Abe accepts instructions across Chambers’ areas of expertise, including public law, commercial law, civil liberties and human rights, civil fraud, international law, arbitration and EU and competition law.
Recent highlights include assistance on the following matters:
Abe studied Law with German Law at UCL and completed funded postgraduate studies in Law at the University of Oxford and the University of Toronto. Alongside his studies, Abe worked as a research assistant in public law, private law and public international law. Abe was also involved in pro bono research projects with the Oxford Pro Bono Publico and the Venezuela Accountability Project.
Before joining the Bar, Abe worked as a Foreign Research Associate for a boutique arbitration firm in Germany. He was also a Retained Lecturer in Law at Worcester College, Oxford. Most recently, Abe was a Bonavero Fellow at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights where he worked in the International Crimes and Accountability team with a focus on the war in Ukraine.
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of public and regulatory law.
Before coming to the Bar, Abe worked as a research assistant to Professor Jeff King in support of his academic work and his role as Legal Adviser to the House of Lords Constitution Committee.
Abe has also published articles on a wide range of public law topics, including the impact of automated decision-making on judicial review challenges, and the rule of law impacts of Covid restrictions in the UK.
Challenge to the SSHD’s decision to issue a technical capability notice requiring Apple to remove or modify certain protections from data stored by Apple users on iCloud and give the UK Government back-door access (with Ben Jaffey KC and Celia Rooney).
Judicial review by a gender critical campaigner concerning the FA’s role in the context of the Rainbow Laces (assisted Adam Lewis KC and Ravi Mehta for the Defendant).
Judicial review of copyright legislation applying to music artists overseas, raising issues of treaty interpretation and justiciability of international law in domestic courts (assisted Sir James Eadie KC and Ravi Mehta for the Defendant).
Judicial review concerning the Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales (assisted George Molyneaux for the Defendant).
Appeal against a decision of the Information Commissioner to order the Cabinet Office to provide information held in civil servants' private email accounts regarding potential Covid fines (assisted Fraser Campbell KC for the Cabinet Office).
Advice on compliance of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill with EU law implemented through the Northern Ireland Protocol to the Withdrawal Agreement (assisted Celia Rooney, led by Tim Otty KC for the Claimant).
Judicial review against the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office regarding a finding that comments made by a judicial officeholder during a hearing did not amount to misconduct (assisted Ravi Mehta for the Defendant).
Group challenge to legislation and interpretative guidance by a regulatory body raising issues of family law and human rights (assisted Ravi Mehta).
FOI request concerning environmental data that the regulator had a statutory power to access (assisted Ravi Mehta for the Defendant).
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of commercial law.
Before coming to the Bar, Abe worked as a research assistant for various private law academics and was involved to updates to practitioners’ texts in unjust enrichment (Goff & Jones), trusts (Underhill & Hayton) and company law (Gower).
Claim for over £600m in respect of historic mis-selling of payment protection insurance, concerning issues of indemnity, contribution and statutory liability (assisted Fraser Campbell KC, led by Andrew Green KC, for the Claimant).
One of the largest and most complex fraud disputes ever heard in the Commercial Court, with an alleged value in excess of US$1 billion, brought by the Kuwaiti Public Institution for Social Security against its former director general and many other Defendants (assisted Harry Adamson, led by Tom Weisselberg KC, for the First and Second Defendants).
Claim for a £8 million bonus by a former employee of a telecommunications company (assisted Fraser Campbell KC for the Defendant).
Advice for the Ministry of Defence concerning a contractual dispute about the level of performance deductions due following failures to provide certain services (assisted Shane Sibbel).
A claim for breach of contract and unlawful means conspiracy in relation to inherited shares in a Saudi company, raising complex issues of Saudi company law (assisted Shane Sibbel, led by Robert Weekes KC, for the Claimant).
Commercial Court proceedings for breach of contract and unjust enrichment against Indy 500 driver Alex Palou (assisted Celia Rooney for the Claimant).
