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Philip Sapsford KC KC

PSapsford@4-5.co.uk

Position

Although living in Switzerland, Philip’s practice has an international dimension.

This includes the tracing of hidden assets in divorce and family law cases and in civil remidies for victims of fraud.

In the 1980’s he began his pro bono work, particularly for final appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in death penalty cases from the British Commonwealth countries.

Career

Philip has appeared as amicus before many US State Supreme Courts including the presentation of oral argument. This culminated in the United States Supreme Court landmark decision [5-4] of Roper v Simmons 125 S. Ct. 1183 [March, 2005] whereby the death penalty was abolished throughout all of the United States for juvenile offenders.

Memberships

• Appointed to Silk, 1992
• Appointed a Recorder, 1997
• Called to the Bar in the High Court of New Zealand in 1998 and admitted there also as a Solicitor
• Appointed a Master of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple 2003
• Appointed as a Deputy Judge of the High Court in 2004