Tariq Shaukat

Tariq Shaukat is a High Court judge in the King's Bench Division of England and Wales, appointed to the bench in 2021 after more than two decades as a commercial barrister. He was called to the Bar in 1999 and built a practice at 4 New Square in London focusing on complex insurance, reinsurance and financial-services disputes. He took silk in 2020 and received the judicial title The Honourable Mr Justice Shaukat on appointment.

In iGaming industry coverage, he is relevant as the judge in civil litigation involving gambling operators. His reported rulings have dealt with claims by customers seeking to recover online betting losses, often arguing that operators owed them a duty of care or that betting account terms created an unfair relationship. His judgments have generally distinguished the Gambling Commission's regulatory responsibilities from private-law duties owed by operators, and have tended to reject attempts to turn social responsibility rules into a free-standing civil duty of care.

His current work as a King's Bench Division judge encompasses general civil and commercial matters. Within the gambling sector, his decisions are followed by industry lawyers and compliance teams because they help define the limits of customer claims against licensed betting operators.