Julian Smart
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Professional Negligence: Mainly Defendant
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About
Provided by Julian Smart
Career
A partner at our Birmingham office, Julian Smart specialises in professional indemnity, commercial fraud and recovering misappropriated funds on behalf of clients.
Julian previously worked in our London office before making the move to Birmingham to establish our recovery and professional indemnity team. He has particular expertise in freezing and tracing assets.
As part of his work, Julian is instructed by professional indemnity insurers to defend negligence claims against professionals. These include surveyors, accountants, architects and engineers.
Julian is also a member of our fraud special interest group and is recognised in the Chambers legal directory as a leader in the field of professional indemnity in the regions. He has also been recognised as a “Leading Individual” by Legal 500 for 2022.
Among Julian’s other accomplishments are the successful representation of appellants in the Court of Appeal (CA) cases: Asif v City Europe Limited & Others and Liverpool Freeport (Electronics) Ltd v Habib Bank Limited.
Chambers Review
UK
Julian Smart is a partner based in Clyde & Co's Birmingham office. He regularly defends claims against accountants, solicitors and financial advisers.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He's incisive and highly effective, as well as a pleasure to work with."
"Julian Smart is a consummate professional who I would happily recommend for future work."
"Julian is always professional and polite. He has taken the time to truly understand the key commercial aspects of the case, effectively applying his wider knowledge."
"He's incisive and highly effective, as well as a pleasure to work with."
"Julian Smart is a consummate professional who I would happily recommend for future work."
"Julian is always professional and polite. He has taken the time to truly understand the key commercial aspects of the case, effectively applying his wider knowledge."
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