Background
Malins was born in British Army of the Rhine West Germany, where his father was serving in the army.
Malins was born in British Army of the Rhine West Germany, where his father was serving in the army.
Brought up in Ghana, Nigeria and Singapore, he was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he gained 3 boxing blues and hooked for the University rugby team, including in the famous victory over the Springboks on the 5th November 1969 at Twickenham and in many other first class games. He studied at The College of Law, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1972 by the Middle Temple and subsequently to the Bars of the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands and on a case by case basis to other Bars, having been awarded a Harmsworth Scholarship.
He was pupil to Baron Alexander of Weedon Queen's Counsel.
Malins has served as a Deputy Judge and a Crown Court Recorder since 1990, and is one of England"s leading commercial barristers. An early case of note was his successful defence of Freeman Ors before the Westminster City Council in 1986. Malins has represented Sir Elton John in respective libel trials and Lord Archer in his libel case against the Daily Star.
He has coordinated the worldwide recovery of United States$150 million from exiled Kuwaiti thieves in London, United Kingdom.
Malins served as an Arbitrator of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2006. He chaired the Disciplinary Tribunal for The Securities and Investments Board (SIB) from 1990 until it became a Financial Services Authority (Federal Security Agency) in 1997.
He is also a Governor of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
He was also a director of other companies, a member of the Government"s Panel on Sustainable Development and European and Caribbean counsel to a major worldwide organization in the B.C.C.I litigation for their work in Cayman, Nassau, the B.V.I., South America, and Europe.