Jonathan Savage

Criminal

Johnathan has quickly developed a busy practice at the Bar, prosecuting and defending cases of all levels of complexity. He has been lead in cases involving large scale fraud, historic sexual abuse and murder, and acted as leading junior in large scale drugs conspiracies, money laundering and fraud.

He is Level 4 Prosecution Counsel and has wide experience dealing with sensitive material and both prosecuting and defending complicated confiscation proceedings, including proceeding in the Court of Appeal.

Jonathan also has wide ranging experience of cash seizures, forfeiture proceedings, closure orders, football banning orders, and successfully prosecuted the first Violent Offender Order brought by Greater Manchester Police. He also appears in Licensing Hearings, Coroner’s Courts and the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.

Recent Cases

– R v Edge and Others (Operation Windle)
Large scale drugs operation in Wigan. Case involved the coordination of a large amount of surveillance evidence gathered as part of a covert police operation.

– R v Roberts
Systematic, historic abuse of several vulnerable children. Part of the evidence involved the use of old audio tapes made by the defendant. The tapes had to be expertly enhanced and equipment organised so that they could be clearly understood. In addition to this, each of the witnesses had their own vulnerabilities and required carful assistance in tendering their evidence.

– R v McGoldrick
Multi million pound fraud perpetrated by solicitor against disabled client and finance companies, lead by leading junior. The defendant was ultimately convicted on all counts. Post conviction there were protracted confiscation proceedings and ultimately appeals to the Court of Appeal.

– R v Harper and Shawcross
Two defendants convicted of planting improvised explosive devices in a town centre. The trial involved the presentation of a large amount of scientific evidence in relation to the composition of each device and the evidence linking the component parts to the defendants.

– R v Allison
Prosecution of antique dealer television personality guilty of attempting to export rhino horn to China. High profile case involving a good deal of media attention.

– Operation Grassland and Operation Gravestone
Prosecution of multi million pound VAT fraud and the laundering of the proceeds.

– Operation Tarim and Operation Wheat
Large scale drugs importation conspiracies.

Notable Cases

• Operation Windle
  Prosecution of large scale drugs operation in Wigan.
• R v Roberts
  Systematic, historic abuse of several vulnerable children where part of the evidence involved the use of old audio tapes made by the defendant.
• R v McGoldrick
  Trial of multi million pound fraud perpetrated by solicitor against disabled client and finance companies followed by protracted confiscation proceedings and novel points of law before the Court of Appeal. Led by David Perry QC on confiscation matters.
• R v Harper and Shawcross
  Prosecution of two defendants convicted of planting improvised explosives in a town centre involving scientific evidence on the composition and viability of the devices.
• R v Allison
  Prosecution of antique dealer television personality who attempting to export rhino horn to China. High profile case involving a good deal of media attention.
• Operation Grassland and Operation Gravestone
  HMRC prosecution of multi million pound VAT fraud and those responsible for laundering the proceeds.
• Operation Western
  Prosecution of large scale importation and distribution of cocaine.
• Operation Cobweb
  Prosecution of large scale VAT involving abuse of disabled driver zone rated scheme, mortgage fraud and money laundering. Led by Nicholas Clarke QC.
• R v Nei
  Defence of man suffering from Asperger’s Syndrome accused of aggravated stalking and possessing of articles with intent to commit rape.
• Operation Enfield
  Leading junior in prosecution of gang responsible for sexual abuse of young girls in care.
• R v Dia
  Defence of young man charged with the murder of his flatmate.
• R v Jallow
  Defence of young man accused of stabbing another young man in a large scale disturbance. Led by Jaime Hamilton QC.
• R v G
  Prosecution of a man accused of sexually assaulting a middle aged woman with Downs Syndrome and dementia.
• Operations Larkshot
  Prosecution of multi million pound money laundering case.

Education

LLB (Hons), Manchester Polytechnic

Prescribed Information

Jonathan Savage is a practising barrister, regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). The information held by the BSB about him can be found here.

Mr Savage’s clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Mr Savage to undertake Court work for a brief fee plus additional refresher days, although fixed fees are available. For advisory work it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate. Mr Savage also accepts instructions on legal aid rates where those are available, details of which can be found here. Mr Savage will typically return paperwork within 10 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales.