London Bar
Charities
Leading silk1Jonathan Davey KC –Wilberforce Chambers 'Jonathan is extremely thorough and very personable. He makes those instructing him feel at ease and gives good, well considered advice.'
Wilberforce Chambers
Barristers
Jonathan Davey KC
Wilberforce Chambers, London
- Phone0207 306 0102
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.wilberforce.co.uk
Position
Jonathan was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2016 at just 13 years’ call. Prior to taking Silk, Jonathan served on the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel to the Crown, the most senior of the 3 Crown Panels.
Jonathan is a highly respected litigator with a broad commercial chancery practice encompassing areas including property, commercial, tax and trusts.
Jonathan has considerable experience, in particular, of large-scale and high-value litigation in cases which involve more than one field of law. He is regularly instructed in complex commercial, property and financial/tax litigation, for example, the current high profile £1 billion Ingenious litigation. Jonathan has considerable experience of leading large legal teams.
Career
Called 2003; Lincoln’s Inn; member of Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel to the Crown (B Panel).
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Commercial Fraud Lawyer’s Association; Association of Pension Lawyers; Bar Pro Bono Panel.
Education
St Clement Danes School; University of Nottingham (Philosophy BA First Class; International Relations MA Distinction); Downing College, Cambridge (MPhil); City University (Dip Law).
Mentions
London Bar
Private wealth and probate
Leading silk3Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan's legal knowledge and attention to detail is unparalleled. He is a thorough silk.’
London Bar
Property litigation
Leading silk3Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan is everything one expects from a leading silk: he has impressive knowledge of numerous areas of law and a powerful court presence.’
London Bar
Tax: corporate
Leading silk2Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan is very clear and compelling in his written and oral advocacy, and in his advice, which is invariably practical and commercial. He is highly responsive and very easy to work with.’
London Bar
Tax: personal
Leading silk1Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan's advocacy is the best in the business.’