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“When he is on his feet in a courtroom, he is simply captivating."
Sam is a leading specialist practitioner in domestic and international public law, court of protection and domestic and international arbitration. Before taking silk, he was a member of the Attorney General Panel of Treasury Counsel for over a decade representing central government in high-profile proceedings. He has experience in all levels and types of courts and tribunals and regularly appears in the appellate courts. Sam is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Court.
Sam is head of the Administrative/Public Law and the Court of Protection Team. Sam is also the Director of Pupillage Training.
Sam is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is admitted as a practitioner in the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) Court. He is a specialist in arbitral laws, and sits as an arbitrator.
He practices in all relevant areas in which domestic and international arbitration is applicable. He is fully conversant in arbitrations under the AAA, Court of Arbitration for Sport, HKIAC, SIAC, ICC, LCIA, ARIAS, UNCITRAL and ICSID, as well as ad hoc arbitrations pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996, particularly in the Middle East and Brazil.
Sam Karim QC is the head of the Court of Protection team at Kings Chambers. He has been a specialist in this area since the advent of the Mental Capacity Act.
(a) All types of disputes regarding the social welfare of incapacitated adults and children and medical treatment issues, and is regularly instructed by the Official Solicitor, families of patients, CCG’s, local authorities and private care providers.
(c) Property and affairs. He has extensive in appearing on contested applications for deputyships and on issues arising during deputyship and for registration of lasting powers of attorney (LPAs) and enduring powers of attorney (EPAs), and advising on issues arising for attorneys and in relation to disputed statutory will. His experience also includes advising and appearing in cases relating to the overlap of the Court of Protection and personal injury proceedings.
Sam undertakes urgent advice and representation on applications including declarations on an emergency basis. Please contact his Clerks.
He is also published in this area: 'A human rights perspective on reducing restrictive practices in intellectual disability and autism' (BILD).
AP v.Tameside MBC  EWHC 65 (QB): defined the parameters of extending the statutory time limit for bringing a claim under the Human Rights Act 1998 for a breach of Article 5 of the ECHR, arising out of an deprivation of liberty that was not authorised.
Bristol NHS Trust v. AB  1 EWCOP 67 (Baker J): successfully obtained declarations that in relation to serious medical treatment, namely the removal of cancer.
BMC v. ST  EWCOP 456 (Holman J): definition of sexual capacity deploying novel arguments relying on personal reproductive autonomy.
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust  All ER (D) 06: successfully obtained declarations to withdrawn life sustaining treatment (artificial nutrition and resuscitation) on the basis that it would be futile, would not result in a therapeutic benefit and would not be in the patient's best interests.
An NHS Foundation Trust  All ER (D) 92: successfully obtained declarations to withdrawn life sustaining treatment (artificial nutrition) on the basis that it would be futile, would not result in a therapeutic benefit and would not be in the patient's best interests.
CP  EWHC 1944 (Admin) &  EWHC 1944 (Costs) (Ryder J as he then was). The 'blue room case' which was the first decision of its kind dealing with issues of seclusion, restraint and sought to define what amounted to a deprivation of liberty (under Article 5 of the ECHR) for those who have a diagnosis of intellectual disability and autism.
MB & Others  EWHC 1686 (Fam) &  EWHC 2061 (Fam): defined the appropriateness of P’s deputy for property and affairs instigating welfare proceedings.
Sam Karim QC is the head of the Administrative Law & Local Government Team at Kings Chambers.
Sam has been consistently recommended in this area as a leading specialist, and had been a member of the Attorney General Panel of Regional Counsel representing central government for almost a decade in cases of significance.
He is a well-known author in this field: (1) 'public law online', and online based legal knowledge database, (2) a book 'Judicial Review: Law & Practice', which is currently in its second edition and the co-author being the late Mrs Justice Patterson, and (3) the chapter on judicial review in Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings.
(g) State aid and procurement and utilities procurement.
Sam Karim QC is the head of the Administrative Law & Local Government Team at Kings Chambers. He is a specialist in coronial law.
He is regularly instructed in inquests and inquiries for, individual interested persons, for public/corporate bodies, and families His experience includes. ‘Article 2’ inquests following deaths in prison, after police contact or in psychiatric detention. Sam has experience of inquests following death in custody, in a health setting, in the work place, in a holiday or leisure setting and transport -related deaths. His recent experience includes a high-profile case involving a man who had committed suicide following significant failures in his psychiatric care, and a patient who died in hospital in which a finding of neglect was made.
