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Mr Jonathan Gavaghan
Work Department
Company and Partnership; Commercial Litigation; Property Litigation
Position
Jonathan Gavaghan has a busy chancery and commercial practice. He has particular expertise in partnership/LLP, commercial and property litigation in both the High Court and arbitration. Company law (including breach of fiduciary duty claims and shareholder disputes) is a further area in which he specialises.
Career
Qualified 1992, Lincoln’s Inn.
General Chancery/commercial litigation (including property, company law, public law and partnership); important cases: Patley Wood Farm LLP v Brake [2014] EWHC 4499 (Ch) [2015] EWHC 483 (Ch) (Arbitration/Partnership); Chaudhary v Yavuz [2013] Ch 239 (Constructive trusts, real property); Clarence House v Nat West Bank [2010] 1 WLR 1216 (virtual assignments); Manning v English [2010] Bus LR D89 (2010) (partnership); Re Claygreen Limited [2006] BCLC 715 (company law: pre-emption rights); West Hampstead Management Co Ltd v Pearl Property Ltd [2002] 3 EGLR 55 (leasehold enfranchisement); R v Secretary of State ex parte Spath Holme Ltd [2001] 2 AC 349 (public law/landlord and tenant); Spath Holme v North Western RAC [2001] 3 EGLR 30 (landlord and tenant); R v South Bank University ex p Coggeran [2000] ICR 1342 (public law/discrimination); Curtis v London RAC [1999] QB 92 (landlord and tenant); Globe Equities v Globe Legal Services [1999] BLR 232 (costs orders against third parties).
Memberships
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Chancery Bar Association
Property Bar Association
Association of Partnership Practitioners
He is a former Chairman of the Young Bar and has served two terms as an elected member of the Bar Council.
Education
Solihull School; Worcester College, Oxford (MA; BCL).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Partnership
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Gavaghan – Ten Old Square ‘He’s brilliant. Jonathan is creative, strategic, knowledgeable and hard working. He is also a charming yet effective advocate; a winning combination.’
Noted for its ‘specialist depth in partnership law,’ Ten Old Square handles a range of contentious and non-contentious partnership work, with members advising management teams in professional services on complex and sensitive internal issues, as well as assisting arbitrators with LLP and partnership disputes. Jeremy Callman acts in disputes and is also instructed on non-contentious partnership matters, including drafting and updating LLP and partnership agreements, and Jonathan Gavaghan is experienced in dealing with professional services’ firms, private equity, medical practices and farmers. Naomi Winston acts for both firms and individual partners in disputes across a range of partnerships, and also advises on drafting of non-contentious partnership documents.
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Jonathan Gavaghan – Ten Old Square ‘A junior with a charming and persuasive advocacy style.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Jonathan Gavaghan –Ten Old Square ‘Jonathan is extremely knowledgeable and deploys that knowledge in a strategic and commercial manner. His ability to take complex issues and to discern an effective solution to achieve the ultimate client’s outcome is a significant strength. He is also a persuasive and effective advocate.’