Daniel Goldblatt

Daniel has also been instructed as part of counsel teams in several appeals before the Privy Council and has acted as sole counsel in drafting notices of objection and advising on prospects of success. He is particularly interested in Caribbean constitutional law and has significant expertise in the Judicial Committee’s rules and procedures.

Daniel has a growing offshore practice and has assisted in commercial, civil fraud, trusts, and contentious probate disputes and public law challenges across the Commonwealth (including Jersey, the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, and Antigua and Barbuda).

Relevant Privy Council experience:

• Chin v Hart & Ors (ongoing) – Acting on behalf of the Attorney General as the interested party in a Privy Council appeal concerning a challenge to the Commission of Enquiry set up to investigate a multi-million dollar housing project in Trinidad & Tobago (with Daniel Feetham KC)
• Lux Locations v Yida Zhang [2023] UKPC 3 – Privy Council appeal from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court concerning a fraudulent attempt to escape from a settlement agreement, and the proper approach to an application for default judgment where the claim is for a remedy other than a sum of money (with, amongst others, Thomas Roe KC).
• Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Respondent) v Akili Charles (Appellant) (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 49 – Acting on behalf of the Attorney General in a claim for constitutional relief (with, amongst others, Peter Knox KC).
• Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (Appellant) v Akili Charles (Respondent) No 2 (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 31 – Acting on behalf of the Attorney General in a matter concerning the compatibility of section 5(1) of the Bail Act 1994 with the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago (with Peter Knox KC).
• Commissioner of Prisons and another (Respondents) v Seepersad and another [2021] UKPC 13 – Acting on behalf of the Respondents in a matter concerning the breadth of the Constitution’s ‘due process’ and ‘protection of the law’ provisions (with Howard Stevens KC).
• Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago v Ayers-Caesar [2019] UKPC 44 – Acting on behalf of the President of Trinidad and Tobago in an appeal against the grant of leave for judicial review. (with Howard Stevens KC).

Relevant offshore experience:

• Acting for a beneficiary of a Jersey trust in relation to a representation brought by the trustees seeking declaratory relief in respect of ownership of trust property (with Charles Sorensen).
• Assisting in a multi-million dollar estate trust dispute involving allegations of fraud, breach of trust, and breach of fiduciary duty, as well as the rule against reflective loss.
• Advice on appealing an order setting aside a multi-million dollar default judgment in a Caribbean jurisdiction.
• Assisting in a worldwide freezing injunction application in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court relating to non-payment of a judgment debt as well as an application for committal application for non-payment of the judgment debt (with Thomas Roe KC).
• Advising the parliament of a British Overseas Territory on the powers and privileges of its members (with James Guthrie KC).