In HM Coroner County Durham & Darlington  EWHC 3688 (Admin), Sam successfully made an application by Mr Andrew Tweddle (Senior Coroner for the Coroner area of County Durham Darlington) with the fiat of the Attorney‑General. The question was whether the existence of new information should result in the matter being remitted.
(d) Demarcation of responsibilities between local authorities, health care providers and other service providers.
He is also routinely instructed to advise upon and act in public inquiries, in particular inquiries arising from catastrophic health and safety failures in public bodies that have resulted in fatalities and serious injuries.
“he knows his stuff when it comes to judicial review – [one person said] I wish he was a worse opponent."
“... a seasoned hand at representing both claimants and defendants in judicial review proceedings….”.
“was... a driving force behind the development of administrative law in the North West generally”.
He is a well-known author in this field: (1) 'public law online', and online based legal knowledge database, (2) a book 'Judicial Review: Law & Practice', which is currently in its second edition and the co-author being Mrs Justice Patterson, and (3) the chapter on judicial review in Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings.
Sam is also the administrator and founding member of the Public Law Pro Bono Scheme, which provides free legal advice on public law matters, including representation at renewal hearings at the Administrative Court in Manchester.
(c) Employment: advising local government on disciplinary and employment law compliance issues and Equality Act duties. Sam has provided advice on the implementation and proper conduct of disciplinary and capability procedures in relation to senior managers in local government and advised on the lawfulness and application of voluntary severance and early retirement provisions to senior management team members in local government.
(d) Data protection, freedom of information, human rights issues, privacy and breach of confidence. Sam has advised a wide range of public sector and commercial organisations regarding their use of personal information, and relating the implications of sharing confidential personal sensitive information with other public authorities for the prevention of crime and fraud. He has experience of RIPA at the First-Tier Tribunal, and in appeals from that Tribunal, and also appearing in the county court in proceedings under the DPA 1998 for public and private sector data controllers. Sam was recently a keynote speaker on Data Protection Compliance for the European Fraud Network in Brussels.
(e) Immigration, nationality and prison. His extensive experience derives from representing central government for a decade in this in cases of significance (see below).
(f) Community care and health care law.
P v. Gangmasters Licensing Authority : EWHC 1487 (Admin): successfully challenged the decision of the Authority to revoke a licence.
Dong v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 3100 (Admin). Whether the period of grant in respect of discretionary leave was appropriate in the circumstances.
Aziz v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 2589. A challenge to the lawfulness of the decision relating to Tier 1 Post Study Work pursuant to Part 6A of the Immigration Rules.
Peters v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1336 (Admin). Whether the defendant’s decision to grant discretionary leave rather than indefinite leave was lawful or not.
R (1st Choice Engines Limited) v. the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2014 EWHC 1765 (Admin). Considering whether the decision made by the defendant in relation to a notie pursuant to sections 447 and 452A of the Companies Act 1985 was lawful or not.
SN v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1111 (Admin). Whether the defendant’s decision to certify under was section 94(2) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 was lawful or not.
Jaferi v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1275 (Admin). Legacy case.
MJ (Iraq) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWCA Civ 932. Delay and whether the Claimant would have benefited from the earlier policy towards asylum seekers.
R (Khan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 3430(Admin). Article 8.
Reed v. Parole Board  EWHC 3329 (Admin). Refusal to make recommendations to release.
Thomas v. Parole Board  EWHC 2112 (Admin). Refusal to transfer a prisoner to open conditions, and also not to provide an oral hearing pursuant to Article 5 of the ECHR.
R (Simpson) v. Governor of HMP Wakefield  EWHC 2652 (Admin). Entitlements under the Prison Rules.
R (Bibi) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 671 (Admin). Nationality.
R (Smith) v. Parole Board  EWHC 218 (Admin). Transfer to open condition and the requirement to undertake balancing exercise.
R (Amin) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 2813 (Admin). Domestic violence and indefinite leave to remain under IR 289.
A  EWCA 1879 (Fam). Data Protection and Freedom of Information. Redaction and disclosure of personal sensitive information to a third party and a disciplinary body.
R (M) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1244.Deportation, detention and reasonable prospect of removing a deportee within a reasonable time.
R (S) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 2825 (Admin). Certification.
R (Manchester College of Higher Education& Media Technology) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1463 (Admin). Sponsor under the tier based system.
R (Ajibade) v. The Nursing and Midwifery Council  EWHC 2790 (Admin). Disqualification.
R (Ian Morris) v. Chester West & Cheshire Council  EWHC 3016 (Admin). Non-Domestic Rates Liability Order.
