Justice A K Sikri joins London's 4 Pump Court

Justice A K Sikri joins London's 4 Pump Court

Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Sikri has joined 4 Pump Court, leading commercial barristers' chambers in London. He was invited to be an associate member of the chambers.

In a press release, Justice Sikri commented, "It gives me immense pleasure to be an associate member of 4 Pump Court Chambers. The globalization at the economic level has not only blurred the national boundaries, but it has also resulted in a deeper co-operation of different stakeholders across the countries."

"Alongside, it has also witnessed the convergence of laws, particularly in areas having trans-border ramifications. International arbitration is one such field. Judiciaries of the countries are liberally adopting a global approach in their decisions and freely rely upon the experience of other jurisdictions by citing their judgments," he mentioned

"It equally applies to the arbitrators as well as the practitioners on international disputes. In this scenario, I feel delighted to have this relationship with the Chambers and hope that it would be highly productive for all of us," the former judge of the apex court added.

About Justice A K Sikri

Justice Sikri had enrolled as an advocate in 1977 and practiced in Delhi. He was elevated as a judge of the Delhi High Court in 1999. For about a year, in 2011, he served as the acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court. Subsequently, in 2012, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A year later, Justice Sikri was elevated to the Bench at the Supreme Court of India where he served for about six years before retiring in March 2019.

Post-retirement, he was appointed as Chairperson of the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) by the News Broadcasters Association (NBA). In July 2019, he was appointed as a judge of the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC).

About 4 Pump Court

It is a full-service commercial set of barristers' chambers with expertise in international arbitration, commercial dispute resolution, professional negligence, technology and telecoms, banking and financial services, shipping, energy, construction and engineering and insurance and reinsurance.

The associate members at 4 Pump Court are strategic partners in overseas jurisdictions but not full members of the chambers. They represent clients in major arbitrations in a wide range of disputes across their areas of expertise.

In 2018, advocate Abhimanyu Bhandari was invited to join 4 Pump Court as an associate member.