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“Jonathan Crow QC is widely regarded as one of the leading barristers of his generation” (Chambers UK). His practice straddles a broad range of litigation, largely in the appellate courts where he appears both for private clients and for public authorities. He is recommended in 10 practice areas by Chambers UK and is ranked as one of the Stars of the Bar. In a career spanning 35 years he has been involved at the highest level in civil fraud (from Polly Peck to Madoff), company law (from Guinness to Atlantic Computers), corporate insolvencies (from BCCI to Lehmans), public law (from Guantanamo Bay to assisted suicide), constitutional law (from the Channel Islands to the Chagos Islands), telecoms (from the 3G auction to interconnection charges), consumer credit (from bank charges to PPI) and many other areas, including over 190 reported cases. He has appeared more than 35 times in the Supreme Court or the House of Lords, and on numerous other occasions in the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal and the European Court of Human Rights. He was First Treasury Counsel from 1998 until 2006, since when he has been named both as Commercial Litigation silk of the year and also as Chancery silk of the year by Chambers UK, as Lawyer of the Week by The Times (twice), and as one of the Legal 500’s Hot 100. In addition to his work in London, he also has a busy overseas practice, including work in relation to jurisdictions such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the BVI, Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago, the Turks & Caicos Islands, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Apart from his work as an advocate, he acts as an LCIA arbitrator and sits part time as a Deputy High Court Judge in London (both in the Chancery Division and in the Administrative Court) and also as a judge of the Courts of Appeal in Jersey and Guernsey, and as a part-time Deemster in the Isle of Man. He is a bencher of Lincoln’s Inn and Attorney General to HRH The Prince of Wales.
For 8 years (1998 – 2006), Jonathan was First Treasury Counsel, appearing for the UK Government and other public authorities in a wide range of administrative and public law cases. He was fortunate enough to enjoy his tenure at a fascinating time when practitioners and judges were finding their feet with the Human Rights Act and the Freedom of Information Act. Most rewarding were those cases with a strong human element (such as the dispute over assisted suicide) and in particular the relationship between the State, parents and children (such as the disputes over religious dress in State schools and the abolition of corporal punishment in private schools).
Since stepping down as FTC, Jonathan has enjoyed his new-found freedom to appear for private clients (for example in R (PMI) v. Minister for the Cabinet Office and in Bank Mellat) as well as continuing his work for the Government (for example in R (Keyu) v. SSFCA and in Al Rawi). He is also now able to appear overseas in public law cases, as he has done in relation to conscription in Bermuda and the regulation of telecommunications in the BVI.
BCCI v. Malik  BCC 15.
disclosure (Re Atlantic Computers Plc  BCC 200 and In re Pantmaenog Timber Co Ltd  1 AC 158).
jurisdictional disputes & leave to serve out: Cinnamon European Structured Credit Master Fund v. Banco Commercial Portugues SA  I.L.Pr. 11 and Re Howard Holdings Inc  BCC 549.
Association of Certified Public Accountants of Britain v. Secretary of State for Trade & Industry  2 BCLC 307.
share valuation: Oak Investment Partners XII Limited Partnership v. Boughtwood  2 BCLC 459, Re ESC Publishing Ltd  BCC 335 and Re D.R. Chemicals Ltd (1989) 5 BCC 39.
Re Cladrose Ltd  BCC 11.
A-G’s Reference (No. 2 of 1998)  QB 412.
Finers v. Miro  1 WLR 35.
Re Cloverbay Ltd (1989) 5 BCC 732 – private examination.
Arbitration offers an element of control, confidentiality and efficiency which is generally lacking in ordinary litigation. These characteristics make it suitable for certain kinds of dispute, and Jonathan has represented clients both in the UK and overseas in a number of commercial disputes in a number of different industry sectors, including property, energy and shipping. He also sits as an LCIA arbitrator.
judicial review (such as the Digicel case in the BVI).
Reg. v. Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, ex parte BT3G Limited  3 CMLR 61 &  822 Eu LR 822.
A-G v. Punch Ltd  1 AC 1046.
R (Uttley) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department  1 WLR 2590.

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