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Dr Abdul Karim Aldohni

Karim joined Newcastle Law School as a lecturer in 2008 after he completed his PhD at the University of Leeds. He became a senior lecturer in 2015. He is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (formally the Higher Education Academy) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Karim’s research and teaching focus on certain areas of financial law, including ethical finance in general, Islamic finance more specifically, consumer credit and the protection of its users, and financial technology (fintech). He published extensively and was consulted on matters concerning the governance of Islamic financial institutions and their market operations in a number of jurisdictions. His scholarly research in the area of high-cost credit and consumer protection is nationally and internationally recognised, He was appointed as a consultant for the 'Financial Transformation Project in Ukraine' where he advised the National Bank of Ukraine on matters concerning the development of the regulatory framework for high-cost short term credit. His opinion on the regulation concerning the cost of lending and the FCA's supervisory role in this respect was quoted in the Financial Times, 'UK regulator urged to crack down on banks overcharging borrowers'.  

His most recent research examined the use of Artificial Intelligence to improve the understanding of consumer credit users of two credit products, namely overdraft and credit cards, with particular focus on communications of information and their compliance with the FCA's Consumer Duty. This is was an Innovate UK funded project: 'An AI-powered tool for enhancing consumer trust in financial promotions and marketing' in collaboration with an industry partner and academics from Newcastle University- School of Computing. He is currently working on my third monograph entitled 'The Law of Islamic Finance and Fintech' which is under contract by Oxford University Press, the book will be published in the last quarter of 2025.