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Door Tenants / Practising Associate Members

Name:	Jonathan Lee
Call:	1993
Languages:	English
Silk:	na
Email:	jlee@keatingchambers.com
Clerks' email:	juniorsteam@keatingchambers.com
Senior Clerk:	Nick Child
Clerks' Team:	Simon Wigley Rob Cowup James Luxmoore

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Jonathan Lee has a professional background in electrical and electronic engineering, which makes him unique as a Junior at the Technology and Construction Bar. His previous experience and qualifications enable him to bring commercial and technical understanding to his practice at the bar, where clients have recognised his ability to grasp the complex technical aspects of their cases and to relate effectively to expert and lay witnesses. 

Jonathan Lee's practice covers both advocacy and advisory work and he acts for clients in litigation, domestic and international arbitrations, adjudications and mediations.  Jonathan Lee accepts appointment as an arbitrator; previous appointments have included an international dispute, the development of computer software and an international trade dispute about the supply of telecommunication equipment. As an adjudicator Jonathan Lee has decided disputes concerning the upgrading of railway infrastructure, work in the nuclear power sector, civil engineering work in the water industry and a development of prefabricated domestic residential units.  Jonathan Lee will also accept appointments as a mediator.

He has been instructed by both public sector and private sector clients, including: central and local government departments, commercial project funders, employers, contractors and associated professionals.

Recommendations

"a particularly good junior if you need a details man"..."he has the whole thing planned out and will work very hard for you."

“a superb yet understated junior who does all of those things that make a case go that much smoother.”

"demonstrating a "thoroughness and diligence" fervently approved of by onlookers."

“received warm recommendations from interviewees quick to appreciate the extra knowledge that accrues from him being dual-qualified as a barrister and an engineer.”

“sound and steady.”

Chambers and Partners, A Clients Guide to the Legal Profession

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Examples of recent work

Significant projects on which Mr Lee has been instructed include disputes concerning the design or construction of, or engineering work relating to:

• Cabling of nuclear power station fuel storage facility
• A North Sea floating oil platform 
• A new academy (school) 
• The construction of gas pipelines 
• Development of a hospital pursuant to a PFI contract 
• Conflicts between utility companies 
• Refurbishment of all mechanical and electrical systems in a traffic tunnel 
• An oil and gas production facility in Kazakhstan 
• An international sporting venue 
• Mainline railway upgrading works 
• The collapse of a tower crane 
• The design of microwave radio transmitters 
• Removal of support to flats 
• The roof of a factory development 
• A new data-centre for a bank – cladding – roofing 
• New office developments 
• The collapse of a canal bank during the installation of cable ducts 
• Subsidence at a Superstore 
• The construction of a wind farm 
• The construction of new world class scientific laboratories 
• Upgrading and extending the London Underground network 
• An aircraft engine test cell 
• A pharmaceutical factory 
• A nationwide computer network for a major security company 
• A major shopping centre in Poland 
• A computer controlled industrial steel milling machine 
• A defective housing development owned by a housing association 
• The manufacture of sub-sea fibre-optic cables 
• Components fabrication for a bridge in Hong Kong 
• Construction of power stations in the UK 
• A steel slab cutting machine 
• Defective river ferries 
• Football stadia
• Power and desalination plants in the Middle East 
• Warehouse flooring 
• Contracts for computer software and hardware for public sector IT Systems 
• The location of power cables 
• Damage caused by electrical faults and fire in a broadcasting centre 
• Flood defences 
• Power backup and generator systems 
• International contracts for the supply of telecommunications equipment

Jonathan Lee has also been instructed in relation to claims on the financial bonds and guarantees that are often associated with engineering and construction cases.

In addition to the above Jonathan Lee has represented private clients in relation to disputes between home owners, their professionals and their contractors and he continues to accept instructions in relation to such cases.

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Professional CV

BEng in Electronic Engineering, University of Sheffield Engineer, Planning and Installation Department, BBC Diploma in Law, City University Bar finals classification, “Outstanding” Called to the Bar (Gray’s Inn) Pupillage, Keating Chambers Keating Chambers Trained Mediator TECBAR Accredited Adjudicator

1988 1988-91 1992 1993 1993 1994-95 1995 2005

Membership

Institution of Engineering and Technology 
Technology and Construction Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
Professional Negligence Bar Association
The Society of Computers and Law
The LCIA and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates

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Other Information

Jonathan Lee is married with three children.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.

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Contact Us
If you would like to discuss ways in which Keating Chambers can assist you or your organisation, please contact the Senior Clerk, Nick Child, in the first instance, on +44(0)20 7544 2600. The teams of Clerks will be pleased to advise you on the member of Keating Chambers appropriate to your requirements.

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