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Provided by Jonathan Caplan KC
Practice Areas
Criminal work (specialising in fraud and cross jurisdictional matters)
Regulatory issues and corporate liability
Media Law (contempt, defamation, privacy, content)
Public inquiries and tribunals (including sport and market regulation)
Health and Safety
Civil Fraud and Commercial
Arbitration
Administrative law and judicial review
Extradition
Corporate and gross negligence - medical manslaughter
His clients include companies around the world, high profile individuals, television companies, newspapers, and government agencies.
He regularly appears in the courts of Hong Kong and has represented and advised clients in many other jurisdictions including Singapore and the Gulf. He is regularly listed in the top tier of Queen's Counsel in the Legal 500 and in Chambers and Partners UK Guide to the Bar in the areas of criminal fraud, public inquiries and administrative law, Health and Safety and corporate liability.
Career
King's Counsel 1991
Recorder of the Crown Court
Bencher of Gray's Inn and Chair of the Management Committee (2019)
Adjudicator of the Dubai Publishing and Broadcasting Standards Tribunal
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Criminal Law (1990-2006)
Former Chairman of the Public affairs Committee of the Bar Council
Law Commission (contributing associate) on Contempt of Court (2012/3)
Member Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCI Arb).
Personal
Chairman BAFTA Management Limited Chairman BAFTA Advisory Board Hong Kong
Patron Wiener Holocaust Library
Development Board Royal Court Theatre (1997-2006)
Contributing Editor "Fraud Law, Practice and Procedure" (LexisNexis)
Member Times Law Panel
Co-sponsor Children's' Film Awards (Tony Blair Interfaith Foundation)
Chairman of Project Zero (Ocean conservation)