Organisations Team have been instructed in four cases before the IsDBGAT. The team have been instructed before the IsDBGAT in its October docket (11th to 23rd). The Tribunal will sit en banc with judges from Tunisia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Malaysia. Victoria Brown represents the Applicant in a case against the Islamic Development Bank (“IsDB”) Alex Haines and Victoria Brown represent the Applicant in a case against the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (“ICIEC”). Alex Haines and Victoria Brown represent the Applicant in a case against the Islamic Corporation for the Development…
News 3 Oct, 2023
