Masters of the Bench

Bankim Thanki is amongst the first rank of Silks at the Commercial Bar and an expert on the law of privilege.  He recently appeared for the Bank of England in the BCCI case, and led for it on legal professional privilege points.  He is editor of the Oxford Press’ Law of Privilege, a work largely inspired by him.  He has also provided advice to the Bar Council on privilege issues, in the context of the Legal Services Act 2007 and elsewhere.