Edmonds Marshall McMahon

Professional Negligence

Partner

Practice Areas

Jonathan has over 35 years’ experience as a specialist claimant professional negligence lawyer dealing with both individual and group claims. He has won cases at the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal and High Court and has also gained many settlements for his clients through mediation.

Jonathan has a calm approach to litigation and because of his experience he will often know and have a good relationship with his opponents.

He also conducts fraud claims often with an international element and has experience of all injunctive and enforcement applications.

In addition, Jonathan has a general corporate commercial practice.

Work Highlights Acting successfully on the seminal notice period case of Newcastle v Haywood (2018) UKSC 22 at the Supreme Court the important committal decision of Newson-Smith v Al Zawawi (2017) EWHC 1876 (QB) the tax professional negligence case of Shepherd v Byrne and Partners LLP (2017) EWHC 758 (ch) the case of Frederick v Positive Solutions Ltd which settled shortly before the Supreme Court Appeal the then leading professional negligence conveyancing case of Santander v RA Legal (2014) EWCA CIv 183.

Successfully concluded after a contested trial a group claim against a solicitor arising from an Unauthorised Collective Investment scheme relating to the purchase of rooms in a hotel.

Acted for an airline in freezing applications in cross border jurisdictions arising from a fraud.

Defended a pensions company on a claim for £138 million by the Pensions Regulator.