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Jonathan Newman

+44 20 7825 3903 [email protected]

Work Department

Employment

Position

Jonathan is a barrister in the London employment group. His practice embraces the full breadth of employment disputes across a range of sectors, with a growing focus on complex discrimination claims and employment status.

He has extensive experience of litigation in the High Court, Employment Appeals Tribunal (in both England and Scotland) and the Employment Tribunal and has represented clients in numerous multi-day and high value claims. Jonathan has acted as counsel before professional and regulatory bodies in various jurisdictions in the United Kingdom and overseas.

Jonathan’s non-contentious experience includes advising on pension claw-backs, multi- jurisdictional corporate transactions and the enforcement of restrictive covenants. Jonathan has a particular interest in discrimination in services and has acted on a number of such cases recently.

Career

Qualified 2009; Joined Simmons & Simmons 2018

Languages

English

Memberships

Employment Lawyers Association, Employment Law Bar Association, Institute of Employment Rights, Bar Pro Bono Unit

Education

University of Cambridge, Inns of Court School of Law