Geoffrey Kingscote

 

Principal areas of practice:
Ancillary Relief including pre nuptial agreements
Private Law Children

Education:
Jesus College, Oxford, BA (Law. First Class).
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, MPhil (Criminology).
Major Scholar and Pegasus Scholar, Inner Temple.

Membership:
Committee member of the Family Law Bar Association

Personal:
Married with two children
Lectured at the Rwanda National University, Butare, Rwanda, in Summer 2010

What the directories say:
Nominated for family law junior of the year by Chambers and Partners 2010
2011       "A more than able lieutenant to any silk," ...  "a quiet and determined advocate who attracts heavyweight work."
2010       “likeable, reasonable and fair”..” a surefire hit with clients”
2009       “efficient and supportive” ; “fine academic brain”
2008       “A star of the future”
2007        “personable and supportive"; "quietly confident junior always looking for a novel angle"

Publications:
* Human Rights and Family Law Bulletin

Interesting Cases:
Jones v Jones [2011] EWCA Civ 41
Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42
K v L [2010] EWHC 1234
Radmacher v Granatino (No 2) [2009] 2 FLR 1181
J v J [2009] EWHC 2654 (Fam)
Minwalla and Minwalla and DM Investments SA, Midfield Management SA and CI Law Trustees Ltd [2005] 1 FLR 771
 

Geoffrey Kingscote
Contact details:
Office address:
1 Hare Court
The Temple
London
EC4Y 7BE