Ravi Bhookhun joined the firm in 2022 and is a Senior Associate within the Dispute Resolution team. Apart from his experience in arbitration and advisory work, Ravi has a wide practice experience in civil, commercial, employment and insurance law, as well.
Ravi appears regularly before the Courts and Tribunals of Mauritius. He assists employers during disciplinary committees and during collective bargaining process with trade unions.
Ravi has appeared as junior counsel before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and has represented companies during investigations and hearings before the Competition Commission of Mauritius.
Ravi was a member of the Appeal Committee of the Mauritius Turf Club and is a member of the Board of Editors of the New Bar Chronicle, the Journal of the Legal Profession.
Prior to joining BLC Robert & Associates, Ravi was in private practice since 2009 at De Spéville-Sauzier-Desvaux Chambers and De Spéville-Desvaux Chambers. Ravi holds an L.L.B from the University of Wolverhampton and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2007 and sworn as a Barrister in Mauritius in 2009.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
• Honourable Society of Middle Temple
• Mauritius Bar Association
• 2012-2019: Member of the Appeal Committee of the Mauritius Turf Club
• 2009-2010 / 2011-2012: Member of the Young Bar Committee, the sub-committee of the Bar Council for members of the Bar up to 7 years of call
• 2008-Present: Member of the Board of Editors of the New Bar Chronicle, the Journal of the Legal Profession.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2006 – 2007: Post-Graduate Diploma: Bar Vocational Studies, the City Law University, London
2003 – 2006: LLB (Hons): University of Wolverhampton, UK
CAREER SUMMARY
2022 – Present: Senior Associate, BLC Robert & Associates
2009 – 2022 : Practising Barrister at De Spéville-Sauzier-Desvaux Chambers and De Spéville-Desvaux Chambers
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
• Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate
EXPERIENCE FROM PAST EMPLOYMENT
• Acting as junior counsel for an employer before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dealing with several aspects of employment law and in particular constructive dismissal.
• Acting for an insurance company in a matter regarding “l’arbitrage forcé”
• Acting for both Plaintiffs and Defendants in medical negligence cases
• Acting for a Notary Public in Judicial Review proceedings to challenge the decision of the Honourable Attorney General upon the recommendation of the Chamber of Notaries to take permanent charge of notarial deeds
• Acting for objectors before the Supreme Court of Mauritius to contest various residential projects on planning and environmental grounds
• Acting in several employment matters before the Industrial Court of Mauritius
• Representing companies during investigations and hearings before the Competition Commission of Mauritius
• Successfully representing a major security company in challenging an award of a public body before the Independent Review Panel
• Assisting employers in the sugar industry during collective bargaining process for the successful signature of procedural and collective agreements.