Sam Karim

Practice:

Administrative & Public Law including: 

All Judicial Review
Community Care
Mental Capacity/Court of Protection
Immigration & Asylum
Prison Law
Human Rights & Disability Discrimination

Profile:   

Sam is an established public law practitioner across the field of judicial review matters, particularly in community care, immigration, social welfare, prison and human rights and acts for both Claimant’s and Defendants. Sam is a member of the Attorney General’s Regional Panel and undertakes judicial review work for central government. He also specialises in mental capacity related claims arising in the Court of Protection or otherwise. 

Sam is an author and assistant editor of a forthcoming Judicial Review Book with Frances Patterson Q.C (Public Law, Law Commissoner) and others which is due to be published in the forthcoming year. 

Sam was the founding member of the Kings Community Care and Disability Rights Association established in the Spring of 2008. This unique association provides a unique forum for the exchange of knowledge and information for Claimant practitioners who practice wihin the areas of judicial review, community care and disability rights. At its conception it was the only judicial review practitioners association outside of London.  

In addition, Sam was also a founding member and is presently training secretary of Northern Adminstrative Law Association (NALA) which was set up in October 2008.  

Sam was also heavily involved in the Regionalisation of the Administrative Court Project. He was the Chairperson of the Legal Aid Working Group and co-chaired the Training Working Group with Rabinder Singh Q.C.

 

A precise of Sam’s work can be exemplified from the following cases:  

R (on the application of McDonagh) v. Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWHC 369 (Admin). Prison case concerning a decision of the defendant to revoke the licence by which the claimant had been released from prison and to recall the claimant to prison.  

Mrs M Local Government Ombudsman, 22/10/09. A family, including two seriously disabled children, represented by Sam spent three years in unsuitable accommodation as a result of failures by a Council, found the Local Government Ombudsman, Anne Seex. In her report, she says: “The underlying cause was ineffective management that can fairly be described as ‘institutionalised indifference’ – not only to the boys’ needs and their mother’s plight, but to the Council’s duties and responsibilities.”  

R (on the application of Sarwat) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC (Admin). Where the Court gave guidance on what amounts to ‘fresh submissions’ relating to a fresh claim under Immigration Rule 353.  

MB & Others [2009] EWHC 1686 (Fam) & [2009] EWHC 2061 (Fam). Where the Court of Protection gave key guidance on the ability and capacity of a Financial Deputy to bring welfare and best interest application of behalf of the protected individual.  

R v. The Parole Board & Secretary of State for Justice ex p. Brian Boswell [2009] EWHC 2049 (Admin). Delay in parole board hearing.  

R v. Secretary of State for Justice ex p. AS [2009] EWHC 1315. A prison law case regarding life sentence prisoner’s compassionate release on medical grounds.  

R v. Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council ex p. Michael Woods [2009] EWHC 233 (Admin). A community care case with overreaching mental capacity/health issues.  

Hinds v Liverpool City Council [2008] EWHC 665 (QB): Human Rights claim brought by the Claimant alleging multiple breaches of Article 8 of the ECHR surrounding family proceedings.  

R v. The Healthy Futures Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts ex p. F & Anor & Others  [2007] EWCA 1611 (Admin). Consulation case involving closure of Rochdale's A & E unit (please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6733693.stm  

R (Eric Hollingworth) v. East Lancashire Primary Care Trust (2007).  A judicial review case where the Claimant sought to be removed from his care home due to neglect and inadequate care (please see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4924484.stm )  

R (Johnina Hagel) v. Liverpool City Council (2007).  A judicial review claim that sought the increase of care provisions of a disabled individual in receipt of community care provisions (please see http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2007/07/03/plight-of-helpless-victim-of-stroke-100252-19395221/ )  

Sam also practises across the field of personal injury litigation, including industrial disease and employer's liability.

 

Recommendations:

Legal 500 2010:
“provides advice in a clear and concise manner”

Memberships:

Administrative Law Bar Association
Northern Administrative Law Association
Northern Circuit
Associate Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

 Panels:

Junior Counsel to the Crown (Provincial Panel)
Approved Counsel for Immigration & Asylum Laws
Public Law Supervisor for Law Centres 

 

Career & Education:
University: King's College London & Birmingham 
Degrees: LL.B (Hons), LL. M (Lond.), Pg Dip Laws
Year of Call: 2002 (Gray's Inn)
Joined Chambers: 2008
 
Languages Spoken: 

Bengali, Hindi, Urdu and basic Arabic  

 

                      

 

                          

   

     

 


 

 

 

Sam Karim   

Year of Call:  2002

Specialises In:
 Community Care Law Judicial Review & Personal Injury

Clerked By:
 William Brown

   

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