Jonathan Gaydon has a busy civil practice. He accepts instruction in a variety of areas with specialist emphasis on clinical negligence, personal injury, professional negligence, inquests and costs work. Jonathan is an experienced advocate who appears at court daily in trials, applications, CCMCs, disposal and approval hearings.

For the past two years, Jonathan has been instructed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the multi-million pound Kenyan Emergency Group Litigation brought by over 40,000 former “Mau Mau” and related claimants in respect of their experiences in colonial Kenya during the 1950s. Jonathan has assisted in drafting defences, conducting case research and has attended at the High Court.

Jonathan advises, drafts pleadings and acts for both claimants and defendants at all stages of litigation.

Jonathan has appeared in numerous cases where fraud is alleged including LVI litigation. He has expertise with the law as to fraud, exaggeration and fundamental dishonesty. He is experienced in conducting conferences, cross-examination and making effective submissions before the Court in cases where dishonesty is alleged.