Professional background
Jonathan Turner was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in November 1999. His practice has included serious and complex criminal litigation, evidence-led case preparation, appeals, fraud and substantial disclosure work. Before practice at the Bar, he supervised a large disclosure review team at Lovells in 1999.
His work now combines criminal advocacy with specialist analysis of digital evidence, criminal legal aid remuneration and the evaluation of legal AI systems.
Areas of work
Criminal Defence
Serious and complex Crown Court defence work, including homicide, serious violence, sexual offences, organised crime, drug conspiracies, firearms, fraud and public-justice offences.
Digital Evidence
Analysis of mobile-device evidence, messaging, call data, telephone attribution, cell-site and location evidence, CCTV and electronic disclosure.
Legal AI Evaluation
Evaluation of AI-generated legal work for accuracy, source grounding, authority support, reasoning quality and professional usefulness.
Criminal Legal Aid Costs
Advice and advocacy in criminal legal aid remuneration disputes, redeterminations and appeals.
Some press reports from my career
A growing archive of publicly accessible press reports and judgments from cases in which Jonathan Turner has appeared, preserved as a record of work across his career at the criminal Bar.
Contact
Professional enquiries concerning criminal defence, digital evidence, criminal legal aid costs, legal AI evaluation and legal-domain expert work are welcome.