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Mr Jonathan Auburn
Position
Barrister dealing with public law/judicial law, community care, education law, mental health, mental capacity.
Career
Called 1999, Middle Temple; former judicial assistant to the Rt Hon Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice; former associate to the Hon Justice J L Toohey of the High Court of Australia; former solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales; solicitor Freehill, Hollingdale & Page, (Australia) publications: ‘White Book’ (part 31); ‘Judicial Review Principles and Practice’ (OUP, 2013); contributor to ‘Phipson on Evidence’ (15th ed to current); ‘Halsbury’s Laws’, Local Government Volume; ‘Atkins Court Forms’ disclosure volume; contributor to ‘Freedom of Information’ (1st and 2nd ed).
Jonathan is on the Attorney General’s A-panel of advocates, where he represents central government departments and agencies in complex and high profile judicial review and human rights cases.
Memberships
ALBA; COMBAR; Discrimination Law Association.
Education
University of Western Australia (1993 LLB Hons); Oxford University (1995-98 BCL, D Phil) Commonwealth Scholar.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Court of Protection and community care
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Jonathan Auburn KC – 11KBW
‘Jonathan is excellent and a very fair opponent.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Jonathan Auburn KC – 11KBW ‘A reliable and diligent silk.’
London Bar > Local government (including rating law)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 211KBW provides silks and juniors of all levels that handle a range of work for and against local authorities as part of its broader presence in public law. Andrew Sharland KC led in R (KG and BG) v Suffolk CC for Suffolk County Council, a Court of Appeal case concerning what powers the council had regarding the funding of support for disabled people under the Care Act 2014. Jonathan Auburn KC acted for the Local Government Association in Hertfordshire CC v SSHCLG where the Divisional Court examined whether local authority meetings could be held remotely.