Grant accepts instructions across Chambers’ areas of expertise, including in commercial disputes, civil fraud, company law, public and regulatory law, sports, and competition.

Recent highlights include assistance on the following matters:

  • A civil fraud claim brought by the Kuwaiti Public Institution for Social Security against its former director general, for damages alleged to be in excess of US$850 million.
  • The first appellate consideration of sanctions designations made under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
  • Disciplinary proceedings brought by the Premier League against Everton FC for breaches of the Profitability and Sustainability Rules.
  • A competition claim brought by holders of the BSV coin against Binance and other major cryptocurrency exchanges, claiming losses of up to £9.9 billion.
  • An appeal brought against the Information Commissioner and the BBC in respect of information held about the 1995 Panorama interview with the late Diana, Princess of Wales.

Grant studied Law at the University of Sydney, placing second overall in the graduating cohort and receiving his degree with First Class Honours. He also undertook a Masters in Islamic Studies at Charles Sturt University, specialising in Islamic jurisprudence, and received the university‑wide Charles Sturt Medal.

Grant’s prior legal work includes experience at DLA Piper Middle East in Dubai and Clifford Chance in Sydney, and as a researcher in public international and comparative law at the University of Sydney. He also served a term as a Student Director of the International Law Students Association, working with law students and universities in Ukraine and Palestine.

Beyond the law, Grant has undertaken graduate research in Classics at the University of Cambridge as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, and as a guest researcher at Heidelberg University, focusing on Greek and Semitic linguistics. He has taught undergraduate and graduate classes in Latin and Classical Greek at the Cambridge Faculty of Classics, as well as college supervisions on historical linguistics.

Experience

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Commercial

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of commercial law. He has assisted in a range of high-value and complex commercial disputes in the County Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal, as well as in arbitral proceedings.

Grant has particular experience working on cross-border disputes with a foreign law element. Before coming to the Bar, Grant developed an expertise in comparative and foreign law, with a specialisation in Middle Eastern legal systems (including those of Saudi Arabia and the UAE).

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Civil Fraud, Asset Recovery & Injunctive Relief

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of civil fraud, including applications for interim injunctive relief.

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Company

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of company law, including unfair prejudice petitions, shareholder disputes, alleged breaches of directors' duties, and director disqualification proceedings.

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Financial Services & Banking

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of financial services and banking law.

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Public & Regulatory

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of public and regulatory law.

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Sport

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of sports law.

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EU & Competition

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of EU and competition law. Recent highlights include assisting counsel on the proposed collective proceedings brought by BIRA against Amazon.com, Inc, and Binance's successful partial strike-out application of a loss of chance claim brought by BSV cryptocurrency investors.

Grant is a member of the Bar European Group.

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Public International Law

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of public international law.

Before coming to the Bar, Grant was a researcher at the Sydney Centre of International Law, and served on the Conference Team for the Cambridge International Law Journal. He continues to publish and present papers on public international law topics, with a focus on doctrinal and critical approaches to the international legal system (see Publications below).

Grant also has extensive experience with the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, both as a competitor (as a member of the Australian National Champions team in 2018) and team advisor (including coaching the Cambridge team in 2022). He also served a term as a Student Director of the International Law Students Association, working with law students and universities in Ukraine and Palestine.

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Sanctions

Grant accepts instructions in all areas of sanctions law.

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Achievements

Education

  • MPhil in Classics (Distinction) (Cantab)
  • MIslStud in Islamic Law and Fiqh (Distinction, University Medal) (Charles Sturt)
  • GradDip in Legal Practice (College of Law, Australia)
  • LLB (Hons Class I) (Sydney)
  • BA in Classics (Hons Class I, University Medal) (Sydney)
  • DipLang in Polish Studies (Macquarie)
  • DipLangStud in Arabic Language and Cultures (Sydney)

Selected Scholarships and Prizes

  • Sir John and Lady Sophie Laws Scholarship, Bar European Group (2024)
  • Riaz Hassan Prize for Best Honours Thesis, Australian Association of Islamic & Muslim Studies (2022)
  • Gates Cambridge Scholarship (2019-2020, 2020-2023)
  • Jeremie Septuagint Prize, University of Cambridge (2022)
  • Members' Classical Essay Prize, University of Cambridge (2020)
  • University of Sydney Scholar Chancellor's Award (2015-2021)
  • Sir Dudley Williams Prize (proxime accessit in the LLB), University of Sydney (2022)
  • Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation, University of Sydney (2022)
  • Margaret Ethel Peden Prize in Real Property, University of Sydney (2021)
  • Playfair Prize in Migration Law, University of Sydney (2021)
  • Sybil Morrison Prize for Jurisprudence Part 2, University of Sydney (2020)
  • Charles Sturt Medal (2019)
  • Australian National Champions, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (2018)
  • University Medal in Classics, University of Sydney (2018)
  • Backhouse Prize for Greek and Latin, University of Sydney (2018)
  • Beauchamp Prize for Literature, University of Sydney (2018)
  • Council of Christians and Jews Medal for Ancient Hebrew, Macquarie University (2020)
  • Svetlana Borisovna Savina Memorial Prize for Russian Studies, Macquarie University (2018)
  • Zygmunt Wszelaki Prize for Polish, Macquarie University (2018)

Memberships

  • COMBAR
  • Young Fraud Lawyers Association
  • Bar European Group

Publications

Chapters in Edited Books

"Implementing the Law of the Sea: The Case of Russia in Arbitrations under UNCLOS" in Marta Chantal Ribeiro, Fernando Loureiro Bastos and Tore Henriksen (eds) Global Challenges and the Law of the Sea (Cham: Springer, 2020): 287-317 (with Rebecca Brown)

Conference Papers

”Conceptions of Islamic Law in the Colonial Court Practice of the Netherlands-Indies, 1848-1867” (Paper presented at the 2022 Annual Conference of the British Association for Islamic Studies, University of Edinburgh, 7 June 2022)

”Instrumentalising Agreement: Russia’s ‘Treaties’ with the Donetsk and Luhansk’s Republics” (Paper presented at the Gates Day of Research, University of Cambridge, 7 May 2022)

”The Law of the Sea and Islam: A Comparative Approach to Legal Traditions of Mare Liberum” (Paper presented at the 27th Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law Annual Conference, Australian National University, 5 July 2019)

”Universalising International Law through Language: The Use of Arabic in United Nations Conventions“ (Paper presented at the Three Languages - Three Cultures: Narratives from the Middle East Conference, Australian National University, 23 November 2018)

”Islamic International Law and General Principles under Article 38(1)(c) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice” (Paper presented at International Law Weekend, Fordham University School of Law, New York City, 20 October 2018)

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