Jonathan Davies represents Spanish Embassy in diplomatic and state immunity appeal
Case Summary on Lorenzo v the Kingdom of Spain
Published: 18th Dec 2023
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Telephone 020 7831 0222
Email jonathan.davies@42br.com
Call 2003
Telephone 020 7831 0222
Email jonathan.davies@42br.com
Jonathan practises in employment and business law. He has a record of success in very high profile and high value cases. Specialisms include shared parental leave, doctors’ regulatory work, police pay claims and discrimination work, restrictive covenants, conspiracy and the economic torts, negligent reference claims, bonus and pay claims and injunctions to prevent dismissal.
He recently successfully represented the Chief Constable in the well-publicised appeal case dealing with shared parental leave Hextall v the Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police [2019] IRLR 695, CA and most recently he has been instructed on two high profile appeals: an appeal from the High Court group action by royal and ministerial bodyguards in Prior and Fielding v the Metropolitan Police [2021] EWHC 2672 (QB) and on behalf of the Spanish Embassy in an appeal to the EAT which should establish the ambit of diplomatic and state immunity in relation to non-domestic workers following the recent Supreme Court decisions in Benkharbocuhe, Reyes v Al Maliki and Basfar v Wong.
Case Summary on Lorenzo v the Kingdom of Spain
Published: 18th Dec 2023
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment today in a group action for non-payment of allowances brought by 400 specialist police officers who formed the Royalty and Specialist Protection squad.
Published: 20th Jan 2023
Jonathan Davies has written an training paper on TUPE, pensions and Beckmann Rights
Published: 7th Jul 2022
Judgment has just been handed down in the High Court in a group action brought by 400 police officers serving in the Royal and Specialist Protection Squad of the Metropolitan Police.
Published: 13th Oct 2021
Jonathan Davies is working with Simons Muirhead Burton LLP on one of the most significant employment cases of the year
Published: 16th Jul 2021
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