Adam Hussain

Lawyer / Consultant

Adam Hussain is the Managing Director of Aldwych Legal.

Alongside his work at Aldwych, Adam is undertaking doctoral research in Legal Science at Royal Holloway, University of London. His research examines legal services regulation, the Legal Services Act 2007, the regulatory perimeter between reserved and unreserved legal activities, consumer and SME-facing legal services and, legal technology. 

Adam’s international work includes Qatar and the wider Gulf legal market. Also as a Legal Consultant working in the Gulf, he has supported commercial, investment, technology and business-formation matters involving high-value private clients, investor-facing legal strategy. He is also a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Qatar.

Adam has also been active in public engagement and legal-awareness. He has spoken at Events in London and Qatar on English contract rights, commercial law and the legal risks that arise when businesses expand, invest and contract overseas. He has engaged with themes of AI, legal technology, entrepreneurship, regulation and international investment, and was invited to an Oxford University Saïd Business School entrepreneurship event involving founders, investors, lawyers, accountants and business owners.

Adam also has a practical social involvement with the Law and Human Rights Clinic in Cape Town, South Africa, where he supported domestic-violence survivors and juvenile offenders who would not otherwise receive assistance, delivered legal-awareness and counselling workshops, spoke in schools and helped coordinate educational activities for more than 3,500 children.

Educational and legal training background

Adam’s educational background includes:

  • PhD Doctor of Philosophy candidate in Legal Science — Royal Holloway, University of London
  • Barrister Training Course— The University of Law, London
  • Australian Solicitors Legal Training — New South Wales Law Society 
  • Master of Laws in International Commercial Law — King’s College London
  • Bachelor of Laws — University of Salford
  • Bachelor of Laws (international year) — Bond University, Australia

Areas of expertise

Focus area

Representative experience

Commercial and civil disputes

Contractual breach, unpaid sums, money claims, civil appeals, shareholder and partnership disputes, supplier and builder disputes, business interruption, pre-action strategy and evidence-led dispute preparation.

Education and professional matters

University appeals, academic misconduct issues, school exclusions, placement disputes, special-needs placement concerns, disciplinary processes and professional reputation concerns.

Public bodies, councils and regulators

Local authority complaints, planning enforcement, social-services disputes, data-protection concerns, police-related civil claims and complaints against public bodies.

Defamation, privacy and reputation

Pre-action correspondence, reputational issues, media or online allegations, defamatory social-media posts, privacy concerns and coordination with internet-safety or other experts where appropriate.

Consumer, insurance and financial disputes

Bank-account and fraud-related concerns, insurance refusal, vehicle misrepresentation, defective works, lost-property and transport claims, financial-loss disputes and cross-border insurance issues.

Cross-border and international work

Gulf investor exposure, Qatar company-formation support, international commercial law, Australian civil and insurance matters, and UK-Gulf business.