Jonathan has a broad commercial practice in which heavy duty litigation before the English courts features prominently. His current and recent commercial litigation instructions include, among others, the following:

• Federal Republic of Nigeria v JP Morgan: acting for the Nigerian state in a claim alleging breach of the banker’s Quincecare duty of care, for in excess of $1 billion (with Roger Masefield QC, Richard Blakeley and Ben Woolgar). This was one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2019. The 7-week trial was heard in Spring 2022 and judgment is awaited.
• Spire and Hortensia v Withers [2021] EWHC 2401 (Comm); Prime v Withers [2021] EWHC 2401 (Comm). Acting for the claimant property developers in two professional negligence claims against conveyancing solicitors, which were heard back-to-back in January and February 2021 (with Tony Singla QC). Jon’s clients succeeded at trial in establishing negligence, and recovered damages, in each case. The defendant solicitors have appealed the judgment in Spire and Hortensia; the appeal, for which Jon is instructed, will be heard in June 2022.
• E20 and LLDC v Allen & Overy LLP: acting (with Tony Singla QC) for the defendant solicitors in this professional negligence claim, which relates to the concession agreement between E20 and West Ham Football Club in respect of the latter’s use of the London Stadium. The trial is listed for October 2022.
• Heritage Travel and Ors v Windhorst and Ors [2021] EWHC 2380 (Comm): Jon appeared in this contested application to lift a stay of proceedings and enforce a Tomlin Order by way of summary judgment, seeking over EUR 172 million (with Simon Salzedo QC). Jon’s clients were successful and judgment was entered in their favour.
• Lombard and Natwest v Airbus [2021] EWHC 2025 (Comm): Jon acted for the purchaser of a defective helicopter in a claim against the manufacturer, at a substantial strike-out and preliminary issues hearing in May 2021 (with Fionn Pilbrow QC and Jon Lawrence).
• Acting (as sole counsel) in claims brought by a strategic and financial advisor in the energy sector seeking payment of unpaid commissions.

Jonathan has also assisted in a series of offshore ‘appraisal rights’ cases in the Cayman Islands (under section 238 Companies Law) and Bermuda (under section 106 of the Companies Act). These include:

• Trina Solar FSD 92 of 2017 (NSJ): assisted with trial of action in 2019 and with Dissenting Shareholders’ appeal heard in 2022. Judgment on the latter is awaited.
• FGL Holdings FSD 184 of 2020 (RPJ): assisted with directions hearing in November 2020.
• Nord Anglia FSD 235 of 2017 (IKJ): assisted with appeals, which were compromised after the exchange of skeleton arguments and shortly before the hearing.
• Advising on other Cayman Islands s238 cases.
• Jardine Strategic (Bermuda): assisted with heavy (three day) directions hearing in October 2021.

In addition to his litigation practice, Jonathan also has significant experience in commercial arbitrations. Highlights of his arbitration work are the following, each of which went all the way to a final hearing and involved significant technical and foreign-law expert evidence:

• Acting for the claimant in a c. $750m ICC arbitration relating to the sale of an interest in an oil field, involving allegations of breach of contract and deceit (with Tim Lord QC and Michael Bolding). The case went to a final hearing in the summer of 2021.
• Acting in a c. $150m UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a joint venture for the operation of an oil refinery (with Mark Howard QC, Neil Calver QC and Stephen Midwinter QC).

Jonathan is currently instructed in two major competition law matters:

• Trucks Cartel Litigation: acting for a defendant truck manufacturer in a series of follow-on cartel damages claims (with Daniel Jowell QC, David Bailey and Tom Pascoe). These include both ordinary claims, many of which are listed for trials, and (potentially) collective proceedings, where judgment is awaited on applications for a Collective Proceedings Order. This was one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2019.
• Gutmann v Stagecoach & ors: acting for a respondent / defendant to this application for a collective proceedings order, in which the applicants seek to certify a set of standalone abuse of dominance claims against train operating companies. The CPO was granted by the CAT at first instance ([2021] CAT 31). An appeal by the train operating companies is listed for June 2022 (with Daniel Jowell QC and Sarah Abram QC).

Jonathan was recently instructed to advise on public, EU and ECHR law aspects of a fast-moving product safety dispute (with Jemima Stratford QC and Malcolm Birdling). He has also advised a public body on the Equality Act implications of a proposed set of reforms to the services it provides (with Tim Johnston).

During pupillage, Jonathan assisted in:

• Canal and River Trust v Thames Water: a commercial judicial review concerning the construction of the statutory scheme governing the quantum of payments which Thames Water makes for the abstraction of water from the River Lee (assisting Sarah Abram).
• Bajracharya v Secretary of State for the Home Department: an appeal to the Court of Appeal concerning an application for judicial review of an immigration decision (assisting Sarah Abram).

Jonathan assisted in a range of intellectual property matters during pupillage, including patent, trade mark, copyright and passing-off claims.

• Warner-Lambert v Mylan, Actavis & ors: an appeal to the Supreme Court on the construction of “Swiss form” second medical use patents (assisting Nicholas Saunders QC).
• Pelham EA, Funke Medien and Spiegel Online: three preliminary references to the Court of Justice of the European Union which were heard together, raising overlapping issues concerning the construction of the Information Society and Related Rights Directives and their interaction with the Charter of Fundamental Rights (assisting Nicholas Saunders QC).
• Lifestyle Equities v Sports Direct: a commercial / IP case concerning trade mark infringement and inducing breach of contract (assisting Nicholas Saunders QC).
• Cadbury v Comptroller General of Patents Designs and Trade Marks: Cadbury’s appeal concerning its trade mark for the colour purple applied to chocolate packaging (assisting Nicholas Saunders QC).

Corominas and Scott, “Investing in Emerging Market Currencies: A Rewarded Risk,” in Pojarliev and Levich (eds.), “The Role of Currency in Institutional Portfolios” (2014).

Professional Experience:

2017: Called to the Bar of England and Wales

2012 – 2014: Investment Strategy Analyst, Record Currency Management

Education:

2016 – 2017: BPTC, City Law School (Outstanding, top of year)

2015 – 2016: GDL, City Law School (Distinction)

2009 – 2012: MA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Oxford (Balliol College) (First Class)

Scholarships and Prizes:

The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn

Lord Atkin Senior Scholarship for Pupillage (2018)

Birkenhead Award for the BPTC (2017)

Ann Ebsworth Award for the GDL (2016)

City Law School

Senior Scarman Scholarship for best overall mark on the BPTC (2017)

Balliol College, Oxford

NT Huxley Scholarship (2010 – 2012)

Mooting

Finalist, City University Senior Moot (2017)

Winner, City University GDL Moot (2016)

Quarter-finalist team and highest individual speaker score, ELSA European Human Rights Moot Court Competition (2016)