Public International Law

Blackstone Chambers is experienced in advising and representing governments, corporate bodies and individual litigants on international disputes, constitutional affairs and human rights issues before a range of international courts. Barristers have particular experience in international boundary disputes, state and diplomatic immunity and international protection of human rights. They appear regularly before the International Court of Justice, international arbitration tribunals (for example ICSID, the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes) and before domestic courts in cases involving issues of public international law.

Chambers’ expertise in this area is anchored in individuals who have a strong academic background in public international law, for example Ian Brownlie CBE QC (Professor of Public International Law at Oxford University from 1980-1999), Maurice Mendelson QC (Chair of International Law, UCL from 1987-2001) and Guy Goodwin-Gill (Professor of International Refugee Law at Oxford University from 1998-2002).

Practice areas

• Commercial
• Employment
• Public Law and Human Rights
• EU and Competition
• Public International Law
• Private International Law
• Mediation and ADR
• Domestic and International Arbitration

Sector Expertise

• Banking and Financial Services
• Sport
• Media and Entertainment
• Pharmaceuticals
• Telecommunications