Jonathan Moffatt
Practice summary
Jonathan joined Chambers as a tenant after the successful completion of his pupillage in 2011. He is instructed on employment, commercial, personal injury and criminal matters. Currently, he is on secondment as Support Counsel to the Al-Sweady Inquiry - alleged mistreatment and unlawful killing by British soldiers in Iraq.
During his pupillage, Jonathan worked on Naomi Cunningham’s employment cases, including discrimination and whistleblowing. Afterwards, he spent three months under the supervision of Eliot Woolf. Focus was placed on drafting schedules of loss and valuations in clinical negligence cases. He engaged GMC matters under the supervision of James Leonard and became acquainted with pensions and commercial work under David Grant.
Jonathan received a First Class degree in History (BA Hons) and the Jean Henderson prize from the University of Exeter. He completed his Graduate Diploma in law and Bar Vocational Course in London and was awarded the Diplock Scholarship from Middle Temple Inn. He was called to the Bar in 2009.
Before commencing pupillage, Jonathan undertook a five-month stage with the European Commission, Brussels, specialising in social security coordination. He also enjoyed a five- week internship with an American trial-law firm based in Des Moines, Iowa, sponsored by Middle Temple Inn.
Jonathan is a qualified volunteer for the Free Representation Unit.
