Jason Taylor
Degree: LL.B (Hons) Wales
Year of call and Inn: 1995; Gray’s Inn: Prince of Wales scholar. Lord Atkin Senior scholar.
Professional Membership: Western Circuit; CBA
Practice
Crime
Jason Taylor is a highly experienced advocate undertaking all types of criminal work; prosecuting and defending. He is a CPS panel advocate level 4 prosecutor. He is widely instructed in the most serious criminal cases ranging from complex and high-value fraud to murder. He is frequently briefed in multi-handed drug conspiracies and in cases involving all levels of sexual offences, including historic child rape.
In recent years Jason has been increasingly instructed on behalf of insurance companies and public bodies in professional disciplinary matters, regulatory crime and health and safety. In addition, he has particular experience in cases of causing death by dangerous driving.
He is often instructed to appear in Jury Inquests on behalf of public bodies, medical staff or families of the deceased.
Jason has wide experience of police disciplinary matters and is frequently invited to train C.I.D. officers and the Department of Work and Pensions on court skills, duties of disclosure and advocacy and also lectures on a variety of CPD accredited courses on criminal law.
Cases of Interest:
Defence
R v Donovan – historic rape of 11 year-old
R v Gardner – double death by dangerous driving
R v Patel – £1.5million VAT fraud relating to a nightclub chain
R v Campbell and others – multi-handed firearms and kidnap case involving rival drug gangs
R v Howley and others – Led junior in a 16-week, £12.5 million conspiracy to defraud trial involving various banks and the Welsh Development Agency
R v Dawson – £1million Arson with intent to endanger life (security guard at Topshop alleged to have set fire to the store during opening hours)
R v Gayle – Led junior in an eight-week, multi-handed conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
R v Searle – campaign of serial kidnap and rape of prostitutes in Wiltshire
R v Jones – defence in a multi-handed conspiracy to supply Class C drugs (cannabis farms yielding enough cannabis to last a single user 112 years)
R V Lazurus – £16.5m betting fraud involving complicated jurisdictional issues and The Gaming Act
R v Quincey – Led junior. Murder
R v A – Child rape, multiple victims
R v Sugden – Allegation of murder (no body) (ongoing)
Defence of a Head of Child Care Services of a local authority charged with sexual offences against children.
Prosecution
Operation Miami – a six-week, multi-handed conspiracy to import class A drugs from Jamaica via international couriers involving the F.B.I, D.E.A, H.M Customs and various Police constabularies
Operation Hook – eight-defendant conspiracy to supply Class A and C drugs involving issues of covert surveillance and Interception of
Communication (RIPA)
Operation Deft – eight-defendant conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs involving issues of international money laundering, firearms and P.I.I.
Conspiracy to commit armed robbery – London drugs gangs coming to Bristol to steal drugs from rival gangs, involving P.I.I. and compellability of witnesses
R v Smith – historic sexual abuse (1968-1972) of three siblings
R v Gamban – aggravated burglary
R v Chaplin – rape
R v Griffiths – sexual offences of incitement, grooming and breach of trust by a teacher on a 15 year-old pupil.
Employment
Jason Taylor undertakes a variety of work for applicants and respondents in the Employment tribunal including unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination on the grounds of sex, race and disability and claims for breach of contract and wrongful dismissal. He frequently represents local authorities and large well-known commercial clients in high-value claims.
In addition to being instructed to appear in tribunals in Bristol, Exeter and Cardiff, his
popularity with instructing solicitors takes him to all parts of the country including Southampton, Croydon, Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle.
He regularly writes and lectures in Employment law and recent topics include Constructive Dismissal and the scope Legal Professional Privilege.
Cases of interest:
Ingram v Tesco – Race discrimination for white employees being treated less favourably than ethnic minorities
Limbrick v Morrisons – Disability discrimination and pension benefits
Mears v Shelis – Class action re TUPE transfer
Flavin v First Great Western – Religious discrimination and Unfair dismissal
Goves v Booker distribution – Constructive dismissal
Recent cases on behalf of local authorities include:
Mansell v Wiltshire County Council
Gayle and Clarendon College v Wiltshire County Council
Chesters and Lane v South Gloucestershire County Council
Public Access:
Jason Taylor is licensed to accept work under the Public Access rules. Click here for further details about the Public Access scheme.
Albion Chambers, Broad Street, Bristol BS1 1DR
T: 0117 927 2144
F: 0117 926 2569
jason.taylor@albionchambers.co.uk
Clerks:
Crime: Nick Jeanes T 0117 311 0307
Civil: Michael Harding T 0117 311 0302
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