Jonathan appears regularly in the High Court and County Court on a range of commercial and property-related matters.

In 2011, he was awarded Oxford University’s prestigious Diploma in Intellectual Property Law, and can advise on all aspects of intellectual property. He has particular expertise in matters to do with online infringement, and advises as to IP in computer software. In 2013 he addressed the Patents County Court (now the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court) on the test for the admission of survey evidence in trade mark cases, as had been recently formulated by the Court of Appeal. More recently he has been involved in more trade mark and passing off cases before IPEC. He is advises and is able to put forward a robust case in negotiation and mediation to achieve very good results.

Jonathan teaches intellectual property law to training barristers at BPP in Leeds.

Jonathan acts for finance companies, in interlocutory hearings as well as at trial, and has appeared and advised on a wide range of contract disputes, including consumer credit cases and cases on guarantees. Jonathan regularly advises on property, including service charge provisions in commercial leases, disputes regarding rights of way, and trusts of land. He has appeared before the First Tier Tribunal of the Property Chamber, and acted in trials involving allegations of Proprietary Estoppel.

He appeared in the Court of Appeal in Whaleys (Bradford) Ltd v Bennett Cubitt [2017] EWCA Civ 2143 [2017] 6 Costs L.R. 1241, where he successfully appealed on the subject of indemnity costs.

Jonathan has often appeared in the companies court in Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and London, and acts in corporate and personal insolvency cases including experience of setting aside statutory demands.

He is appreciated by solicitors for his thoroughness and approachability, as well as his intellect. He puts lay clients at ease in conference and in court, whilst always judging the best way to put their case.

Whaleys (Bradford) Ltd v Bennett Cubitt [2017] EWCA Civ 2143 [2017] 6 Costs L.R. 1241 (availability  of indemnity costs) Recent Experience:

• Trademark case in IPEC
• Passing off case in IPEC – settled in meditaion
• Obtaining a Norwich Pharmacal Order for disclosure of the name of the sender of offensive emails
• Resisting the admission of survey evidence in a trade mark case
• Land Registry First Tier Tribunal boundary determination claim
• Claim to a prescriptive right of way
• Mediation in a dispute about unpaid invoices and alleged defective work
• Advising as to ownership of copyright in computer software which had been licensed for development
• Advising as to the possibilities for the recovery of cherished vehicle registration plates
• Advising as to the appropriate measure of compensation in relation to the discharge of a restrictive covenant
• Advising a commercial landlord on the implications of the Telecommunications Code on a business tenancy

Jonathan has presented seminars on the following topics:

• Copyright update
• Easement cases
• The GDPR
• Overage cases
• Norwich Pharmacal Orders
• Trade Marks as internet search terms
• The ICANN and Nominet internet domain name dispute resolution services
• Copyright protection for 3-dimensional designs
• Design right in functional designs
• Copyright enforcement against ISPs

Oxford University - Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice (2010-2011)

Gray’s Inn - Called to the Bar (2009)

BPP London - Bar Vocational Course Very Competent (2007-2009)

BPP London - Graduate Diploma In Law Commendation (Part Time) (2005-2007)

Cambridge University (Churchill College) - BA (Hons) 2(i) / MA Cantab (1996 / 1999)

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