Tayab Ali

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tayab.ali@bindmans.com

Practice Areas

Tayab is a partner in the Crime, Fraud and Regulatory team, and heads the firm's International Law Practice. He is internationally recognised and a highly respected Solicitor Advocate. His practice encompasses criminal and civil/public law in both the UK and international jurisdictions.

He is routinely retained by high profile, high net worth, clients seeking to protect their reputations against false public and criminal allegations. His skills are matched by his sensitivity, discretion and single-minded devotion to his clients’ interests.

Tayab has acted in many of the most high profile and complex criminal trials over the last two decades. He has represented clients in the Supreme Court, European Court of Human Rights as well as at international political and legal institutions including the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and the African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights.

Tayab was shortlisted as Human Rights Lawyer of the Year in the Law Society’s Excellence Awards and nominated as Criminal Defence Lawyer of the Year by the Society of Asian Lawyers. He has been twice featured as The Times Lawyer of the Week. First in 2012 for his successful representation of a senior Arab Israeli politician and activist and again in 2020 for his successful representation of Lesley Gibson who was prosecuted for cultivating cannabis she used to medicate her symptoms of MS. In 2023, Tayab was highly commended for Lawyer of the Year at the Modern Law Awards.

Tayab is regularly asked for his views and analysis on topical legal issues by journalists, broadcasters and various national and international news channels. He is often invited to lecture at leading Universities and prestigious organisations such as the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Tayab has made important contributions to public debates on counter-terrorism legislation, the prosecution of international crimes and the use of torture. He has also provided evidence to Parliamentary Select Committees on behalf of his clients.

Tayab has advised a number of UK and foreign members of parliament, ministers as well as political parties and former governments.