SILK PROFILE

Joel Smith KC

UK Bar 2026

3 Raymond Buildings

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Extradition

London (Bar)

13 years ranked

Crime

London (Bar)

12 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Specialist criminal and extradition advocate, both defending and prosecuting. Appointed King’s Counsel in 2024. In the field of general crime, practice comprises mostly homicide, including numerous high profile and complex murder cases, as well as appearances in the Court of Appeal and High Court, and judicial review proceedings. In the field of extradition, practice involves representing both individuals and foreign governments in a number of significant cases including proceedings against individuals accused of serious crime including espionage, war crimes, murder, market manipulation and large-scale fraud. Has appeared at all levels from first instance hearings to the Supreme Court.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Extradition - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Joel Smith KC has extensive expertise in extradition and serious crime cases. He often represents individuals who have been requested for extradition due to convictions for serious crimes, including murder and terrorism. In addition, he acts for foreign governments that have placed those extradition requests.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Joel works super hard. He is clever and a complete class act. He is very nice; the model barrister.
ExtraditionUK Bar
Joel is the perfect silk; pragmatic and down to earth. He is intellectually brilliant and can break down anything to something simple. Joel makes sense of anything for anybody.
ExtraditionUK Bar
Joel is always excellent and easy to work with. He is vastly experienced and razor sharp on the law and tactics.
ExtraditionUK Bar
A highly proficient advocate, who excels in cases involving technical issues, and is great at presenting complex material to a jury.
CrimeUK Bar