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HALL OF FAME1Jonathan Davey KC –Wilberforce Chambers 'A dedicated silk who prepares meticulously.'
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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 client: trusts and probate
HALL OF FAME3Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan has an impressive knowledge of trusts law. He is a tenacious advocate who fights his client’s corner with great skill and care. His written work is excellent, charming the reader to his way of thinking.’
London Bar
Property litigation
HALL OF FAME4Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan has an impressive knowledge of a large number of different areas of law which he seems to easily draw on when advising and drafting. He is incredibly thorough in all aspects of his work.'
London Bar
Tax: corporate
HALL OF FAME2Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan is an excellent advocate - able to quickly judge the mood of the Tribunal and to adapt as necessary. He is eloquent and extremely persuasive.’
London Bar
Tax: personal
HALL OF FAME1Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Accessible and very easy to work with, excellent strategic insight and expertise in the inheritance tax field.’