Mussadak Mirza#14447

Mussadak Mirza

Barrister, 3 Hare Court
Mussadak is a senior London-based barrister, with over 20 years’ experience in litigation and advisory work across the UK and the Gulf.
 
His domestic practice focuses on industrial disease litigation, with particular expertise in noise-induced hearing loss claims arising from the coal mining, steel, rail, shipbuilding and construction sectors. He is nationally recognised for his work in military claims, having acted for hundreds of former and serving personnel from the British Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force.
 
In addition to his domestic practice, Mussadak has a growing international arbitration and offshore practice in Gulf jurisdictions. He is increasingly involved in matters governed by English law with an international element, and advises on merits, strategy, and dispute resolution.
 
He is a visiting lecturer at Bait Al Qanoon (BQ) in Oman, and visits the Sultanate regularly to deliver knowledge transfer, professional development, and comparative legal training.
 
As UK Lead of the Omani British Lawyers Association (OBLA), Mussadak promotes professional collaboration between the UK and Oman. He delivers webinars in partnership with the British Omani Society (BOS) and the cultural attaché of the Omani Embassy in London.
 
He lectures state entities in the Gulf and multinational corporations on international best practice in governance, sanctions risk, and regulatory compliance. He regularly publishes articles on legal developments in Oman for OBLA, BOS and BQ, and contributes to the organisation of international legal conferences in the region.

Contributed to

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Guidelines on the diagnosis and quantification of NIHL
Guidelines on the diagnosis and quantification of NIHL
Practice Notes

This Practice Note considers guidelines which are used to assess noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) in particular guidelines published in 2000 to identify or diagnose NIHL and further guidelines published by the same authors in 2016 to provide a basis to quantify the amount of NIHL. It also briefly considers the 2022 guidelines which have reviewed the methods for the diagnosis and quantification of NIHL.

Military claims
Military claims
Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out the main avenues for personal injury claims by injured serving and former service personnel, including claims under statute and compensation schemes under domestic law and the European Convention on Human Rights. It considers claims arising from accidents during combat operations and training, plus specific injuries including non-freezing cold injury, noise-induced hearing loss, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric injuries related to bullying or harassment and parading injuries.

Noise-induced hearing loss—understanding audiograms
Noise-induced hearing loss—understanding audiograms
Practice Notes

This Practice Note outlines how to read audiograms and the basic principles of occupational noise relevant to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) claims. An audiogram is a graph showing the sounds a person can hear and is used in NIHL claims to measure the claimant’s hearing ability.

Practice Areas

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2004

Membership

  • The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London (CIArb)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Omani British Lawyers Association (OBLA)
  • British Omani Society (BOS)

Qualifications

  • Bar Vocational Course (2004)
  • MSc (2003)
  • BA (Hons) (2002)

Education

  • Inns of Court School of Law, London (2003 to 2004)
  • University of Oxford (2002 to 2003)
  • University of Manchester (1999 to 2002)

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