R (Jalal) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 4035 (Admin). Delay and whether the Claimant would have benefited from the earlier policy towards asylum seekers.
R (Riley) v Upper Tribunal EWHC 3436 (Admin). Article 8.
R (Cardao-Pito) v. Office of Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education  EWHC 203 (Admin). Complaint to the Adjudicator regarding the treatment of a pupil at a university.
R (Tologiwa) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 2386 (Admin). Certification.
R (Fox) v. Secretary of State for Justice  EWHC 2411 (Admin). Oral hearing entitlement.
Al-Halal & Wajid Ali v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 128. Costs under the civil penalty regime for employing illegal migrant workers.
R (Kaur) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  All ER (D) 68. Certification.
R (Adetola) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department All ER (D) 145. 3197 (Admin). Marriage and evidence.
R (Austin) v. Parole Board  EWHC 128 (Admin). Open transfer and balancing exercise.
R (Leach) v. Parole Board  EWHC 2470 (Admin). Open transfer and balancing exercise.
R (D’Cunha) v. Parole Board  EWHC 128 (Admin). Open transfer and balancing exercise.
R (Jacob) v Parole Board  EWHC 2475 (Admin) &  EWHC 3035 (Admin). Release and oral hearing.
R (Akram) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 3437 (Admin). Article 8.
R (Ahmed) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 2779 (Admin). Sufficiency of protection.
R (Da Costa) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 2259 (Admin). Further leave to remain and evidential requirement.
R (Alam) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1303 (Admin).
R (Mohamed) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC 1244 (Admin). Deportation and Article 8.
R (Sanyalou) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  EWHC B9 (Admin). Certification.
R (Howden) v. Secretary of State for Justice  All ER 140 (D). Release on licence and recall.
R (McDonagh) v. Secretary of State for Justice  EWHC 369 (Admin). Release on licence and recall.
R (Byran) v. Secretary of State for Justice  EWHC 2507 (Admin). Contact with children, prisoner and Article 8.
R (Westwater) v. Secretary of State for Justice  EWHC 2403 (Admin). Contact with children, prisoner and Article 8.
R (Sarwat) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  All ER (D) 316. EWHC 2825 (Admin). Fresh claim.
R (AS) v. Secretary of State for Justice  EWHC 1315 (Admin). Licence and recall.
R (Hinds) v Liverpool City Council  EWHC 665 (QB), 1 FLR 475. Care proceedings, contact and Article 8.
R (J) v. The Healthy Futures Joint Committee of PCT & Others  EWCA 1611 (Admin). Reconfiguration of health care services and consultation.
He is able to deal with all aspects of licensing work including: premises licences (for sale of alcohol and entertainment), betting shops and bookmakers, gaming (bingo and casinos), street trading, gangmasters, taxis and environmental waste.
Sam recently successfully obtained injunctive proceedings regarding unauthorised traveller encampments on land owned by a Council. Arguments were raised in respect of an alleged unlawful interference of Articles 8 and 14.
He was also involved in the only case involving the Gangmasters Licencing Authority in the Administrative Court, A Company v. Gangmasters Licencing Authority  EWHC 4910 (Admin) where he successfully sought interim relief to reinstate a licence following revocation pending a determination by an Appointed Person.
Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Queens Counsel.
UK Advisor to the Chinese Government on development of Administrative Reconsideration Law in China. Appointed by the Asia Foundation.
Previously a member of the Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Junior Counsel.
Chairperson of the Legal Aid Working Group and co-chaired the Training Working Group relating to the Regionalisation of the Administrative Court.
Director of Manchester Public Law Pro-Bono Scheme.
Northern Circuit Education Committee Member.
"Sam is an outstanding advocate. He is a pleasure to work with. He is always on hand at the drop of a hat to discuss a case, and he has an ability to put lay clients completely at ease even when dealing with difficult medical decisions."
"He understands the technical points of public law really well." "He is diligent and straight-dealing."
"He has a real breadth of knowledge. He is a measured and careful advocate." "He has a good knowledge of the law and is well-prepared. His submissions are underpinned by a knowledge of the law."
"He's excellent, and used by all parties - he's very academic in his thought processes."
"… His academic understanding of subject matter litigation is incredible."
"He is one of the leading practitioners in the North"
"He is innovative in the way he approaches cases and creative in the way he deals with matters..."
"He's a very skilful advocate who is always remarkably calm and in control, he never gets fazed by the complexities of a case… He puts his points across succinctly and never wavers."
"...He has a plenary style that is very logical and meticulous, and makes his points very well without annoying the judge."
"He is charismatic… [and an] engaging… advocate."

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