Saad Karim

With a wide-ranging and active family law practice, Saad represents clients in complex and sensitive matters involving children, finance, and international elements. He regularly appears in the Family Court and High Court and is instructed in cases where high-value assets, trusts, and cross-border issues feature prominently. Saad has acted in disputes involving child arrangements, financial remedies, injunctions, and allegations of domestic abuse, as well as applications under the Hague Convention and cases concerning child abduction. Saad is highly regarded for his robust yet empathetic advocacy.

He is known for “always putting his heart and soul into the cases he represents” and for “going the extra mile” for clients, as reflected in the many positive testimonials from his previous clients. He combines technical precision and courtroom strength with an approachable manner, ensuring that clients feel supported during what are often some of the most challenging times in their lives.

His recent cases include representing:

• A wife in multi-jurisdictional financial remedy proceedings involving dissipation and undervaluation of assets.
• A claimant in enforcement proceedings securing both damages and costs against a former spouse. An applicant father in complex private law proceedings involving allegations of kidnap, abduction, terrorism, and serious sexual offences — where no findings were made and a Lucas direction was given against the opposing party.
• A wife in proceedings involving undisclosed international assets and the valuation of multiple businesses.

Areas of Law

• Child Arrangements Orders
• Financial Remedies Applications
• Non-molestation and Occupation Orders
• International Family Law and Child Abduction
• Public and Private Law Children Act Proceedings
• Divorce, including cases involving trusts and overseas assets
• Enforcement applications and committal proceedings

Saad has a strong practice in civil and commercial disputes, acting for individuals, companies, and trustees in both the County Court and High Court. He is frequently instructed in matters involving breach of contract, shareholder and partnership disputes, professional negligence, and property-related claims.

His background as both a solicitor with Higher Rights of Audience and a former investment banker provides him with a rare combination of litigation expertise and commercial acumen, making him particularly effective in high-value disputes with complex financial or corporate structures.

Saad is praised for his meticulous case preparation, ability to master detailed evidence quickly, and his “confidence and brilliance in advocacy and cross examination.” He regularly advises on urgent interim relief, including freezing injunctions, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, committal proceedings, and insolvency proceedings.

He also represents clients in disputes with an international dimension, often involving offshore trusts, cross-border investments, and multi-jurisdictional enforcement.

Recent instructions include:

• Acting for the directors of a special purpose vehicle in a multi-million pound share purchase agreement relating to a 426-unit property investment in England.
• Representing the defendant in a multi-million pound, cross-border investment and share purchase dispute.
• Advising a claimant seeking an emergency injunction to prevent double-tier burials in an Islamic cemetery during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Defending a trustee in contested proceedings under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA).
• Representing defendants in complex trespass proceedings brought by an international claimant.

Areas of Law:

• Commercial Contract Disputes
• Shareholder Rights and Director Duties
• Partnership Disputes
• Insolvency Proceedings
• Urgent Injunctive Relief (including freezing orders and non-compete clauses)
• Trust and Property Disputes (including TOLATA claims)
• Multi-jurisdictional and Cross-border Litigation

• Family W v H [2023] – instructed to represent the Claimant on a non-molestation order and Children Act proceedings involving a s91(14) barring order.
• P v A [2023] – instructed as counsel to represent the Applicant in a complex private law proceedings involving covert recordings, kidnap, abduction, terrorism and other serious allegations in a 4-day fact-finding hearing.
• AD v AT [2021] - acting for a wife in complex proceedings involving undisclosed international assets and the valuation of several businesses.
• Crime R v F [2023] – successfully defended a motorist on an aggravating charge of careless driving obtaining a full acquittal and costs following trial.
• R v A [2022] – instructed as counsel to advise on a large and complex money laundering and criminal property charge
• Business and Commercial 5KIPB [2021] – instructed to draft, negotiate and represent the Directors in a multi-million pound share purchase agreement of an SPV 426-unit property investment in England.
• TPGL v Mobi [2023] – instructed to represent the Defendant in a multi-million pound cross-boarder multi-jurisdictional investment and share purchase agreement
• Meghjee v BW Foundation [2020] – acting for the Claimant in an application to seek an injunction to prevent double-tier burials in an Islamic Cemetery during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
• Property Smykov v Smykova [2023] – successfully defended a former spouse in trespass proceedings brought by her former husband in relation to the former matrimonial home. A resulting trust was established.
• Al-Batti v Kaddam and Abbas [2023] – instructed to represent a trustee in a defended application under s.14 and s.15 TOLATA 1996

• The Solicitors Regulation Authority
• The Bar Standards Board
• The Law Society
• The American Bar Association
• The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
• The Society of Mediation - Trustee

1. This is a privacy notice that describes how, why and for how long I will process or keep your personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).
2. The GDPR governs how an individual’s personal data is used, and your rights in relation to that data.
3.  I, Saad Karim , have been instructed by you or your litigation friend (usually a parent), through your solicitor or agent, or via the Bar Pro Bono Unit.
4.  It is necessary for me to process your personal data in order for me to provide you with legal services, for example:

• Advise on the prospects of litigation;
• Advise on the value of your claim;
• Representation at a court hearing;
• Representation at trial;
• Advise, review or comment on legal issues or evidence.

