BCL Bachelor of Civil Law (Oxon) First Class

MSc Criminal Justice (Oxon) First Class

LLB Law with French Law (Lond and Paris-II) Hons

Hardwicke Scholar, Lincoln’s Inn

Foreign and Commonwealth Office International Human Rights Award

Oxford University BCL Studentship

Oriel College Scholar

Languages:

French, Spanish, Punjabi

Crime, Employment, Immigration, Personal Injury, Property, Public/Human Rights

Until January 2010, appointed as full-time Judicial Assistant to the Lord Chief Justice and Carnwath LJ. 

Returning to full-time practice thereafter.

Prior to his pupillage at Thomas More Chambers, Ravinder taught Employment Law at the University of Buckingham and Capital Punishment Law at the University of Oxford. In 2004-5 he spent a year as a Law Clerk in New Orleans and Atlanta, USA working on capital cases and appeals.

Ravinder became a tenant in October 2008.

Whilst in pupillage he worked on a number of terrorism cases both at trial and on appeal. He also assisted in a cross-border ancilliary relief dispute and a substantial personal injury claim for child abuse.  

During his second six months, he represented defendants in both the Magistrates and Crown Courts on a range of offences including robbery and drugs supply. He is currently representing a property development company for breach of planning and listed building notices.

Ravinder is developing his practice in Employment Law. Recently, he represented a finance assistant in a 3 day unfair redundancy dismissal and breach of contract dispute. He has also represented a nurse in a 5 day case involving race and sex discrimination.

Ravinder has experience of Property law and has acted for both Landlords and Tenants in the County Court. In a recent case, he advised a commercial landlord on tenant insolvency and the recovery of service charges.

Ravinder is also interested in public and human rights law. He is currently instructed in a judicial review of criminal proceedings and has assisted in a number of applications for special leave to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Regular Contributor to the Administrative Court Digest

Research Assistant to Editors of Phipson on Evidence (16^th Edition)

Conference Paper: “Definitions of Religions and Belief in the Framework Directive 2000/78/EC” (Venice International University, 2006)

Amicus Curiae brief for Binyam Mohammed in Supreme Court of the United States: Hamdan v Rumsfeld

Amicus Curiae brief for Amnesty International (Canada) in Charkaoui and Almrei v Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Oxford Pro Bono Publico Report to the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on Human Trafficking in the UK