I practice as both a Barrister and CMC Registered Mediator, and specialise in Trust and Estate Disputes, Art and Cultural Heritage 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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Member of the: Art and Cultural Heritage Law | 1EC; Trusts, probate, & estates | 1EC; Tax | 1EC; & Arbitration & mediation | 1EC Practice Groups.
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Biography:
B.Soc.Sc (Keele) (Law & Political Science) (1st year subsidiary subjects: Human Biology & Psychology) (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, STEP, and the Art Lawyers Association. 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]
I passed the Bar Finals exam when I was 23. My pupil masters at the Bar were David Marks KC (Chambers of Muir Hunter QC – now South Square Chambers); and Sir Nigel Davis KC (7 Stone Buildings – now Maitland Chambers). On completing pupillage I requalified as a solicitor, and was articled with Howard Kennedy (Trusts and Property); and Fox & Gibbons (Company Commercial), in Mayfair, London (which is now part of Dentons).
I then 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), and resolving international commercial disputes. 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.
I have completed the writing-up of the 2nd Edition of the Contentious Probate Handbook, which is scheduled for publication by the Law Society of England and Wales in mid to late February 2025. The law is stated as at 1 September 2024.
At 4pm GMT on Thursday 24 October 2024, I presented an online talk to members of the SCMA worldwide, about ‘Mediation Advocacy in Trust & Estate Disputes.’ Click on this link to play the video of my talk on YouTube: SCMA / ADR Group Seminar
Based upon the talk, I have written a 50 page section about ‘Mediation Advocacy’ for inclusion in the ADR chapter of the 2nd Edition of the Contentious Probate Handbook.
My next live Zoom webinar to be presented to members of the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates worldwide in 2025 is entitled – ‘Mediation Advocacy & Ethics in Claims for the Return of Ancient Art.’ This is provisionally scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday 20 November 2025. This is also the title of my next article, see the ‘Claims for the Return of Ancient Art’ page of this website.
In July 2025 I am also planning to launch a YouTube Channel – ‘Art and Civilization.’ See the corresponding page of this website.
The title of my next book is, ‘Ethics in Mediation Advocacy.’ This will be written as both an academic course text book for Law Students, and as a handbook for Mediation Advocates – globally.