London Bar
Competition
Leading silk2Kassie Smith KC –Monckton Chambers ‘Kassie is an understated but brutally effective advocate. She has a knack for finding the killer point.’
Monckton Chambers
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Kassie Smith KC
Monckton Chambers, London
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Position
Kassie Smith QC is one of the Bar’s leading specialists in competition, EU and regulatory litigation.
Kassie regularly appears in the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court, in the UK, as well as in the Competition Appeal Tribunal. She has also developed an international practice, working in jurisdictions from the Channel Islands to the BVI to Hong Kong, as well as in various high-value, international arbitrations. She has appeared in over 30 cases before the European Court of Justice. Before taking silk in 2013, she was a member of the Attorney General’s A Panel.
Career
Called 1995; member of Monckton Chambers; joint editor of Ward & Smith, ‘Competition Litigation in the UK’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 1st edition); contributor to Bellamy & Child’s ‘EU Law of Competition’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 5th edition) and Emmerson & Simer ‘Human Rights Practice’ (Sweet & Maxwell, 1st edition).
Education
Lincoln College, Oxford (1991 BA Hons Jurisprudence 1st); Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1994 BCL).
Mentions
London Bar
European Union relations
Leading silk3Kassie Smith KC – Monckton Chambers ‘Kassie is an excellent advocate – calm, measured, and has the trust of the court. She is also extremely collaborative and easy to work with.’
London Bar
Telecoms Regulation
Leading silk1Kassie Smith KC – Monckton Chambers ‘She is absolutely excellent at taking the difficult points in a case and turning them into a clear and coherent narrative for the court. Her presentation and style of advocacy is excellent, very relaxed and calm, and very determined when under pressure.’