How I can help

 

I practice as both a Barrister and CMC Registered Mediator and specialise in Trust & Estate Disputes, Cultural Property and International Humanitarian Law.

1 EC Barristers, 3 Kings Bench Walk North, Inner Temple, London EC4Y 7HR (www.1ec.co.uk).

(Barrister Details – Mr Carl Amir-Ul Islam (barstandardsboard.org.uk)

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Biography:

B.Soc.Sc (Keele) (Law & Political Science) (Joint-Honours)*, LLM (Exon)(International Business Legal Studies), Diploma in Art Law (Institute of Art & Law) (London), Barrister (Lincoln’s Inn), TEP, SCMA Accredited Mediation Advocate, MSoM, CMC Registered Mediator. Member of the Southeastern Circuit, Chancery Bar Association, Revenue Bar Association, STEP (full member), and the Art Lawyers Association (Associate Member). Author of ‘Tax-Efficient Wills Simplified’ (Amazon Kindle): Tax-efficient Wills Simplified 2014/15: Amazon.co.uk: Carl Islam: 9781852527396: Books, the ‘Contentious Probate Handbook’ (published by the Law Society on 1 October 2016): Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World’s Legal Bookshop Search Results for isbn: ‘9781784460600’, and the Contentious Trusts Handbook’:  Wildy & Sons Ltd — The World’s Legal Bookshop Search Results for isbn: ‘9781784461249’. I am also a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple (Ad Eundem), and dual qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court (remaining on the Roll). On 14.12.2023 I was appointed as an Advisory Board Member to the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates in London (https://scmastandards.com/).

*[Keele is a leading school of Political Science, International Relations & Diplomacy, see Keele Top 3 in England for Politics – Keele University]

Prior to entering private practice, I worked in-house for Rolls-Royce and Alstom (in Paris), tax structuring, drafting, and negotiating deals in multiple jurisdictions around the world (principally in the Far East, including China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and India). As a Mediation Advocate, I approach doing a deal in settlement of a commercial dispute with the benefit of that commercial experience and can apply a degree of ‘nous’. As a Mediator, I can also use my ‘commercial’ antennae to help parties re-frame their dispute as an opportunity.

My short article ‘Commercial Mediation of Music Disputes’ was published in the Law Society Gazette on 1st December 2023: Commercial mediation of music disputes | Law Gazette.

My article ‘Downton revisited – Mediating estate disputes involving art and heritage property’ was published in Taxation (Tolley) on 14 December 2023: Mediating estate disputes involving art and heritage property | Taxation

I have been commissioned by the Law Society of England & Wales, to write a second edition of the Contentious Probate Handbook in 2024. Dr Hugh Series who is a NHS Consultant in old age psychiatry and a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford, is contributing a standalone Practice Note for inclusion in the book as an Appendix about ‘Mental disorders.’

I have also been commissioned by Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press) to contribute an in-depth article after I have completed the book entitled, ‘Deaccessioning & Repatriation – Duties & Powers of Museum Trustees.’

In September 2024 I will also be presenting a one hour online seminar for the SCMA worldwide about ‘Mediation Advocacy in Trust & Estate Disputes.’

The title of my next book, which I will start to research and write in 2025 is, ‘Understanding Conflict & Mediating Settlement’, see www.diplomaticlawguide.com

As a Mediator, I also have a research and writing interest in relation to International Humanitarian Law, see my essay on the International Humanitarian Law page of this website – Cultural Heritage Diplomacy & IHL – Are Principles of Humanity under International Humanitarian Law a diplomatic tool in mediating a peace process and agreement?’ and the ‘Understanding Conflict & Mediating Settlement’ page at www.diplomaticlawguide.com – which I founded 10 years ago.

In 2025, before starting work on my next book, I plan to research and write an article entitled, ‘Ethical Principles Underlying Peremptory Norms of International Humanitarian Law.’ See the International Humanitarian Law page of this website.