Jonathan is a highly regarded junior, and a ranked libel and privacy law specialist. He is instructed in several cases of very significant current interest, including Lachaux v IPL and Stocker v Stocker (both in the UK Supreme Court), ABC v Telegraph, and on behalf of the family of the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.
In addition to Jonathan’s core practice in media law, he has experience and accepts instructions in the fields of public and employment law. Jonathan is currently instructed in the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, on its Westminster Strand in which hearings will be held for three weeks in 2019.
Jonathan can be instructed directly in suitable cases under the Bar’s Direct Access scheme.
MA (Hons) Mental Philosophy, Edinburgh University Bruce of Grangehill Prize in Philosophy Post Graduate Diploma in Law Diplock Scholarship, Middle Temple