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James Goudie KC
Position
Head of chambers, specialising in commercial litigation, employment, public sector.
Career
Solicitor 1966-70; called Inner Temple 1970; Silk 1984; recorder 1986; master of the bench Inner Temple 1991; deputy High Court judge, Queen’s Bench division 1994; deputy chairman, Information Tribunal, national security appeals 2000, president 2007; admitted ad hoc to bars of Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Singapore, Malawi, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland; co-editor ‘Supperstone, Goudie and Walker on Judicial Review’ (6th edition 2017 with 2019 supplement); co-editor ‘Butterworths Local Government Law’ (1998); co-editor ‘Local Authorities and the Human Rights Act 1998’; consultant editor, ‘Local Government Reports’; editorial board, ‘Judicial Review’, Tolley’s Employment Law, contributor.
Memberships
Chairman, Administrative Law Bar Association 1994-96; chairman, Bar European Group 2001-03; chairman, law reform committee, Bar Council 1994-96; fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; fellow of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies; Bar Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Antigua and Barbuda and British Virgin Islands).
Education
Dean Close School; London School of Economics (1963 LLB Hons).
Leisure
Governor, London School of Economics 2001.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Education
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1James Goudie KC – 11KBW
‘A leading authority on education law with exceptional client care skills.’
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4James Goudie KC – 11KBW ‘A silk who consistently hits the bulls-eye. A joy to work with.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Local government (including rating law)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1James Goudie KC – 11KBW ‘Very easy to work with.’
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3James Goudie KC – 11KBW ‘Razor-sharp, encyclopaedic mind, and a brilliant strategist. Always delightful to work with.’
London Bar > Public procurement
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2James Goudie KC – 11KBW ‘James has great judgement and speaks with authority and decisiveness. Everyone in court listens when he speaks.’