His Honour Judge Abbas Mithani KC has been appointed to act as High Court Judge, Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court for a period of three years with effect from 1 September 2024, and is assigned to sit in the BVI Commercial Court.

HHJ Mithani KC is a Circuit Judge of the Courts of England and Wales. He is authorised to sit as a Judge of the High Court in the Chancery and Queen's Bench Divisions of the Courts of England and Wales, including the Administrative Court.

A graduate of the University of Newcastle and the University of Keele, Judge Mithani has been closely involved with several UK universities reflecting his position as the leading authority on company and insolvency law in the UK. He is an Honorary Professor of Law at Birmingham University and Visiting Professor of Law at Newcastle and Kingston Universities.

In recognition of his substantial contribution to the development of insolvency, company and succession law in England and Wales and for his other academic work, including with UK universities, Judge Mithani was made QC, honoris causa in March 2009. He is the author of a number of published works, with a particular emphasis on company, insolvency and succession law. Notably, these include Mithani: Directors' Disqualification, the leading authority on directors’ disqualification as well as Atkin’s Court Forms and the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents.