Senior Advocate Gaurav Pachnanda has been fast-tracked by the Bar Standards Board of the United Kingdom and appointed as a Barrister in England and Wales..After being granted an unconditional exemption from all academic and vocational components of qualification and training, Pachnanda was called to the Bar at a formal ceremony held at the Middle Temple London earlier this week, which was presided by The Right Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of Supreme Court of UK..The Bar Standards Board ordinarily requires that foreign qualified lawyers, including Senior Advocates, take some parts of the Bar Transfer Test followed by a short pupillage as a precondition for being called to the Bar of England and Wales. However, an exemption from the same is granted only in exceptional cases, based upon the assessment of a particular lawyer’s body of work, professional experience and expertise in law..While Pachnanda practices as a Senior Advocate in Delhi, he also has a practice in international commercial arbitration in London and Singapore, which he undertakes from Fountain Court Chambers, London and Singapore..Pachnanda read law at the University of Jammu and at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford (BCL, 1997), where he was elected a Felix Scholar. He has previously worked with P&A Law Offices, before resuming his independent practice. From 2010 to 2015, he was Senior Additional Advocate General for the State of Jammu and Kashmir before the Supreme Court. He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 2011.
Senior Advocate Gaurav Pachnanda has been fast-tracked by the Bar Standards Board of the United Kingdom and appointed as a Barrister in England and Wales..After being granted an unconditional exemption from all academic and vocational components of qualification and training, Pachnanda was called to the Bar at a formal ceremony held at the Middle Temple London earlier this week, which was presided by The Right Hon Lord Lloyd-Jones, Justice of Supreme Court of UK..The Bar Standards Board ordinarily requires that foreign qualified lawyers, including Senior Advocates, take some parts of the Bar Transfer Test followed by a short pupillage as a precondition for being called to the Bar of England and Wales. However, an exemption from the same is granted only in exceptional cases, based upon the assessment of a particular lawyer’s body of work, professional experience and expertise in law..While Pachnanda practices as a Senior Advocate in Delhi, he also has a practice in international commercial arbitration in London and Singapore, which he undertakes from Fountain Court Chambers, London and Singapore..Pachnanda read law at the University of Jammu and at Corpus Christi College, University of Oxford (BCL, 1997), where he was elected a Felix Scholar. He has previously worked with P&A Law Offices, before resuming his independent practice. From 2010 to 2015, he was Senior Additional Advocate General for the State of Jammu and Kashmir before the Supreme Court. He was designated as a Senior Advocate in 2011.
