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Jonathan Rich

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Position

Jonathan (“Joe”) Rich has specialised in consumer and property law for twenty two years. For nearly ten years of that time, he has been recognised by the main directories as a leader in his field. The 2011 edition of Chambers and Partners praises his “high volume of contract work” and “excellent reputation for advising car, boat and plane dealerships” and makes it clear that he is “known for taking a very fair but very effective approach to his work”. He is identified by Legal Experts’ as a “Leader at the Bar” in four specialist areas – Consumer and Regulatory Law, Costs, Commercial and Property Law. Whilst the majority of Joe’s work is commercially-orientated, he undertakes a substantial amount of regulatory work, where criminal allegations are made. Joe acts for both suppliers and consumers, landlords and tenants. He offers a meticulous, unpretentious, approach towards avoiding, and resolving actual and potential litigation, as well as general consulting advice.

Jonathan is perhaps best known for Court of Appeal appearances in Clegg v Andersson and Jones v Gallagher, the leading cases on satisfactory quality and loss of the right to reject goods and services.

He appeared for the successful mortgagor in Zurich Securities v Potomek Construction, the leading case on sales at an undervalue by mortgagees. In nearly 20 years at the Bar, he has also represented more than 200 farmers, and others, whose livelihoods depend on dealing with animals.

Kelly v Bakir, ChD, LTL 27/4/2009, Independent 8/11/08

Career

Called 1989; Middle Temple.

Languages

French.

Memberships

COMBAR; Criminal Bar Association; SE Circuit; Bar European Group; LCLCBA; TECBAR; AWSELVA.

Education

Magdalene College, Cambridge (Law); Middle Temple Gottlieb Prize and Terence Fitzgerald Award.

Leisure

Music; cooking; the countryside; founder chairman of the Inns of Court Ball for Centrepoint in 1993.