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Geoffrey Kingscote KC
1 Hare Court, London
- Phone020 7797 7070
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.1hc.com
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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