Jack joined Chambers in October 2024, on successful completion of his pupillage. He is developing a busy mixed practice and accepts instructions across all of Chambers’ practice areas.

Background

Prior to pupillage, Jack was the judicial assistant to Dame Victoria Sharp (President of the King’s Bench Division), which involved working on numerous high-profile civil, public and criminal matters in the Divisional Court and Court of Appeal. Jack also completed the Harold G. Fox Scholarship, a year-long placement at one of Canada’s leading litigation firms, which included working as a ‘clerk’ (equivalent to a judicial assistant in England & Wales) at the Ontario Court of Appeal.

Jack has volunteered as an Employment Tribunal representative through the Free Representation Unit (FRU) and the Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU). He also enjoys mentoring future barristers at various stages, including applications for pupillage (through ‘Young Bar Mentoring’), Inns of Court scholarships and the Fox Scholarship.

Before coming to the Bar, Jack completed the TeachFirst Leadership Development Programme.

Education

• Bar Vocational Studies, City Law School (Very Competent)
• GDL, Oxford Brookes University (Distinction)
• BA History, University of York (First-Class Honours)

Awards

• Pupil Residential Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2023)
• Harold G. Fox Scholarship (2022)
• Sir Louis Gluckstein Advocacy Competition (1st), Lincoln’s Inn (2021)
• Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2021)
• Bar Course Residential Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn (2021)
• Bar Vocational Studies Scholarship, City University (2021)
• European Human Rights Moot Court Competition (3rd out of 65 teams), ELSA (2021)
• Pegasus Access and Support Scholarship (2019)

General Civil

Jack regularly appears in trials and application hearings in the County Court, including on the Fast and Intermediate Tracks. He also a busy paperwork practice – spanning personal injury, contract, property and housing law – and is regularly instructed to settle particulars of claim, defences and grounds of appeal in these areas.

Public & Human Rights

Jack has a strong interest in public law, including matters that intersect with criminal law. As a member of the Attorney General’s ‘Junior Junior’ scheme, Jack is frequently instructed on a variety of matters including inquests and claims against Government departments.

In his previous role as a judicial assistant, Jack worked on several judicial reviews (both at first instance and on appeal), including:

• R (Balkwell) v Chief Constable of Essex Police [2022] EWHC 1288 (Admin): judicial review on Wednesbury irrationality and Article 2 ECHR grounds of a decision not to reopen a murder investigation
• R (Miller) v College of Policing [2021] EWCA Civ 1926: judicial review appeal concerning the CoP’s guidance on ‘non-crime hate incidents’ which succeeded on Article 10 ECHR proportionality grounds
• R (Archer) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2021] EWCA Civ 1662: unsuccessful Article 5 ECHR challenge to police’s decision to detain a minor for his own protection

Employment & Discrimination

Jack is frequently instructed to represent individuals and organisations in employment disputes. He has undertaken a substantial amount of work for the performing arts and entertainment union, Equity.

Recent instructions include:

• MK v SF LLC: representing the claimant HR leader in ongoing proceedings for philosophical belief/sex discrimination, constructive unfair/wrongful dismissal, harassment and victimisation, in which the ET recently found that MK’s belief in the privilege enjoyed by ‘white middle-aged men’ is protected under s. 10 of the Equality Act 2010
• JO and others v FL Ltd: representing the defendant Indian restaurant in ongoing proceedings for race discrimination brought by a group of Travellers
• SM v IKEA Ltd: drafted particulars of claim concerning an alleged inducement and infringement of performer’s rights
• JH v PWP Ltd: advised the claimant stage manager on a claim for redundancy pay
• YM Ltd v MSD: advised the defendant ballet dancer on alleged breaches of her management agreement.

Whilst in Toronto, Jack advised a distinguished Canadian law professor who was navigating a sensitive faculty dispute involving allegations of ‘reprisals’ (similar to victimisation in the UK).

Crime & Regulatory

Jack defends at all stages in the Crown and Magistrates’ Courts, including trials, sentences and interim hearings. He also acts on both sides of regulatory proceedings, most recently before the NMC.

Crime:

• State of Mauritius v TL (Supreme Court of Mauritius): resisting an appeal against acquittal in an alleged customs fraud (led by Mathew Sherratt KC)
• R v SF (Northampton Crown Court): successfully persuaded the CPS to withdraw charges of assault against an emergency worker on behalf of a vulnerable client
• R v AM (Kingston Crown Court): trial concerning assault on an emergency worker
• State of Mauritius v BM (Supreme Court of Mauritius): successful appeal against a murder conviction (led by Mathew Sherratt KC)
• R v DP (Staines Magistrates’ Court): successfully defended a 30-year-old autistic man accused of riding an e-scooter without insurance/whilst drunk/whilst banned from driving
• R v LD (Norwich Crown Court): POCA proceedings – successfully applied to vary a Confiscation Order from roughly £150,000 to a four-figure sum
• R v GS (Lincoln Crown Court): trial concerning intentional strangulation

Regulatory:

• NMC v JA: successfully resisted the NMC’s application to suspend JA from the register following a five-day fitness to practise hearing
• NMC v BAM: successful application to vary an interim order