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Karim Pal

Call: 2023

“They have good coverage at all levels, meaning you can always find the right barrister for the case in question.”

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Overview

Karim has a broad practice and accepts instructions across a range of civil claims, with a particular focus on employment, negligence and contract litigation.

In the civil courts, Karim regularly appears in personal injury litigation, acting for claimants and defendants in multi-track and fast track cases. His practice includes representation at trials and CCMCs, as well as drafting pleadings and advising on prospects. Karim has experience of appellate work, having appeared for the successful Appellant in Eskander v GMC [2026] EWCA Civ 372 (led by Ben Collins KC).

Karim also appears in the Employment Tribunal, representing both claimants and respondents in multi-day final hearings and a variety of preliminary matters. His experience includes hearings involving issues such as state immunity, anonymity/reporting restrictions applications and complex whistleblowing allegations relating to breaches of directors’ duties. He also acts in employment-related claims in the civil courts. Karim has a particular interest in industrial relations, having worked at the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union prior to starting his pupillage.

Karim undertook his pupillage in Chambers under the supervision of Madeline Stanley, Bruno Gil, Laith Dilaimi and Christopher Edwards. He joined Chambers as a tenant in October 2024.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Karim worked as an economist, then in Ministerial Briefing, in the Department for Work and Pensions.

Academics:

PGDip Bar Practice, Inns of Court College of Advocacy

PGDL, BPP University

BA, Economics & Management, University of Oxford

Memberships:

Personal Injury Bar Association

Employment Law Association

Industrial Law Society

Employment Law Bar Association

Expertise

Employment and Discrimination

Personal Injury

Investigations

Group Litigation


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