Application under the Arbitration Act 1996 for determination of a preliminary point of law in an LCIA arbitration which concerns the findings of an earlier bilateral investment treaty arbitration (assisted Shane Sibbel, led by Tim Otty KC).
Complex advice on a UK financial services regime (assisted Harry Adamson).
Appeal against money judgment following the Claimant's successful claim for breach of joint venture fiduciary duties, arising from his wrongful exclusion from the joint venture companies and the transfer of their assets to entities controlled by the Defendant (assisted Shane Sibbel for the Claimant/Respondent).
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of human rights law. He is passionate about human rights advocacy and casework.
Before coming to the Bar, Abe volunteered at the Haringey Migrant Support Centre where he drafted exceptional case funding applications for clients. More recently, as a researcher in the Oxford Pro Bono Publico, Abe also assisted in preparing a report for Human Rights Watch on data protection obligations under international human rights law.
Advice concerning the UK’s compliance with the ECHR in the context of a British Overseas Territory (assisted George Molyneaux, led by Lord Pannick KC).
Challenge to the SSHD’s decision to issue a technical capability notice requiring Apple to remove or modify certain protections from data stored by Apple users on iCloud and give the UK Government back-door access (with Ben Jaffey KC and Celia Rooney).
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of civil fraud, asset recovery & injunctive relief law.
One of the largest and most complex fraud disputes ever heard in the Commercial Court, with an alleged value in excess of US$1 billion, brought by the Kuwaiti Public Institution for Social Security against its former director general and many other Defendants (assisted Harry Adamson, led by Tom Weisselberg KC, for the First and Second Defendants).
Advice in relation to a worldwide freezing injunction against various defendants involved in a fraudulent bond issuance scheme that involved the dissipation of valuable assets using a large network of shell companies (assisted Shane Sibbel).
A claim for breach of contract and unlawful means conspiracy in relation to inherited shares in a Saudi company, raising complex issues of Saudi company law (assisted Shane Sibbel, led by Robert Weekes KC, for the Claimant).
Application for injunctive relief in the English courts by a Chinese property development company, which is seeking to recover approximately $6 billion in Hong Kong proceedings and ancillary English proceedings brought against various defendants, including the Group's founder and his former spouse (assisted Celia Rooney for the Claimant).
Abe has a strong academic background in public international law.
He was the Newton Rowell Fellow in Public International Law at the University of Toronto where he assisted with teaching the PIL course for JD students.
Abe has also been involved in international law casework. As a Bonavero Fellow at the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights in Berlin, Abe conducted research into potential environmental war crimes being committed in Ukraine. He also assisted with the Venezuela Accountability Project, which seeks to monitor international crimes committed in Venezuela.
Advice concerning the UK’s compliance with the ECHR in the context of a British Overseas Territory (assisted George Molyneaux, led by Lord Pannick KC).
Prior to commencing pupillage, Abe worked as a foreign research associate at a boutique arbitration firm in Munich, where he worked on international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.
Application under the Arbitration Act 1996 for determination of a preliminary point of law in an LCIA arbitration which concerns the determination of an earlier bilateral investment treaty arbitration (assisted Shane Sibbel, led by Tim Otty KC).
Contractual dispute arising out of a financing arrangement (assisted Shane Sibbel).
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of group litigation law.
Long-running litigation brought by thousands of individuals concerning oil escapes which have caused serious environmental damage in Nigeria (assisted George Molyneaux, led by Anneliese Day KC, for the Claimants).
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of EU and competition law.
Dispute regarding RAND terms for a licence to standard essential and non-essential patents (assisted James Segan KC and Ravi Mehta for the Defendant).
Abe accepts instructions in all areas of media & entertainment law.
Claim by Little Simz against her former producer for breach of contract and unjust enrichment for failure to pay loaned sums (assisted Celia Rooney, led by Tom Weisselberg KC, for the Claimant).
Claim for account of profits following a break-down in the relationship of two business partners providing music management services to DJs (assisted Fraser Campbell KC).
Advice for surviving members of a well-known band concerning copyright ownership over the band’s musical catalogue (assisted Shane Sibbel, led by Ian Mill KC).
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