Jonathan Ward

Year of call: 1968

Qualifications:

jward@kingschambers.com

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Clinical Negligence|
• Inquests|
• Personal Injury|

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Civil Fraud

Various applications for urgent injunctive relief; junior counsel in a five-week trial (BVI Commercial Court) concerning the misappropriation of the $75m proceeds of a sale of oil assets in Eastern Europe.

“First rate intellect”

Legal 500 (BVI)

Profile

Jonathan’s practice embraces commercial, company, and technology and construction disputes (including procurement), with a particular emphasis on matters with a technical or scientific element. He has appeared as sole counsel in multi-day trials and heavy applications in the High Court; has regularly appeared in arbitrations and adjudications and upon the enforcement of resulting awards, both at home and abroad; and has served as part of a counsel team in several multi-week trials, both in the English High Court and in the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands.
 

Year of Call: 2007 (England); 2013 (British Virgin Islands)
 

Areas of Expertise

Recent cases:

Amey LG Ltd v Cumbria County Council - [2016] EWHC 2856 (TCC)

Company A v Company B (arbitration business) - [2017] EWHC 2319 (QB)

A One Distributon Ltd v Rotronic Instruments (UK) Ltd - [2017] EWHC 1813 (TCC)

Dynniq UK Ltd v Lancashire County Council - [2017] EWHC 3173 (TCC)

Memberships

Society of Computers and Law

TECBAR

Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association

British Irish Bar Association

Qualifications

BVC (Outstanding, Northumbria)

GDL (Distinction, Northumbria)

BA (Class I, Birmingham)

Recommendations

Legal 500 2015 (British Virgin Islands): “First rate intellect”

Chambers and Partners 2014 (UK): “very thorough and user-friendly”

Chambers and Partners 2013 (UK): “Tipped by market sources as an up-and-comer to watch. He has a broad commercial practice."