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Jonathan Davey KC KC
Position
Jonathan was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2016 at just 13 years’ call. Prior to taking Silk, Jonathan served on the Attorney General’s A Panel of Counsel to the Crown, the most senior of the 3 Crown Panels.
Jonathan is a highly respected litigator with a broad commercial chancery practice encompassing areas including property, commercial, tax and trusts.
Jonathan has considerable experience, in particular, of large-scale and high-value litigation in cases which involve more than one field of law. He is regularly instructed in complex commercial, property and financial/tax litigation, for example, the current high profile £1 billion Ingenious litigation. Jonathan has considerable experience of leading large legal teams.
Career
Called 2003; Lincoln’s Inn; member of Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel to the Crown (B Panel).
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association; Commercial Fraud Lawyer’s Association; Association of Pension Lawyers; Bar Pro Bono Panel.
Education
St Clement Danes School; University of Nottingham (Philosophy BA First Class; International Relations MA Distinction); Downing College, Cambridge (MPhil); City University (Dip Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Charities
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Davey KC –Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan is extremely thorough and very personable. He makes those instructing him feel at ease and gives good, well considered advice.’
London Bar > Private wealth and probate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan’s legal knowledge and attention to detail is unparalleled. He is a thorough silk.’
London Bar > Tax: corporate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan is very clear and compelling in his written and oral advocacy, and in his advice, which is invariably practical and commercial. He is highly responsive and very easy to work with.’
London Bar > Tax: personal
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan’s advocacy is the best in the business.’
Wilberforce Chambers‘ group of ‘high-quality barristers’ has expertise in the taxation of estates and trusts, including issues relating to offshore structures. Jonathan Davey KC is regularly active on behalf of HMRC in high-stakes disputes, including Levack and others v Bay Trust International Ltd and others, a test case concerning potential tax avoidance schemes. Brian Green KC‘s advises a range of high net worth individuals in estate planning, domicile issues, and matters relating to offshore structures, in addition to other issues.
London Bar > Property litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Jonathan Davey KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Jonathan is everything one expects from a leading silk: he has impressive knowledge of numerous areas of law and a powerful court presence.’
Wilberforce Chambers‘ team continues to act on a broad range of property disputes, with mortgage litigation, commercial and residential landlord and tenant issues and development disputes being prominent in the group’s recent workload. Joanne Wicks KC and Daniel Petrides are acting in R (Annington Property Ltd & ors) v The Secretary of State for Defence, which is due to be heard by the Court of Appeal, concerning whether the MoD can reacquire a significant portfolio of properties via enfranchisement law. Jonathan Seitler KC and Alice Hawker appeared in Jalla v Shell, a Supreme Court case clarifying what constitutes a continuing nuisance following a major oil spill off the coast of Nigeria that damaged the appellant’s land. Jonathan Davey KC is highly regarded for his expertise in advising on property disputes involving tax issues. In July 2023 Mark Wonnacott KC retired from practice.