Profile
Nabil serves as Lecturer at the Faculty of Law and as Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Lucy Cavendish College. His research interests cover the fields of European Union Law, Human Rights, Access to Justice and Philosophy of Law.
In addition to his research and teaching, Nabil serves on the Editorial Board of the European Human Rights Law Review and is the Founder and Director of the Law Corner, a pro bono and public interest organisation dedicated to widening access to justice, empowering students and contributing to prevalent discourses surrounding law and justice in society.
Prior to moving to academia, Nabil was a full time practitioner in the field of international dispute resolution, conducting litigation in the civil courts and arbitration in various fora. He regularly acted on cases relating to Business and Human Rights, Natural Resources, Competition, State Aid and Governmental work. He maintains a practice in EU and Human Rights Law as an independent consultant and academic expert.
Education
Nabil read Law as an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge, after which he pursued his graduate studies at the University of Oxford, where he graduated at the top of his year (First with distinction) across the BCL/MJur/MLF in European Union Law as the Winter Williams Scholar. Shortly before entering practice, Nabil took up a visiting research post at Harvard Law School.
Selected publications
Khabirpour, N. (2024) 'A Tale of Two Cases and a Story Yet Untold: Access to Justice and Legal Advice under the Civil Limb of Article 6 ECHR', Modern law Review, Vol. 88, Issue III, pp. 527-556.
Khabirpour, N. (2024) 'The Range and Power of the Right to an Effective Remedy', Cambridge Law Journal, 83(3), pp. 417–420.
Khabirpour, N. (2024) ‘To Thine Own Self be True: Identity, Fundamental Rights and the External Autonomy of the EU’, European Law Review, Issue II, pp. 150 -167.
Khabirpour, N. and Barnard, C.S. (2024), 'The Services Directive: A Legislative Overview’, Oxford Principles of European Union Law - Volume II: The Internal Market. Oxford University Press.
Khabirpour, N. (2023), ‘The Principles of Effectiveness, Effective Judicial Protection and the Rule of Law’, European Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 5, pp. 477- 482.
Khabirpour, N. (2015), ‘Gold Reserve Inc v The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela’, Eur. Int’l Arb. Rev., Vol. 4:2, pp. 111–125.
Khabirpour, N. (2014), ‘Do not rush the river: A Common Frame of Reference, the Restatements of the Law, and the Court of Justice of the European Union’, Int. J. Private Law, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.103–128.
