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About
Provided by Patrick Goodall KC
Practice Areas
Broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with particular expertise in banking and financial services, professional negligence, insurance and reinsurance, civil fraud and conflict of laws.
Career
Called 1998. QC 2014. Recorder 2018. Bencher (Inner Temple) 2018. Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel) 2011-2014. Admitted as a solicitor 1997. CEDR accredited mediator. Called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands. Deputy Head of Chambers since 2021.
Professional Memberships
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR); London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; British Insurance Law Association.
Publications
Co-author of 'The Law of Privilege' (ed. Thanki, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press); Co-author of 'Law of Bank Payments' (eds. Brindle & Cox, 5th edition, Sweet & Maxwell); Contributor to Bullen & Leake & Jacob's 'Precedents of Pleadings' (19th edition, Sweet & Maxwell); Editor of 'Commercial Court Procedure' (Sweet & Maxwell).
Personal
Educated at Southampton University (LLB, First Class Honours) and Brasenose College, Oxford (BCL, First Class Honours).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Patrick Goodall KC is a renowned silk and an advocate of choice for complex financial disputes turning on intricate questions of technical law, and is particularly proficient at handling reference rate claims and swaps mis-selling cases. He acts both for and against banks, and has experience in co-ordinating cases with offshore elements.
Patrick Goodall KC has scored wins in numerous high-profile fraud claims. Many of his instructions originate in Europe and Asia.
Patrick Goodall KC handles substantial insurance and reinsurance disputes. His practice is international in nature and he has handled a number of complex cross-border claims. He offers considerable expertise in matters involving fraud and financial services.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Logical, persuasive and commercial, Patrick is someone you want leading your counsel team. On and off his feet, he is an outstanding KC."
"He achieves excellent results through precise and rigorous cross-examination, complete mastery of the relevant material and superb handling of questions from the Bench."
"Patrick is great - smart and thorough. He analyses things before he gives a view and is smooth on his feet too."
"The best of the best. Paddy has everything you'd want in a silk – he would always be my first choice for any new matter."
"Patrick is excellent; he's very clear thinking, highly logical and someone who gains the trust of the court."
"Patrick is completely brilliant. He's hugely responsive and all over the detail in a way that adds tremendous value in complex disputes. He gives you complete confidence that all bases are covered."
"Paddy is incredibly industrious and does his own heavy lifting. He gets fully across the case and really gets stuck into the bundle."
"Paddy is extremely responsive and great to work with. He thinks very clearly from a strategic perspective and adds a lot of value."
"Patrick is an accomplished advocate and is highly intelligent."
"Patrick is a pre-eminent silk for banking and finance work. He's familiar with the subject matter from top to bottom of the market, and frequently converts that to advice for banking clients."
"Patrick has become one of the go-to silks for banking and finance matters. Crisp advice and advocacy."
"Patrick is an excellent barrister who is very clear and methodical, and manages to reduce complex cases into simple and clear points. He is unflustered no matter the size of the case."
"Patrick is simply magnificent and an absolute pleasure to work with. His advocacy is calm, relaxed and measured, and his advice is always clear, commercial and pragmatic."
"Patrick is an excellent barrister. He's very clear thinking, logical, engaging, very easy to listen to, and has a nice level-headed manner."
"Logical, persuasive and commercial, Patrick is someone you want leading your counsel team. On and off his feet, he is an outstanding KC."
"He achieves excellent results through precise and rigorous cross-examination, complete mastery of the relevant material and superb handling of questions from the Bench."
"Patrick is great - smart and thorough. He analyses things before he gives a view and is smooth on his feet too."
"The best of the best. Paddy has everything you'd want in a silk – he would always be my first choice for any new matter."
"Patrick is excellent; he's very clear thinking, highly logical and someone who gains the trust of the court."
"Patrick is completely brilliant. He's hugely responsive and all over the detail in a way that adds tremendous value in complex disputes. He gives you complete confidence that all bases are covered."
"Paddy is incredibly industrious and does his own heavy lifting. He gets fully across the case and really gets stuck into the bundle."
"Paddy is extremely responsive and great to work with. He thinks very clearly from a strategic perspective and adds a lot of value."
"Patrick is an accomplished advocate and is highly intelligent."
"Patrick is a pre-eminent silk for banking and finance work. He's familiar with the subject matter from top to bottom of the market, and frequently converts that to advice for banking clients."
"Patrick has become one of the go-to silks for banking and finance matters. Crisp advice and advocacy."
"Patrick is an excellent barrister who is very clear and methodical, and manages to reduce complex cases into simple and clear points. He is unflustered no matter the size of the case."
"Patrick is simply magnificent and an absolute pleasure to work with. His advocacy is calm, relaxed and measured, and his advice is always clear, commercial and pragmatic."
"Patrick is an excellent barrister. He's very clear thinking, logical, engaging, very easy to listen to, and has a nice level-headed manner."
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