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Carl Islam

Carl Islam

  • Called to BAR: 1984
  • Company
  • Contract Law
  • Professional Negligence
  • Tax
  • Wills & Probate

Summary

Carl is a registered Public Access practitioner who can be instructed directly by members of the public (including executors and trustees) without the involvement of a solicitor, and specialises in will, trust, and inheritance disputes.

Specialist areas of law include

  • Company
  • Contract Law
  • Professional Negligence
  • Tax
  • Wills & Probate

Profile description

Carl principally appears in will, trust, and inheritance disputes in the Business and Property Courts and Central London County Court. Carl is currently acting in several cases involving breach of fiduciary duty, and is developing his practice to include minority shareholder disputes, and civil fraud litigation. His article ‘Breach of Fiduciary Duty and the Quiet Fiduciary’ was published in ‘Trusts & Trustees’ (Oxford University Press) in February 2019.

Carl principally appears in will, trust, and inheritance disputes in the Business and Property Courts and Central London County Court. Carl is currently acting in several cases involving breach of fiduciary duty, and is developing his practice to include minority shareholder disputes, and civil fraud litigation. His article ‘Breach of Fiduciary Duty and the Quiet Fiduciary’ was published in ‘Trusts & Trustees’ (Oxford University Press) in February 2019.

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Carl’s Practising Certificate has been extended by the Bar Standards Board to authorise him to conduct litigation. In an appropriate case, this permits Carl to carry out day to day case management activities (including the issue of a Claim Form in any court in England and Wales) which are reserved to Solicitors, and in effect, to offer a one stop shop litigation and advocacy service to members of the public, from evaluation of the merits, evidence, and remedies, through to trial or settlement of the claim.

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In June Carl appeared in the High Court in London as counsel for the claimant in Clark –v-  The Trustees of the Victor Hugo Fund (A Trust of Balliol College in the University of Oxford) & ors [2016] (which was a successful claim for rectification of a will that involved multi-jurisdictional issues).

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Carl is the author of the first edition of the ‘Contentious Probate Handbook’ (published by the Law Society on 1 October 2016), and was a guest speaker at the annual one day seminar of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) in the City of London on 7 April 2016.

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To download a copy of his paper (which is being serialised in the ACTAPS monthly Newsletter) please visit the ‘Publications’ page at www.ihtbar.com.

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Carl has been commissioned by the Law Society to write a new book for practitioners entitled the ‘Contentious Trusts Handbook – Practice and Precedents’ which is scheduled for publication in October 2019. For more information please visit www.carlislam.co.uk.

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Associations

 

Chancery Bar Association.
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (I am a fully qualified TEP).
Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (I am a SCMA accredited mediation advocate).

Skills & Interest

 

Cooking, music, reading, swimming, cycling, and tennis.

2010 - present

2010 - present

Practice Areas

Carl principally appears in will, trust, and inheritance disputes in the Business and Property Courts and Central London County Court. Carl is currently acting in several cases involving breach of fiduciary duty, and is developing his practice to include minority shareholder disputes, and civil fraud litigation. His article ‘Breach of Fiduciary Duty and the Quiet Fiduciary’ was published in ‘Trusts & Trustees’ (Oxford University Press) in February 2019.

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Carl’s Practising Certificate has been extended by the Bar Standards Board to authorise him to conduct litigation. In an appropriate case, this permits Carl to carry out day to day case management activities (including the issue of a Claim Form in any court in England and Wales) which are reserved to Solicitors, and in effect, to offer a one stop shop litigation and advocacy service to members of the public, from evaluation of the merits, evidence, and remedies, through to trial or settlement of the claim.

​In June Carl appeared in the High Court in London as counsel for the claimant in Clark –v-  The Trustees of the Victor Hugo Fund (A Trust of Balliol College in the University of Oxford) & ors [2016] (which was a successful claim for rectification of a will that involved multi-jurisdictional issues).

Carl is the author of the first edition of the ‘Contentious Probate Handbook’ (published by the Law Society on 1 October 2016), and was a guest speaker at the annual one day seminar of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) in the City of London on 7 April 2016.

​

To download a copy of his paper (which is being serialised in the ACTAPS monthly Newsletter) please visit the ‘Publications’ page at www.ihtbar.com.

​

Carl has been commissioned by the Law Society to write a new book for practitioners entitled the ‘Contentious Trusts Handbook – Practice and Precedents’ which is scheduled for publication in October 2019. For more information please visit www.carlislam.co.uk.

​Associations

Chancery Bar Association.
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (I am a fully qualified TEP).
Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (I am a SCMA accredited mediation advocate).

Skills & Interest

 

Cooking, music, reading, swimming, cycling, and tennis.

2010 - present

2010 - present

Practice Areas​

Carl specialises in will, trust, and inheritance disputes.

Carl specialises in will, trust, and inheritance disputes.

​Carl’s Practising Certificate has been extended by the Bar Standards Board to authorise him to conduct litigation. In an appropriate case, this permits Carl to carry out day to day case management activities (including the issue of a Claim Form in any court in England and Wales) which are reserved to Solicitors, and in effect, to offer a one stop shop litigation and advocacy service to members of the public, from evaluation of the merits, evidence, and remedies, through to trial or settlement of the claim.

​In June Carl appeared in the High Court in London as counsel for the claimant in Clark –v-  The Trustees of the Victor Hugo Fund (A Trust of Balliol College in the University of Oxford) & ors [2016] (which was a successful claim for rectification of a will that involved multi-jurisdictional issues).

Carl is the author of the first edition of the ‘Contentious Probate Handbook’ (published by the Law Society on 1 October 2016), and was a guest speaker at the annual one day seminar of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) in the City of London on 7 April 2016.

​To download a copy of his paper (which is being serialised in the ACTAPS monthly Newsletter) please visit the ‘Publications’ page at www.ihtbar.com.

​Carl has been commissioned by the Law Society to write a new book for practitioners entitled the ‘Contentious Trusts Handbook – Practice and Precedents’ which is scheduled for publication in October 2019. For more information please visit www.carlislam.co.uk.

​Associations

Chancery Bar Association.
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (I am a fully qualified TEP).
Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates (I am a SCMA accredited mediation advocate).

2010 - present

2010 - present

Practice Areas

​Carl specialises in will, trust, and inheritance disputes.

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