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Jamie Smith KC

Jamie Smith KC

Position

Principal areas of practice are professional liability (with particular emphasis on auditors and accountants, lawyers and insurance brokers), insurance, disciplinary & regulatory matters and commercial fraud. Notable cases include: Powis v Wallace LLP [2021] PNLR 5 (claim against solicitors concerning overage agreement); Holgate v Addleshaw Goddard (Scotland) LLP [2019] PNLR 32 (conflict of law issues in professional negligence); IAP v Rosser [2018] BCC 751 (dishonest assistance claim against solicitors); R (Lewin) v. FRC [2018] 1 WLR 2867 (duty of fairness in FRC disciplinary proceedings); and, IEGLv Zurich [2016] AC 509 (SC) (EL insurer’s liability for mesothelioma claims under Fairchild doctrine).

Career

Called to Bar 1995. Joined 4 New Square 1996. Took Silk in 2015.

Memberships

PNBA; COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association; LCLCBA; BILA; ARDL; FLA.

Education

MA (Cantab)

Leisure

Cycling.

Mentions

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