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Crime, Regulatory, Inquests

Ian Goldsack is a Criminal Law specialist and is experienced in all fields of criminal law.

Criminal instructions are equally balanced between prosecution and defence work.

Grade 4 Crown Prosecutor for a number of years, currently accredited across the North Eastern, Northern, and Wales and Chester circuits. Also accredited for the CPS Rape Panel.

Practice in more recent years has focussed upon serious crime, including murder, manslaughter, serious sexual and other violent offending, dangerous driving (including where death has resulted), offences involving firearms, arson, and offending contrary to the Misuse of Drugs Act, with particular recent specialism in both fraud and sexual offending work.

Has advised and appeared in cases concerning the recovery of costs, confiscation pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act and asset recovery, and before the Divisional Court regarding matters which have been case stated.

Ian has experience over many years conducting proceedings before Coroner’s Courts, including appearances in several high profile and long duration cases. The majority of the inquest work has arisen in circumstances where Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights is engaged, particularly following deaths in custody, although has also acted on behalf of midwives and local authority carers.

Ian Goldsack studied jurisprudence at Brasenose College, Oxford. He attended the Inns of Court School of Law, London under a Wilfred Watson scholarship awarded by Gray’s Inn. He was called to the Bar in 1997.

Criminal Bar Association South Yorkshire Medico-Legal Society