Jonathan Glasson KC

Practice Areas

Jonathan's practice includes human rights, public law, national security, asylum, inquests and inquiries, and data protection. He has acted in a large number of national security cases. He is regularly instructed as Counsel to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal. He is instructed in the current challenges to the surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland brought by the BBC.

Expertise in advising on sensitive data protection issues.

Recent public law cases include acting for Sir Chales Haddon-Cave, the Chair of the Independent Investigation relating to Afghanistan, in a judicial review challenge brought against the Inquiry. He was instructed in the challenge to the decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her UK citizenship and the challenge to the export of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen. He is regularly instructed in cases before SIAC.

He acted in Strasbourg proceedings for Khodorkovsky, the former CEO of Yukos, against Russia, and has been instructed in a significant number of cases from Russia and the former CIS. He has a particular expertise in sensitive high profile asylum cases.

He has a wide-ranging practice in inquiries and inquests. He was instructed in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and is currently instructed on the Covid Inquiry. He regularly advises Coroners. He advised the Attorney General in relation to the application to reopen the inquests into the death of Dr David Kelly as well as of those who died in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster.

Career

Deputy High Court Judge (KBD, Administrative Court and Family Division)

Called 1995, Silk 2010