Martin Haldane Ahmad Thomson LL.B (Hons.) GDL is a qualified barrister registered with the Bar Standards Board of England and Wales practising as a sole practitioner in accordance with the Code of Conduct of the Bar of England and Wales with professional indemnity insurance currently provided by the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund Limited. Wynne Chambers which was established on the 8th April 1994. Perhaps the first chambers to specialise in Islamic Law as well as English Law, Wynne Chambers seeks to assist clients who need practical advice and solutions in the context of both Shari’a law as well as English law. As the number of Muslims in the United Kingdom approaches 2.5 million, and in the European Union 25 million, the need for such advice and solutions – especially in the context of the interaction between Muslim personal and commercial law and English civil law – has grown steadily during the last decade and shows no