Jonathan Lally

Jonathan has a mixed practice, undertaking all forms of criminal, personal injury and regulatory work. He has developed a specialism in road traffic law. He is regularly instructed by insurance clients to represent drivers charged with road traffic offences, from the minor to the most severe cases involving death and catastrophic injury. This specialism enables work to be done on the same case in the criminal and civil courts, including inquests. His general crime work covers a wide range of offences, including drug offences, offences of violence and public order, dishonesty offences, fraud and money laundering offences (including POCA proceedings), and sexual offences. He acts for both the defence and CPS as a grade 3 prosecutor. His criminal work also extends to prison law where he has represented offenders at parole hearings and adjudications. Jonathan regularly undertakes personal injury work, with particular experience in civil fraud work. With experience in both criminal and personal injury advocacy, he is ideally positioned to robustly challenge complex evidence in fraudulent claims. He acts for both claimants and defendants in road traffic accident claims, occupiers’ liability claims, Highways Act claims, employers’ liability claims and claims resulting from breaches of health and safety legislation. He is instructed by the medical profession to represent doctors in proceedings at the GMC, and has conducted a variety of cases, including Fitness to Practice Hearings, IOP hearings and Registration Appeals. Such cases have involved issues of dishonesty, competence and the personal health of the doctors themselves, and as such require a sensitive approach to these issues combined with a vigorous defence of the doctor. Jonathan also represents Local Authorities in a variety of regulatory cases including food standards prosecutions and animal welfare cases. He also undertakes all types of licensing work for both private clients as well as prosecution agencies. He receives instructions in Health and Safety cases, both in respect of prosecutions and inquests representing individuals as well as corporate entities. He has been instructed on a number of occasions in the Falkland Islands on both criminal and personal injury matters.

St Bedes’ College, Manchester; Magdalene College, Cambridge University; Manchester Metropolitan University – BVC.