Published comments

"Sources judge Jonathan Gaunt QC to be a "seasoned advocate who is both approachable and positive in his thinking”. A fine cross-examiner, he is “especially good at exposing the vagaries of the opponent’s case”. His skills were recently on display in Bocardo v Stare Energy, a trespass case concerning mineral extraction.”. Chambers and Partners 2010 (Real Estate Litigation Section).

"Jonathan Gaunt QC is an all-round property practitioner who offers expertise in restrictive covenants, easements, rent review, landlord and tenant matters and conveyancing. Gaunt is “an extremely strong practitioner who has been making the complex look simple for a number of years now”. An important case for him has been Coleman v Ibstock Brick Co, the first appellate case on testing whether a substance is a “mineral” since 1932 ". Chambers and Partners 2010 (Agriculture Section).

"Jonathan Gaunt QC’s advocacy is always perfectly pitched” Legal 500 2009.

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Jonathan Gaunt QC

Called 1972
Silk 1991
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Jonathan Gaunt has a wide practice in the field of property law which includes landlord and tenant topics, such as rent review, enforcement of covenants, break clauses and leasehold enfranchisement and real property areas such as easements (concerning which he is joint editor of the lading text book, Gale), restrictive covenants, specific performance of land contracts and the interpretation of development agreements. Recent years have seen him conducting a number of leasehold enfranchisement cases in the Court of Appeal and advising regularly on issues concerning mines and minerals (e.g. Coleman v. Ibstock Brick Ltd).

Education

University College Oxford where he read classics (Mods and Greats).

Professional

Called 1972, Lincoln's Inn (Mansfield Scholarship)

Took Silk in 1991.

Bencher of Lincolns' Inn, Deputy High Court Judge

Past Chairman of the Property Bar Association.

Recent Cases

Sava v. SS Global Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1308 (adverse possession)

Town Quay Developments Ltd v. Eastleigh B.C. [2008] EWHC 1922 (Ch) (withholding consent)

Bocardo SA v. Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd [2008] EWHC 546 (Ch)(damages for trespass by mining)

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Publications

He was one of the editors of the Landlord and Tenant Volume of Halsbury's Laws of England (Vol 27), having re-written the sections on repairing covenants, rent and rent review for the 1994 Re-Issue. He is also the joint editor of the 18th Edition of Gale on Easements (2008)