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About
Provided by Jonathan Hough KC
Practice Areas
Jonathan has a leading commercial and public law practice, with particular experience in insurance, professional liability, financial services / consumer finance and administrative law (including inquiries). Insurance work includes major coverage disputes and litigation / arbitration between insurers, brokers and coverholders. His professional liability practice includes lawyers, financial professionals, insurance brokers and valuers. His public law practice covers central and local government, financial regulation, utilities regulation and professional discipline. Recent inquiry work includes IICSA, Horizon IT and the RHI Inquiry, and inquest work includes acting as lead counsel to the inquests into the terrorist attacks at Westminster Bridge, London Bridge, Fishmonger’s Hall and Streatham Hill, as well as the Hillsborough inquests. Recent reported cases include Crypto Open Patent Alliance v Wright; Mulsanne Insurance v Marshmallow Financial Services; Chief Constable for West Yorkshire v Dyer; R (Maughan) v Oxfordshire Coroner; Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners; Euro Pools v RSA; PM Law v Motorplus; Accident Exchange v McLean; Weir Services v AXA.
Career
Called to the Bar 1997. Took silk 2014.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR; BILA; LCIA; PNBA; LCLCBA; ALBA.
Publications
Editor of Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability (7th to 9th editions) and Jervis on Coroners (14th and 15th editions).
Personal
Educated at Bradford Grammar School and Oxford University (First in Classics). Queen Mother scholar, Middle Temple. Graded Outstanding on Bar course.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Jonathan Hough KC of 4 New Square Chambers is widely commended for his phenomenally deep knowledge of coronial law. He offers expert advice to coroners on all aspects of inquests and is regularly called upon to handle the most high-profile cases. He is also a strong choice to defend coronial decisions in judicial review.
Jonathan Hough KC is an excellent silk well known for his work on consumer finance law. He regularly advises on financial mis-selling, unfair relationship matters, consumer credit agreements and credit schemes.
Jonathan Hough KC takes on the full spectrum of coverage disputes, handling both litigation and arbitration cases, and is regularly instructed in disputes between insurers and reinsurers. He has experience in a broad range of matters including professional indemnity, product liability and financial risk.
Jonathan Hough KC has appeared in a number of substantial professional negligence cases, including those which have contributed to the clarification of the law. He acts for and against an impressive range of professionals, including lawyers, surveyors and financial advisers.
Jonathan Hough KC is a go-to silk forrepresenting coroners in judicial reviews. He is renowned for his knowledge of public law and human rights issues that overlap with coronial law.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jonathan is an exceptional advocate and a shrewd strategist."
"Jonathan's written work is very clear, pragmatic and accurate. When considering his cases, he always balances the risks well."
"He is very clear, precise and very measured. His written work is very strong and he is very detailed."
"Jonathan has brilliant client care skills. He is especially strong in financial services within the public law space and inquiries with coroners."
"Jonathan is incredibly responsive, very quick on email and really thoughtful."
"Jonathan is wonderfully talented. He is very good on his feet and he can analyse an enormous amount of material."
"Jonathan has incredible advocacy."
"His technical knowledge of inquest law is second to none."
"Jonathan is calm, proficient and supremely intelligent. You want him on your team."
"Jonathan is a very carefully reasoned and diligent barrister who is well liked by his clients."
"Jonathan is extremely user-friendly and bright, with a broad practice."
"The amount of work that Jonathan gets through is incredible. Both his written work and his commerciality are excellent."
"Jonathan has the ability to distil complex legal issues in a way clients can understand. His advocacy is very good; he's persuasive."
"Jonathan is very user-friendly and a powerhouse in the professional negligence coverage arena."
"Jonathan is organised and sharp. He can turn his hand to anything, meaning you get a brilliant work product."
"Jonathan is an exceptional advocate and a shrewd strategist."
"Jonathan's written work is very clear, pragmatic and accurate. When considering his cases, he always balances the risks well."
"He is very clear, precise and very measured. His written work is very strong and he is very detailed."
"Jonathan has brilliant client care skills. He is especially strong in financial services within the public law space and inquiries with coroners."
"Jonathan is incredibly responsive, very quick on email and really thoughtful."
"Jonathan is wonderfully talented. He is very good on his feet and he can analyse an enormous amount of material."
"Jonathan has incredible advocacy."
"His technical knowledge of inquest law is second to none."
"Jonathan is calm, proficient and supremely intelligent. You want him on your team."
"Jonathan is a very carefully reasoned and diligent barrister who is well liked by his clients."
"Jonathan is extremely user-friendly and bright, with a broad practice."
"The amount of work that Jonathan gets through is incredible. Both his written work and his commerciality are excellent."
"Jonathan has the ability to distil complex legal issues in a way clients can understand. His advocacy is very good; he's persuasive."
"Jonathan is very user-friendly and a powerhouse in the professional negligence coverage arena."
"Jonathan is organised and sharp. He can turn his hand to anything, meaning you get a brilliant work product."
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