Date of Call: 1973
Date of Silk: 1991
Jonathan Caplan practices mainly in the following areas:
- Corporate Liability
- Criminal and Civil Fraud
- Health and Safety and Gross Negligence Manslaughter
- Media Law (OFCOM Regulation, Contempt, Defamation, Privacy and Confidence)
- Public Inquiries and Disciplinary Tribunals (including Market Regulation, Professional Discipline and Sport)
His clients include national newspapers and television companies, high profile individuals and numerous companies in the FSTE 100. He has also appeared in the Courts of Hong Kong and Singapore.
He is listed in the Chambers and Partners Guide 2010 in the top tier of Queen's Counsel for Health and Safety, Fraud, and Administrative and Public Law: Public Inquiries. He is listed in the second tier of Queen's Counsel for Crime. One Chambers & Partners interviewee remarked that "excellent client-handling skills and an astute technical eye make him one of the most sought after silks of his generation". Jonathan is also recommended as a leading silk for Fraud and Health and Safety in Legal 500 2009 in which he is described as "a silver tongued advocate and one of the best minds at the criminal bar". In 2009 Jonathan was also invited to join the Times Law Panel and was nominated by Chambers and Partners as one of three QCs for "Criminal Silk of the Year"