Khawar Qureshi

Khawar Mehmood Qureshi is a British barrister and international lawyer. He is known for his involvement in numerous high-profile cases, including the recent cases of Philomena Mwilu and Kulbhushan Jadhav.

In 2013, he was appointed a deputy High Court judge, specializing in civil and commercial disputes.

Appointments

In August 1998, he was appointed as a member, and then vice chairman, of the Bar Council's international relations committee and appointed thereafter the chairman of the public international law committee. In 2010, he became chairman of The City UK Legal Services and Dispute Resolution Group. In 2013, he was appointed as a deputy judge of the High Court.

Academic appointments and publications

He taught commercial law part-time at the University of Cambridge from 1989 to 1993. He was appointed visiting lecturer in public international law at King's College London (1995–2002). He was appointed a visiting professor in commercial law, London University, 2006–2013. He is a member (commercial and international law) of Halsbury's Law Exchange.

Practice areas His main areas of practice are commercial litigation, international arbitration, public international law, judicial review, and regulatory matters. In 1993, he was the then youngest lawyer to appear before the International Court of Justice, representing Bosnia in the genocide case against Yugoslavia.