Sustainable high student kasing in the UK Supreme Court to decide Venezuela’s gold fate, worth € 1.6 billion, was deposited with the Bank of England had an Indian connection.
Kartik Mittal – A young person from Indian partnership in Zaiwalla & Co., a prestigious law firm in the city of London – representing the Venezuelan government and Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) in litigation against the Bank of England (BOE).
Shared between two rival councils from the central bank Venezuela returned to the disputed presidential election in the country in May 2018.
While some countries, including the UK, supported Juan Gueado’s claim against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been announced as president by the machine The state of Venezuela, including the Supreme Court.
“The question before the British court is from two rival councils who have the authority over $ 2 billion in Venezuelan gold reserves held at the Bank of England,” Mittal explained.
The lawyer was born and raised in Delhi and got his law degree from the symbiotic college Pune before moving to England to pursue his master from the University of Warwick.
Significantly, the Central Bank of Venezuela demanded the Bank of England in May 2020 when it refused to act on BCV instructions to transfer € 1 billion in gold to the UN development program to assist in securing humanitarian assistance, medicines and equipment needed for Venezuela’s responding to Pandemics Covid-19.
Although this case was significantly globally and involved the arose between the views of the British government of the election process in foreign countries and the reality of land there, it was not the only significant one handled by Mittal.
In fact, he has been at the leadership of various litigation disputes and arbitration for Indian and non-Indian clients including representing Indian oil companies and Tamil Nadu electric boards in their arbitration disputes in London.
“Two cases closest to my heart are those where my company acts for Indian entities, Tamil Nadu and Pec electric boards are limited.
On them, we can save the Indian taxpayer millions of pounds and it feels very good to be able to serve your country even while One overseas, “he said.
Mittal felt that the transition to qualify as a lawyer in the UK was an academic exercise that was relatively straight forward for Indian lawyers, with the substantive law of India very similar to the English substantive law, considering the two countries have a shared history.
“The justice system in the UK is far more organized and simplified compared to India and therefore, the biggest challenge lies in adapting to the English language way in doing something,” he said.
Every year, he finds more Indian students who go to England to pursue higher education.
“While there are some Indian lawyers now practice in London companies and encourage to see increasing numbers over the years, the number of Indians who work in the legal sector cannot be compared to large amounts in other sectors such as Infotech and Finance” Mittal Rued , And the challenge for lawyers from India, he explained, lies in securing work with law firms operating in England.
“Even though there has been a drive in the UK to make a more diverse legal profession, to stay away from what is traditionally considered a ‘profession of the white British man’, there are still some ways to go before really considered diverse.” While he was happy to see a lot of bright candidates from India and other countries to add to the diversity of the British law profession, he felt that the rules of British immigration, which facilitated law firms to employ British citizens rather than foreigners, some must be blamed.
“However, there are companies like us who always give young Indian lawyers the opportunity to work and practice in England.” He has joined Zaiwalla & Co as an internship in 2009 and was promoted to partner in 2019 in 2019.
Mittal came from the family of lawyers – his father, Sunil Mittal, was a senior advocate who practiced in Delhi and his mother, served.
As a member of the Delhi Consumer Dispute Commission for two consecutive terms as a judge.
His grandfather, Gulshan Rai Lutra, served as a judge in the Delhi High Court.