• Armin recently appeared for a Parish Council at a two-day planning appeal hearing concerning a speculative proposal to develop 89 homes, which raised issues concerning landscape, land supply, and infrastructure provision.
• Armin has assisted in drafting advice on numerous planning matters. This includes draft opinions on whether the siting of caravans fell within a site’s permitted use, whether an LPA could lawfully refuse to determine a CLU application in light of a technical defect, and whether the siting of a shipping container constituted “development” under the 1990 Act.
• In his first seat, he observed a major s.78 planning inquiry concerning a mixed-use proposal for housing and an SEN school. Armin assisted in drafting a cross-examination of a technical witness and the closing submissions.
• Armin also observed extensive DCO hearings concerning the Lower Thames Crossing and the Immingham Ro-Ro facility. Armin assisted in preparing notes on inquiry evidence.

• Armin assisted in preparing an advice on the application of the Public Sector Equality Duty to a major commercial entity undertaking quasi-governmental activities.
• Armin drafted a summary grounds of resistance in a judicial review, and drafted an application resisting permission to appeal a judicial review case.
• Armin is currently instructed as junior counsel to Gregory Jones KC in a High Court challenge to a CPO confirmation, under s.23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

Armin is developing a busy licensing practice. He is frequently instructed to appear against leading barristers in the field, and has already succeeded in a range of licensing hearings, including: 

• Revocation of two nightclub licenses, on standard and summary review (Smade Lounge; Concept Club);
• Summary suspension of a nightclub licence as an interim step (Louche Soho), as reported in the media here, and by the Institute of Licensing here;
• Counter-notice to a TENs application for a nightclub (Smade Lounge);
• Refusal of an application to transfer a licence, change DPS, and lift interim suspension (Club 701); and 
• Refusal of an application for a new restaurant/club licence (Cabana LDN).
• Reinstatement of a taxi licence on appeal to the Magistrate's Court. 

Armin has given formal written advice regarding the Late Night Levy in his own right. He also assisted in the preparation of an advice concerning the lawfulness of a local authority’s proposed procedures for licensing hearings. He has drafted research notes on procedural fairness in pavement licensing, and on the legal relationship between statutory guidance and legislation in the context of dog day-care licensing. He has also made submissions on the extent to which GDPR can justify an operator's refusal to hand CCTV recordings to the police. 

Beginning in October 2024, Armin will be seconded on a part-time basis to Westminster City Council's licensing subcommittee, serving as their legal adviser. 

• Armin assisted in drafting a substantial opinion concerning whether a PROW had been dedicated under the Highways Act 1980, and in particular, whether the evidence suggested the PROW had been sufficiently challenged by the landowner.

• BPP - Bar Course (Dist.)
• BPP - Graduate Diploma in Law (Dist.)
• University College London (MA) - Legal and Political Theory (Dist.) 
• University of Cambridge (BA) - Political Philosophy - 2.i

• Lord Denning scholarship (Major scholarship)
• Lord Bowen Scholarship (Most prestigious GDL scholarship offered by Lincoln’s Inn)
• Career Commitment Scholarship, BPP
• Dean’s List, UCL (Recognised as amongst the most outstanding students across the university)
• Second Prize, Bar Council Law Reform Essay Competition 2021 - ‘I owe my soul to the graduate recruitment team: Rethinking penalty clauses in employment contracts’
• Best in Category (Access to Justice), vLex/Justis International Law and Technology Essay Competition 2020 - ‘Let justice be done though the overheads fall: How online courts promote access to justice.’
• Merchant-Fisher Academic Scholar, George Watson’s College (Full-fee scholarship and bursary, 2009-2015)

• Winner, Lincoln’s Inn Debating Shield, 2021/2022
• Finalist, Law Society Donald Dewar Schools Debating Tournament 2013
• Finalist, Auld Hoose Schools Debating Competition 2012
• Finalist (representing Scotland), Oxford International Schools Debating Tournament 2009

• Prior to commencing pupillage, Armin spent a year as the judicial assistant to Sir Keith Lindblom, the Senior President of Tribunals, at the Court of Appeal. Armin assisted exclusively with cases concerning planning, environmental, and local government law. These included some of the most significant cases of recent years, including R. (Friends of the Earth v SSIT/UKEF [2023] EWCA Civ 14, R. (The Spitalfields Historic Building Trust) v LB Tower Hamlets [2023] EWCA Civ 917, and Tidal Lagoon (Swansea Bay) Plc v SSBEIS [2022] EWCA Civ 1579. He also assisted with a number of cases concerning the lawfulness of planning decision letters and officer reports, and a major case concerning the proper interpretation of NPPF policies concerning National Parks and AONBs.
• His academic background is in political philosophy, which has prepared him well for matters concerning local and national governance.  

• ALBA
• PEBA
• UKELA