Ashrutha Rai

• Assisted (as a pupil) in advising a Middle Eastern state on its ratification of the BBNJ/High Seas Treaty.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in advising an indigenous group on the right to external and internal self-determination.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in drafting submissions on behalf of a state in the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in Hulley Enterprises v Russia [2025] EWCA 108, an appeal against the dismissal of Russia’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the English court on the ground of state immunity.
• Prepared (as a pupil) a note on reservations to multilateral treaties.
• Prepared (as a pupil) a note on the retrospective application of the Genocide Convention.
• *As an ICJ Judicial Fellow, assisted Judge Bhandari in cases including Bahrain & ors v Qatar (airspace restrictions), Somalia v Kenya (maritime delimitation) and The Gambia v Myanmar (allegations of genocide).
• *Submitted an amicus brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Miskito Divers v Honduras (right to work and health of an indigenous group).
• *Assisted in drafting a communication letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the investigation into the situation in Palestine (concerning West Bank settlements).
• *Assisted in drafting an opinion on compliance with international fair trial standards of certain Egyptian criminal proceedings.
• *Assisted in compiling authorities for an opinion on women’s and girls’ right to education in Afghanistan under international human rights law.
• *As a UN-ICTY intern, assisted in drafting the Prosecution Response to Radovan Karadžić’s Appeal (on hostage-taking of UN Peacekeepers).

*before coming to the Bar.

• Acting on behalf of a minority shareholder in a restaurant group in an arbitration concerning breach of the shareholders’ agreement.
• Acting on behalf of a Belgian company in an LCIA arbitration concerning non-payment of promissory notes by a West African state.
• Advising a commercial bank on a potential investment treaty claim arising from shipping finance arrangements.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in Hulley Enterprises v Russia [2025] EWCA 108, an appeal against dismissal of Russia’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the English court to enforce the Yukos arbitral awards.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in advising a claimant on a potential investment treaty claim against a Central African country on the ground of denial of justice.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in drafting the claimant’s memorial in an ICSID arbitration relating to a construction project in a Middle Eastern state.
• Prepared (as a pupil) a research note on a section 67 challenge to an arbitral award in a dispute between a pharmaceutical company and a Middle Eastern state.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in an ICC arbitration concerning a share purchase agreement between a Latin American renewable energy company and various entities holding shares in wind farms.

• Assisted (as a pupil) in advising an indigenous group on their right to external and internal self-determination.
• *As an ICJ Judicial Fellow, assisted Judge Bhandari in cases including The Gambia v Myanmar (allegations of genocide) and Ukraine v Russia (finding jurisdiction over claims of terrorism financing and racial discrimination).
• *Submitted an amicus brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Miskito Divers v Honduras (right to work and health of an indigenous group).
• *Assisted in drafting a communication letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in its investigation into the situation in Palestine (concerning West Bank settlements).
• *Assisted in drafting an opinion on compliance with international fair trial standards of certain Egyptian criminal proceedings.
• *Assisted in compiling authorities for the appeal in R (Marouf) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 23.
• *Assisted in compiling authorities for an opinion on women’s and girls’ right to education in Afghanistan under international human rights law.
• *As a UN-ICTY intern, assisted in drafting the Prosecution Response to Radovan Karadžić’s Appeal (on hostage-taking of UN Peacekeepers).

*before coming to the Bar.

• Acting on behalf of a minority shareholder in a restaurant group in an arbitration concerning breach of the shareholders’ agreement.
• Acting on behalf of a Belgian company in an LCIA arbitration concerning non-payment of promissory notes by a West African state.
• Advising a commercial bank on a potential investment treaty claim arising from shipping finance arrangements.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in David Hamon v University College London, a claim by students for breach of contract in relation to the provision of tuition and related services during periods of industrial action and/or the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in an ICC arbitration concerning a share purchase agreement between a Latin American renewable energy company and various entities holding shares in wind farms.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in drafting the claimant’s memorial in an ICSID arbitration relating to a construction project in a Middle Eastern state.
• Prepared (as a pupil) a research note on a section 67 challenge to an arbitral award in a dispute between a pharmaceutical company and a Middle Eastern state.
• Assisted (as a pupil) in an ICC arbitration concerning a share purchase agreement between a Latin American renewable energy company and various entities holding shares in wind farms.