Jason Pobjoy

Blackstone Chambers

Blackstone Chambers’ Jason Pobjoy is rapidly becoming one of the most sought-after juniors in the business. With a practice that spans public law, human rights, EU competition and sanctions, Pobjoy has been preoccupied with many of the Bar’s biggest cases. This includes roles on three blockbuster competition matters, acting for Visa Europe on the interchange fee litigation, Scania on the trucks cartel dispute and VW in the emissions litigation.

His expertise in sanctions law adds another string to his bow, last year acting for former Egyptian president Mohamed Hosni Elsayed Mubarak in his successful attempt to overturn a series of EU sanctions. His public law practice meanwhile sees him act both for and against the UK Government, along with a series of instructions from interveners. Along with James Eadie QC, Pobjoy is advising the Foreign Secretary in the ongoing claim brought by Harry Dunn’s parents, while he has also been instructed by a group of MPs in a governmental challenge over how allegations of Russian interference in UK elections were handled.

Intervening for the UN Special Rapporteur in Shamima Begum’s citizenship case, Pobjoy is no stranger to action in politically significant, high-profile disputes.