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Geoffrey Kingscote KC

Geoffrey Kingscote KC

1 Hare Court, London

Position

Geoffrey specialises in complicated and difficult financial remedy cases, including those involving pre-nuptial agreements, offshore trusts, complex businesses and, more recently, conduct.

He is also a leading FDR tribunal having conducted more than 120 private FDRs/early neutral evaluations.

He has appeared in a number of key cases on pre-nuptial agreements, (Radmacher), non-matrimonial assets (K v L and Jones), special contribution (Cooper-Hohn) and conduct (N v J).

Notable cases:

  • N v J [2024] EWFC 184
  • CB v KB [2019] EWHC 78
  • Cooper-Hohn v Hohn [2014] EWHC 4122
  • Vince v Wyatt [2013] EWCA Civ
  • K v L [2011] EWCA Civ 550 and Jones v Jones [2011] EWCA Civ 41
  • Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42

Career

Called 1993.

Memberships

Family Law Bar Association. Deputy High Court Judge (2021) Recorder (2019)

Education

Jesus College, Oxford (Law). First Class Trinity Hall, Cambridge. MPhil in Criminology Visiteur d’Etudes, European Commission of Human Rights Major Scholar and Pegasus Scholar, Inner Temple

Personal

Taught at the National University of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda and St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

Leisure

White collar boxing, birdwatching.

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