Oliver Jackson

Practice Areas

Oliver specialises in public law, human rights, competition, procurement and information law. Clients range from individuals, start-ups and NGOs to multinational businesses, local authorities, government departments and foreign states.

Recent cases include: the challenge to the Government's private school fees VAT policy (R (ALR) v Chancellor of the Exchequer); the constitutional law challenge on the status of accrued EU law rights post-Brexit (Volvo limitation); the school prayer ban case (R (NN) v Michaela Community School); a Supreme Court appeal on mental health after-care services (R (Worcestershire) v SSHSC); a £19 billion judicial review by 72 trade unions (R (FBU & BMA) v HM Treasury); a 7-week competition law trial for thousands of UK businesses against Mastercard/Visa (Multilateral Interchange Fees); an ECtHR disability rights challenge against the UK's abortion laws (Heidi Crowter v UK); and a state immunity challenge concerning ‘home’ national embassy staff (Muda v Malaysia).

Career

Called to the Bar 2019. Judicial Assistant to the UK Supreme Court 2020-2021.