5 Essex Chambers

Jason specialises in public inquiries, inquests, public law and police law. He represents a range of clients, including central government, public authorities, police forces, coroners, and corporations.

Jason is recognised as a leading silk.  He specialises in public inquiries, inquests, corporate investigations (both financial and non-financial), public and police law – representing a range of clients, including central government, regulators, public authorities, and corporations.

He was Barrister of the Year in The Lawyer Awards 2024 and Silk of the Year for Inquests and Public Inquiries at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2023.

Jason was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge (QBD and ChD) in 2020, and a Recorder (Crime) in 2009.

Jason is currently instructed in many of the high-profile cases of the day, including the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (as Counsel to the Inquiry), the Thirlwall Inquiry (for NHS England), the UK Covid-19 Inquiry (for NHS England), the Grenfell Tower Inquiry (for the Government), the Dawn Sturgess Inquiry (for Counter-Terrorism Policing), the Andrew Malkinson Inquiry (for Greater Manchester Police) and the Lampard Inquiry (for NHS England).

Jason has been instructed most of the significant inquests and inquiries of the last two decades, including: the Undercover Policing Inquiry, the Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests, the Anthony Grainger Inquiry, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, the Hillsborough Inquests, the Al-Sweady Inquiry, the Leveson Inquiry, the Baha Mousa Inquiry, the Hutton Inquiry, the Shipman Inquiry and the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry.

Jason is the author of Public Inquiries, published by Oxford University Press.

Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for Jason’s profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.

Jason was called to the Bar in 1992 and has always practised at 5 Essex Chambers. He is now the Head of Chambers.

He was appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Counsel in March 2005, and to the A Panel in 2008. He was made a silk in 2011. Jason sits as a Deputy High Court Judge (QBD and ChD) and as a Recorder on the South Eastern Circuit.

Please visit the 5 Essex Chambers website for Jason’s profile, which sets out full details of his practice including relevant work of note.

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