In his early years
of practice, Jonathan gained broad experience
working in the civil and criminal courts.
After completing his training (pupillage) at 5 King's Bench Walk
(now 18 Red Lion Court), Jonathan joined Chambers at 3 Dr Johnson's
Buildings where he developed a traditional common law practice
including personal injury, professional negligence, contractual
disputes, family, employment and crime. He was involved in two
leading public inquiries into child abuse (Tyra
Henry [1984]and
Kimberley Carlisle [1986]), and he was instructed in the
first case in which an injunction was obtained against a stag hunt
to prevent it trespassing over private land, League Against Cruel
Sports v Scott [1986] QB 240.
In 1987 Jonathan moved backed to the Chambers where he trained
and began specialising in white collar crime cases as well as maintaining
his general common law practice. During this period he appeared
in two cases as leading junior counsel before the Committee for
Privileges in the House of Lords. The first involved the termination
of an abeyance after more than 400 years, Barony
of Grey of Codnor (House of Lords papers 1988-89, 59-I). The second concerned an
attempt by an Irish peer to gain re-admission to the House of Lords,
Barony of Farnham ( House of Lords papers 1994-95, 85-1). He was
also involved in judicial review proceedings arising out of the
Marchioness disaster, R v DPP ex parte
Langland-Pearse, 30.10.90,
LexisNexis, a judicial review concerning the licensing of a sex
establishment, R v London Borough of
Wandsworth ex parte Darker Enterprises Ltd [2001] LLR 338, leading "consumer protection" cases
under the Price Marking Order 1991, Allen
v Redbridge London Borough Council [1994] 1 All ER 728 and under the Property Misdescriptions
Act 1991, Enfield London Borough Council
v Castles Estate Agents Ltd [1996] 2 EGLR 21, and in R
v Berry (3) [1994] 2 All ER 913,
a case involving the law on explosives.
During this period of practice Jonathan gained extensive experience
in health-related professional disciplinary and judicial review
cases – Pharmaceutical Society
of GB v Storkwain Ltd [
1986] 2 All E R 635, R v Sandwell Family
Practitioner Committee ex parte Lloyds Chemists, 19.12.88, LexisNexis, R
v Secretary of State for Health ex parte Furneaux [1994] 2 All ER 652, R
v Yorkshire Regional Health Authority ex parte Suri [1994] 21 BMLR
26, Re P J Norton Ltd, 18.1.96, LexisNexis, R
v Family Health Services Appeal Authority ex parte Elmfield Drugs
Ltd [1998] COD 468, R
v Family Health Services Appeal Authority ex parte Safeway Stores [1999] JPL 1133, Korsner
v Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 19.2.99, Lawtel
Between 1991 and 2003, Jonathan was Standing Counsel (Criminal)
to the Inland Revenue at the Central Criminal Court and London
Crown Courts. He was a member of the Assets Recovery Agency Steering
Group between 2003 and 2006. Having left 18 Red Lion Court in September
2006 Jonathan spent six months as In-House Counsel at McGrigors
LLP, returning to practice at the Bar in March 2007 from Chambers
at 23 Essex Street, London.
Since May 2006 Jonathan Fisher has been the Chairman of Research of the Society of Conservative Lawyers.
His term ends in July 2010. During this time he has published the following research papers:
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