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Jamie Goldsmith KC

Jamie Goldsmith KC

Position

Jamie’s practice covers the full range of domestic and international commercial litigation, including jurisdiction issues, freezing injunctions, civil fraud, banking, contractual disputes, joint ventures and fiduciary duties.

For the last few years, Jamie has been acting for the Danish tax authority in the SKAT litigation, in its £1.5 billion claim against a very large number of Defendants for deceit, conspiracy, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, and restitution.  This has involved successful outings in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court and a 1 year trial due to end in April 2025. Jamie has conducted extensive advocacy and cross-examination of factual and expert witnesses in the course of the proceedings, as well as in hearings and trials in earlier proceedings for other clients.

Jamie also has experience of litigating in offshore jurisdictions, (ie., Isle of Man, Anguilla, Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean) and Privy Council procedure. He has been admitted as a member of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man bar.

Jamie is the founder of Pro Bono Connect (www.probonoconnect.co.uk), co-founder of Pro Bono Expert Support (https://www.nationalprobonocentre.org.uk/project/pro-bono-expert-support/) and a trustee of LawWorks.

Career

Qualified 2002; Grays Inn;  KC 2020

Languages

French (fluent), German (working).

Education

Westminster School (4 As at A-level); Poitiers University (1999 Diplome des Etudes Generale Juridiques- highest mark in the year for commercial law); Gonville & Caius College (Cambridge University, Law – First); College of Law (2002 – second in year).

Leisure

Football, travel, theatre, running.

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Jamie Goldsmith KC – One Essex Court 'Jamie is ferociously smart and can synthesise complicated fact patterns and legal analysis at remarkable speed. He writes clearly and persuasively, and his oral advocacy is very good, particularly his cross-examination.'
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Jamie Goldsmith KC  – One Essex Court ‘He is ferociously smart and can synthesise complicated fact patterns and legal analysis at remarkable speed. He is also able to distil difficult legal matters into easily digestible language for lay clients.’