Barrister, One Crown Office Row, London
Jonathan Metzer has a broad practice spanning all areas of 1 Crown Office Row’s work, with particular expertise in personal injury and clinical negligence, inquests, public and human rights law, asylum and immigration. He has considerable advocacy experience across a wide range of courts and tribunals.
He has experience representing claimants in cases of serious abuse, including where there have been severe and long-lasting psychiatric injuries. He recently appeared in the High Court representing one of the victims of Paul Gadd, also known as Gary Glitter.
Jonathan is recognised as an up and coming junior by Chambers & Partners and as a rising star by The Legal 500 in several areas of practice.
Jonathan joined chambers as a tenant in September 2017 after completion of 12 months of pupillage.
Before coming to the Bar, Jonathan achieved Double First Class Honours in Classics at Oxford University and then completed the Graduate Diploma in Law at City University. He also undertook voluntary work at The Death Penalty Project, Simons, Muirhead & Burton LLP, and worked on a pro bono basis for the School Exclusion Project, acting as lay legal representative for the parents of excluded pupils at hearings in front of school governors and independent review panels.
Jonathan is a member of the UK Human Rights Blog’s editorial team.