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Abhijit Pandya (born 19 January 1980 in Harrow, England) is an English solicitor, best known for his representation in the seminal art case concerning the gifted drawings of Francis Bacon in the UK courts. He has also acted for cases concerning freedom of speech in the UK, including against the UK Home Secretary Teresa May. As a lawyer he is also known for his work in the field of investment treaty dispute resolution, including academic commentary. He has also, by invitation, written on international arbitration and investment arbitration for the widely read internet magazine 'ACQ5' that has 110,000 readers on the internet. He has frequently appeared on radio discussing international law and territorial disputes, and has appeared on television on numerous occasions discussing international law and human rights. He is also a blogger for the Daily Mail. Formerly Deputy Chairman of Hackney Conservative Association, he has most recently represented the UK Independence Party at elections. He was a candidate for UKIP in the Harrow East constituency at the 2010 general election. Pandya increased the UKIP vote in a contest won by Bob Blackman of the Conservative Party. In 2011 Pandya stood as a candidate in the Leicester South by-election, and following controversy over his remarks about women's human rights in Islam,〔(Outrage as prospective Leicester MP condemns Islam on his blog ) thisisleicestershire.co.uk〕 he increased the UKIP vote in a predominantly Labour seat (Leicester South#Elections in the 2010s). Despite these successes he has not shied from being critical of the party.〔(Why no decent Tory should vote Ukip ) Abhijit Pandya - Daily Telegraph〕 ==Background== Pandya's father migrated to the United Kingdom as a refugee from Uganda, after President Idi Amin expelled the Asian population of Uganda. He was born in Harrow, and educated privately at Mill Hill School and read for a law degree at the University of Leicester, before taking his LLM with Distinction in International Law at the London School of Economics.〔(Birkenhead Society Profile ) Birkenhead Society. Retrieved 2010-03-10〕 From 2007 to 2010 Pandya worked as a Research Affiliate and Lecturer in International Law in the Department of Law at the LSE, and was called to the bar in 2006.〔(LSE Law Department Profile ) LSE Department of Law. Retrieved 2010-03-23〕 Pandya is chairman of the Birkenhead Society, a libertarian debating society which successfully fought to overturn the UK Government's ban on the anti-Islam Dutch politician Geert Wilders from entering Britain, an issue extensively covered in the Dutch media.〔(Dutch TV Report ) Een Vandaag TV. Retrieved 2010-03-10〕 He has worked as a research associate with Lord Justice Sedley, the Centre for European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, the Redress Trust and various diplomatic missions within the UK.〔(LSE International Humanitarian Law Profile ) LSE Department of Law. Retrieved 2010-03-23〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abhijit Pandya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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