Jon has over 30 years’ experience as a barrister, specialising in criminal cases in his formative years (prosecution and defence). Jon has for many years undertaken work in a broad range of areas. He now specialises largely in civil litigation and family (private law) cases. Jon has represented a number of ‘high value’ clients in financial remedy proceedings. He also has extensive experience in private law Children Act matters.
Jon still undertakes a small number of criminal cases on a private basis. He was led by Bill Clegg QC in the case of R v Shrimpton – the former immigration judge who was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the 2012 Olympics nuclear bomb hoax. He appears also in Senior Courts costs matters and was successful in setting aside a conditional fee agreement in the widely reported case of Vilvarajah v West London Law [2017] EWHC B23 Costs.
Jon’s other areas of work include insolvency, contentious Chancery work, professional discipline and immigration.
Articles: Jon was the co-author of ‘Deport First, Appeal Later?’ published in Counsel Magazine in December 2018.
Jon is licensed to accept public access instructions.