Jonathan is experienced in:
Jonathan has extensive experience appearing unled in High Risk Offender applications in the Supreme Court and District Court jury trials, sentences and appeals. Jonathan has also appeared unled in the Court of Criminal Appeal, and in the Coroners Court, both led as counsel assisting and unled for Senior Next of Kin parties.
Prior to being called to the Bar, Jonathan worked at Legal Aid NSW, including in the High Risk Offender Unit, and at the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited, including regional locations such as Tamworth, Griffith, Broken Hill and Gosford. Jonathan regularly appeared as an advocate in his 7 years as a solicitor before being called to the Bar.
Jonathan also completed an internship at the Trial Chamber of the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Jonathan is a reporter for the Council of Law Reporting for NSW, which is the publisher of the NSW Law Reports.
Jonathan is on the following panels:
Select cases:
Coroners Court of New South Wales
Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales
Chesworth v R [2023] NSWCCA 115 (unled for applicant) – error established but appeal dismissed
Court of Appeal of New South Wales
Rigby v State of New South Wales [2022] NSWCA 14 (led by M Avenell SC for appellant) – appeal against making of an ESO under the Crimes (High Risk Offenders) Act 2006 (CHRO Act)– error established but appeal dismissed
Supreme Court of New South Wales (all for defendant)
Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Australia v Uweinat (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sweeney J, 3 November 2023) (led by C O’Donnell SC) – interim supervision order under Div 105A of the Criminal Code (Cth) – summons dismissed with costs
State of New South Wales v WXN1 (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 883 (unled) – interim supervision order under the CHRO Act – scheduling conditions not imposed
State of NSW v Colebrook [2023] NSWSC 792 (unled) – revocation of extended supervision order under the CHRO Act
State of New South Wales v Cornwall (Preliminary) [2023] NSWSC 278 (unled) – summons for extended supervision order under the CHRO Act dismissed with costs – construction of Act – interim supervision order imposed under fresh summons
State of New South Wales v Hardy [2022] NSWSC 1724 (led by D McLure SC) – interim supervision order under the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (THRO Act) imposed
State of New South Wales v McGee (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 1717 (unled) – interim supervision order under the CHRO Act – electronic monitoring condition not imposed
State of New South Wales v Cannon [2022] NSWSC 1622 (unled) – interim supervision order under the CHRO Act – several contested conditions not imposed
State of New South Wales v Nixon (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 1561 (unled) – interim supervision order under the CHRO Act – interim supervision order – financial oversight and internet access conditions not imposed
State of New South Wales v Partington (Final) [2022] NSWSC 1492 (unled) – extended supervision order under the CHRO Act – financial oversight and internet access conditions not imposed
State of New South Wales v Barlow (Preliminary) [2022] NSWSC 569 (unled) – interim supervision order under the CHRO Act – electronic monitoring, scheduling and other contested conditions not imposed
State of New South Wales v Briar (Final) [2022] NSWSC 467 (led by T Anderson SC) – extended supervision order under the CHRO Act
State of New South Wales v Williams (Final) [2021] NSWSC 1596 (unled) – extended supervision order under the CHRO Act – sunset clause on scheduling conditions imposed
State of New South Wales v Holt (Preliminary) [2021] NSWSC 1076 (led by T Anderson SC) – interim detention order under the THRO Act – construction of Act
State of New South Wales v Church (Final) [2021] NSWSC 713 (led by J Stratton SC and T Hennessy) – application for extended supervision order under the THRO Act – summons dismissed with costs
