Chambers Review
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Extradition - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Mark Smith bolsters his impressive extradition practice with in-depth knowledge of related areas such as family and immigration law. He is regularly instructed on matters involving European countries and is appointed to the Attorney General's C panel.
Strengths
Mark is extremely pleasant to work with, very thorough in his preparation and very tenacious in his approach to all cases.
Mark is one of the most intelligent barristers overall and is excellent both with pure technical as well as human rights arguments.
Mark Smith is very good with technical legal arguments and persuasive on his feet. Very committed and diligent in his preparation work, with the ability to explain complex arguments clearly.
Immigration - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Mark Smith impresses with his involvement in asylum or nationality-based appeals and judicial reviews, some of which involve child abduction matters. He regularly appears in the High Court in relation to international family matters.
Strengths
He is a leading junior - very calm and very collected, with great attention to detail. He is an asset to the panel.
Mark is a thorough and pleasant opponent who knows his brief and presents it well.
Mark is very smart and was very well prepared. He came up with advanced legal arguments that clearly made the judge pause for thought on matters that seemed obvious at first glance.