Jonathan Nosworthy > Chambers of Sara Lewis KC > Birmingham, England > Barrister Profile
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St Philips Chambers
55 TEMPLE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B2 5LS
England
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Jonathan Nosworthy
Position
Jonathan undertakes all types of work relating to resolving financial issues between divorcing couples or former cohabitants. He represents clients in the County and High Courts. He has been led in a ‘big money’ case. He deals with cases involving farms, pensions, trusts, companies, insolvency, overseas assets and jurisdictional issues. He has a particular expertise in dealing with ancillary relief cases which involve third patiies claiming beneficial interests in matrimonial assets. He also undertakes work in respect of claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975. He aims to provide practical advice and robust representation. Jonathan undertakes private law Children Act matters in both the County Court and High Court. He has been involved in complex cases involving cultural and jurisdictional issues and child and domestic abuse. He generally seeks to adopt a conciliatory approach and to make the court process as painless as possible for lay clients.
Career
Called 2000; Middle Temple.
Memberships
Association of Lawyers for Children; Family Law Bar Association.
Education
Birmingham University (BSc Hons); College of Law (Dip Law; BVC); Middle Temple (Harmsworth Scholar).
Lawyer Rankings
Regional Bar > Midland Circuit > Family: divorce and financial remedy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Nosworthy –St Philips Chambers ‘Jonathan is always meticulously prepared, incredibly sensible and pragmatic. He is an excellent negotiator and equally effective advocate who always seems to hit the right note with the judges.’
St Philips Chambers is ‘a top-notch set’ with ‘a wide range of barristers with varying levels of experience and expertise’, regularly instructed in high-value cases involving a complex company and trust structures, often with international elements. Jonathan Nosworthy leads the team and is highly regarded as ‘a measured, persuasive and immensely talented advocate’ in financial remedy cases involving business structures and pre-acquired assets. ‘Fearless advocate’ Leisha Bond ‘always fights very hard for her clients’ and her practice encompasses the full spectrum of work within financial remedy proceedings. Juliet Allen is ‘an excellent advocate who has a particular strength in financial remedy cases involving businesses, pensions or novel areas of law’.