Mr Johnathan Payne > Deka Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Mr Johnathan Payne

020 7832 0500 jpayne@dekachambers.com

Work Department

Barrister.

Position

The focus of his practice is multi-track high-value claims either at first instance or appellate level. Johnathan has recently appeared in a number of important decisions in the Court of Appeal (such as Edwards-Tubb v. JD Wetherspoon [2011] 1 W.L.R 1373 and Everett v. Comojo [2011] 4 All ER 315). He is regularly instructed both for (and against) insurers dealing with all manner of issues from policy terms to overall indemnity. Johnathan is alive and susceptible to the needs and requirements of the insurer as against the insured. He has recently been instructed in high profile cases such as the mass explosion which occurred at Marlie Farm (covered by Sky News) and the loss of a £269,000 luxury motor yacht in the Solent (heard in the Technology and Construction Court) and reported variously in the legal publications and the Daily Mail. Johnathan has a particular interest in sports law. Amongst his recent cases he successfully defended the British Cycling Federation (the governing body of cycling in the United Kingdom) in a claim arising out of a professional race. In addition to his work in a contractual/commercial context he also regularly accepts professional negligence instructions dealing with the negligence of various professionals specialising in solicitors and barristers.

Career

Called 1997; Gray’s Inn.

Education

College of Law (Chester): CPE,

Inns of Court School of Law: Bar Vocational Course.

Leisure

Away from the law Johnathan is married with three boys and therefore in the (very little) free time he has he enjoys golf, cycling and watching rugby.