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Jonathan Dawid

Jonathan Dawid is a leading senior junior with a broad based commercial practice, and is also recognised as a leading practitioner in UK and international sanctions law. He appears regularly in the higher courts of England and Wales as well as before arbitral tribunals, and is equally at home leading a team or being led. Recent highlights include acting as lead counsel for the successful respondent in Radisson Hotels APS Danmark v Hayat Otel  [2023] EWHC 892 (Comm), at present the leading case on the application of section 73 of the Arbitration Act 1996 to challenges to arbitral awards under section 68 of the same Act, as well as being sole counsel for Hayat Otel in the underlying ICC arbitration. Jonathan is also currently instructed as sole or lead counsel in a number of high profile High Court actions, including Harrington & Charles Trading & Ors v Mehta (US$1bn fraud claim) and Durnont Enterprises v Fazita Investment Ltd & Ors (€100m derivative claim for dishonest conspiracy).

Having practised both at the independent bar and as a partner in a law firm, Jonathan is attuned to the needs of clients and the need for a litigation strategy to serve the client’s broader commercial interest, being praised for his ‘real commercial touch’ and understanding of ‘what clients want and, more importantly, what they should want’ as well as being ‘right up there among the brightest people at the bar’ (Chambers & Partners). The Legal 500 describes him as ‘Phenomenally bright and extremely hard working … a very able senior junior that every big case needs’.
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Climate change litigation
Climate change litigation
Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides details on climate change litigation cases. It sets out what climate change litigation includes, some of the key drivers to climate change litigation and jurisdictional issues. It also covers different types of claims, such as claims against the government/public bodies, including constitutional and human rights claims, administrative law claims and judicial review. Other claims include claims against private entities/corporations in respect of their contribution to climate change, including negligence and nuisance claims. The Practice Note also focuses on financial claims, such as claims by shareholders against companies and management, failure to report and claims against financial businesses, such as investment managers and pension funds. Finally, it also covers other types of climate change litigation claims, such as claims involving consumer protection/misleading advertising, public trust doctrine, insurance cover and claims other than before the courts.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2005

Experience

  • Brick Court Chambers (2005 - 2015)
  • Joseph Hage Aaronson LLP (2015 - 2017)
  • Brick Court Chambers (2017 - present)

Membership

  • COMbar
  • LCBCIA
  • Bar European Group

Qualifications

  • BA (Natural Science) (1997)
  • MMath (1998)
  • AM (2000)
  • Diploma in Law (2003)

Education

  • Cambridge University (1994–1998)
  • Harvard University (1998–2001)

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