Atkin Chambers welcomes new tenant Sheriar Khan
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Atkin Chambers is delighted to officially welcome Sheriar Khan as a tenant, after the successful completion of his 12-month pupillage. […]
11th Sep 2023
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Sheriar joined Atkin Chambers as a tenant in September 2023, following successful completion of his pupillage. Sheriar has trained in Chambers’ core practice areas of construction, engineering and infrastructure, energy and utilities, and technology. Sheriar has experience at all stages of litigation and arbitration and has worked with a variety of standard form construction contracts including JCT and NEC forms.
Sheriar graduated with a first-class degree in Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) before reading for a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge.
Prior to commencing pupillage, Sheriar spent eight months working at the High Court as a Judicial Assistant. During part of this time, Sheriar was the Judicial Assistant to Mrs Justice O’Farrell (Judge in Charge) and Mr Justice Waksman in the Technology & Construction Court.
Sheriar previously lived in Frankfurt where he undertook a year-long traineeship with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s international arbitration team and worked on several international commercial arbitrations.
CONSTRUCTION, ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE
During pupillage, Sheriar has worked on a wide range of construction and engineering disputes and drafted numerous advices, pleadings and skeleton arguments. He is familiar with bespoke and standard form construction contracts. Recent work includes:
- Drafting Particulars of Claim on behalf of an employer in a fire safety defect claim arising out of defectively designed and constructed cladding works by a sub-contractor.
- Drafting advice on limitation in a claim by a main contractor against its sub-contractor for allegedly defective refurbishment works.
- Drafting Particulars of Claim alleging negligent design of a pipeline system by hydraulic engineers.
- Drafting advice for an employer on compensation event issues in an amended NEC contract.
- Drafting Defence in a cladding claim against an architect arising out of fire safety defects.
- Drafting advice on fire safety issues and limitation in a prospective claim against a developer.
- Drafting advice on the contractual interpretation of clauses under an amended JCT Standard Build Contract.
- Drafting advice on time at large issues under a JCT Standard Build Contract.
- Assisting in drafting an advice with regard to principles of legal causation in a claim concerning the defective design of a warehouse.
- Drafting advice in relation to a call on a performance bond under a shipbuilding contract.
- Drafting advice on the contractual interpretation of insurance clauses under an amended JCT Intermediate Building Contract.
- Assisting in drafting an advice on causes of action under the Building Safety Act 2022.
- Drafting advice relating to the interpretation of exclusion clauses in a construction contract.
ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Sheriar’s energy and natural resources experience during pupillage includes:
- Drafting advice on termination issues under a bespoke framework services agreement for the supply, installation and commission of an emission controls plant.
- Drafting a Statement of Defence in an English law governed LCIA arbitration in relation to a dispute arising out of the sale of petroleum products.
ARBITRATION AND ADJUDICATION
Sheriar developed experience in a number of international arbitrations and adjudications during pupillage including:
- Drafting a Request for Arbitration in an ICC Arbitration in respect of a claim for breach of contract arising out of the termination of a framework agreement.
- Drafting a Defence to a Statement of Case on behalf of a firm of architects in relation to a claim for alleged breaches of contract in respect of design and inspection matters.
- Drafting advice on the merits of challenges to enforcement of an adjudication decision.
GENERAL COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Sheriar gained experience in a range of commercial disputes during pupillage, including:
- Drafting a skeleton argument for a preliminary issue hearing on the interpretation of a limitation of liability clause in a Master Services Agreement.
- Drafting advice on limitation in respect of an insurance claim.
- Drafting skeleton arguments for various interim applications, including for pre-action disclosure, permission to amend a statement of case, security for costs and summary judgement and/or strike out.
QUALIFICATIONS AND AWARDS
2018 – 2019: BPTC, City Law School
2018: Sir Dingle Foot Scholarship awarded by Gray’s Inn
2018: City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence
2017 – 2018: LLM Master of Law, University of Cambridge
2014 – 2017: LLB Bachelor of Law (1st Class Honours), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Sheriar speaks conversational French.
