Shysta Habib

Experience:

Shysta specialises in personal injury and civil litigation.  She is also one of the few barristers in the country to advise on Islamic banking and finance  Shysta has a growing international client base, and is licensed to accept instructions for advocacy work in the English Courts.  In 2010 Shysta was the only barrister from Manchester selected to join the Bar Council's International Business Development Mission to Abu Dhabi, Oman and Qatar.

Shysta is approachable and friendly and is able to empathise with people from all walks of life.  Shysta is fluent in Punjabi and Urdu and has intermediate (ILR-2) level Arabic.  She is happy to conduct conferences in these languages.

Shysta welcomes instructions from the public under the Public Access Scheme.  She also works under Conditional Fee Agreements.

Shysta provides seminars and lectures to solicitors and insurers and is happy to do so in-house.

Appointments:

Junior Counsel to the Crown since 2006 (C Panel).  Shysta also appears on the Attorney General List of Prosecution Advocates for HM Customs, Inland Revenue and the Department of Trade & Industry.

Qualifications:

During her Graduate Diploma in Law and Bar exams, she was awarded the Sir Thomas Moore Scholarship from the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.  She was awarded a distinction for outstanding results in the Diploma in Law.  In addition, she obtained a distinction in a Diploma in Islamic Cultural Studies and Urdu.

Professional Memberships:

Shysta is a member of Personal Injury Bar Association (PIBA), Lincoln's Inn and Association of Muslim Lawyers.

Chambers & Partners:

"Shysta Habib is "articulate, friendly and assertive." Her "enthusiasm and gift of the personal touch set her apart from others." She has "a knack for presenting a good argument and knows when not to over-egg the pudding," say those that use her." Chambers & Partners 2012

Shysta acts for both claimants and defendants in all aspects of personal injury law including employers' and public liability, holiday claims, clinical negligence, MIB, LVI and brain injuries.  She also deals with complex road traffic claims involving multi-accident and causation issues.

Shysta has been instructed on a wide range of serious civil fraud matters in personal injury where she has successfully acted on behalf of claimants in allegations of fraud including "phantom passenger", "stooge-vehicle", malingering and staged accidents.

She is instructed on a broad range of multi-track litigation including instructions on multi-party fraud claims and credit hire.

Shysta regularly advises on complex and high value quantum claims, including catastrophic injury and fatal accident cases.  Her practice also encompasses pleading high value schedules covering complex loss of earnings and care claims.

Islamic Finance

Shysta is able to assist in Islamic Finance issues.  She has experience and knowledge of the Sharia Law and Sharia legal principles in the financial sector including prohibition of interest (Riba), profit and loss sharing and uncertainty and speculation (Gharrar).  Shysta is currently undertaking further training in Islamic Banking & Finance by studying an MSc with the University of Salford.