Company and Partnership; Commercial Litigation; Property Litigation
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.
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).
Chartered Institute of ArbitratorsChancery Bar Association Property Bar AssociationAssociation 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.
Solihull School; Worcester College, Oxford (MA; BCL).