Salim Merali Consultant Solicitor

Salim Merali is a highly experienced Consultant Solicitor Advocate with decades of practice across litigation and commercial law. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1975 and later admitted as a solicitor in 1981, qualifying as a Solicitor Advocate with rights of audience in all proceedings.

Areas of expertise

• Commercial litigation and advocacy
• Contractual disputes

Approach to work and clients

Salim is known for his meticulous attention to detail and analytical approach to complex legal issues. He combines technical legal expertise with practical insight, ensuring clients receive clear, focused advice and robust representation. He places strong emphasis on treating clients with care, understanding and professionalism, guiding them through disputes with clarity and reassurance.

Outside practice, Salim enjoys golf and professional legal reading, maintaining a strong focus on developments in his practice areas.

Career highlights

Salim completed his undergraduate studies in Philosophy at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, followed by graduate studies at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He undertook his legal training at the Inns of Court School of Law in London.

Salim previously worked as a law reporter for the All England Law Reports, covering employment appeal tribunal decisions, and later contributed to Ryde on Rating.

Notable cases

• Behzadi v Shaftesbury Hotels (1991)
• B v B (Ne Exeat Regno) (1992)
• Jubilee Insurance Company v Union International Insurance Co (1991)
• Patel v Chiltern Railways (2004)
• Medicure v Cabinet Office (2006)
• Ourspace Ventures v Halliwell (2019)
• Bashir v Charity Commissioners (2020)