Public International Law

What Our Barristers Do

Our public international law barristers advise and represent clients on issues across the whole range of public international law.

This includes inter-state disputes, investment protection treaty matters, international human rights law, international criminal law, international treaty regimes, and the application of international law in domestic law. Our public international law barristers and members of chambers also act as counsel and arbitrators in investor-state arbitrations under a variety of rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL and SCC.

Who Our Barristers Act For

Our public international law barristers act for the full range of clients, including governments and governmental agencies, international organisations, NGOs, corporations and private individuals.

Where Our Barristers Act

Our public international law barristers appear before permanent international courts, including the International Court of Justice, and before international arbitration tribunals.

Our public international law barristers appear before national courts and tribunals in the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions.

People

  • Nigel Pleming KC

    Year of Call 1971 Silk 1992

  • Peter Turner KC

    Year of Call 2024 (avocat à la Cour (France), 2016) Silk 2015

  • Katherine Apps KC

    Year of Call 2006 Silk 2023

  • Loretta Malintoppi*

    Year of Call 1987 (Rome)

  • Christopher Staker

    Year of Call 2003

  • Camilla ter Haar

    Year of Call 2005

  • Kelly Stricklin-Coutinho

    Year of Call 2006

  • Vivek Kapoor

    Year of Call 2018 (2008 (India) 2022 (DIFC) 2025 (BVI))

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