5. Processing means anything done to data such as: recording, organising, adapting, altering, copying, consulting, transmitting, combining, erasing or storing it.

6.The processing for the purposes listed above will take place in accordance with either Article 6(1)(a) GDPR or Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, depending on how you instructed me.

7. If you have instructed me on a direct access basis, or engaged a solicitor (or legal agent), to assist you in bringing or defending a claim then the processing is necessary to perform a contract to which you are a party (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). To give effect to that contract (i.e. to bring a claim) it is necessary for me to process your personal data for litigation purposes.

8. If I am assisting you on a pro bono basis, it will be necessary for me to seek your consent to be able to represent you (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). In this scenario, you will be sent a consent form.

Recipients of your data

9.  I may also be required to share your data with others, depending on the nature of your case. This may include:

(i)  Courts and other tribunals to whom documents are presented;

(ii) Your solicitors, or agent representing you, through whom I have been instructed;

(iii) Potential witnesses, experts and other persons involved in the case;

(iv) Solicitors, barristers, or other legal representatives;

(v) Ombudsman and regulatory authorities;

(vi) Education and examining bodies; and

(vii) Current, past or prospective employers.

Special Categories of Data

10.  In some cases I will have been given your personal data that is within the ‘special categories’ of data described in GDPR Article 9(1). For example, personal data that reveals your race, ethnicity, sexual preferences, political or religious beliefs, trade union membership or health. There are also restrictions for processing information regarding criminal convictions.

11. This type of personal data will only be processed where it is necessary in order to represent you in your legal claim, or advise on the prospects of a legal claim.

Retention

12. I will retain your personal data for no longer than is necessary, and where it is possible, I will anonymise your data.

13. How long your personal data is kept will depend on a number of factors. The retention period will be reviewed when the service I am providing you with is complete. However in general, I am obliged by the Bar Code of Conduct to retain records of my cases, and by HM Revenue and Customs to retain records for 6 years.

14. Once your case has concluded and fees have been paid, I shall retain only the personal data necessary for the following purposes:

(i) The legal and professional obligation to retain information relating to my cases;

(ii) To check for any potential conflict of interests that may arise in the future when I am instructed on other cases;

(iii) For use in the defence of potential complaints, legal proceedings or fee disputes;

(iv) To refer back to in future cases which raise similar legal, factual, or procedural issues.

15. The processing for the purposes listed in paragraph 14 (ii), (iii), and (iv) above, will take place in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. That is, for the purposes of legitimate interests that are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

16. The processing for the purposes listed in paragraph 14(i) above, will take place in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. That is, the processing is necessary for me to comply with a legal obligation. 

Your Rights

17. Where processing of your personal data was based on your consent (see paragraphs 6 and 8) you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

18. Withdrawal of your consent to process such data will most likely mean that I am no longer able to provide you with the legal services you seek.

19. You may request confirmation that your personal data is being processed by me and details about the personal data, the source, the processing, the purposes of the processing, the recipients and the retention period.

20. You may request a copy of your personal data that is being processed by me. You may also request rectification (i.e. correction) where there are inaccuracies in the personal data.

21. You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time, to processing of your personal data in paragraph 14 of this privacy notice. Should you object, the processing will only continue where there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your fundamental rights, freedoms and interests. 

22. Where the processing or retention of your data is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, it will not be possible to object. 

23. You have the right to request that your personal data is erased where any of the following apply:

(i) The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;

(ii) You withdraw your consent where the basis of processing was based on consent and where there is no other ground for the processing;

(iii) Where your fundamental rights, freedoms and interests override the legitimate interests of processing in paragraph 14;

(iv) The personal data has been unlawfully processed; or

(v) The personal data have to be erased to comply with a legal obligation.

24. You have the right to request that your personal data is restricted from processing, so that it is simply stored, for the following reasons: as an alternative to deletion; so that it can be corrected; for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; to verify if a legitimate ground exists (paragraph 14).

25. Where it is necessary to correct your personal data, or you have requested the restriction or erasure of your personal data, I shall endeavour to contact the recipients of the personal data, unless this involves disproportionate effort. 

Security

26. I take appropriate physical and technical procedures to safeguard your personal data to prevent it from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way. 

Complaints or Queries

27. If you have any questions regarding this privacy notice, or how I use your personal data please email me: mailto: saad.karim@tbgbarrister.co.uk, or my clerks: clerking@thebarristergroup.co.uk telephone 01823 247 247.

28. I shall aim to respond as soon as possible, and within 30 days.

29. You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe I have not handled your request in an appropriate manner. For information on contacting the ICO please go to: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/