Tel: 0845 370 3117Jonathon Goolden Solicitors
Local Governance Specialist Solicitors
Welcome to Jonathon Goolden Solicitors

Jonathan Goolden Solicitors is a niche law firm providing advice and services to the public sector, not for profit bodies, commercial and private clients in England and Wales, including:-

  • Public and administrative law
  • Council and police authority law and practice
  • Corporate governance and ethics
  • Investigations
  • Planning law and practice
  • Employment law
  • Mediation

Jonathan Goolden Solicitors offers national, relevant expertise through Jonathan Goolden and a network of associates with strong local government and police knowledge.

Jonathan Goolden is a solicitor and an accredited mediator with 16 years local government experience acquired in private practice, two metropolitan borough councils, as a chief legal officer in a district council and as the chief officer of a police authority. He was a monitoring officer for six years and has worked for Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat / Labour alliance administrations.

Our associates include:-

Martin Dolton - (non solicitor) a former police superintendent and graduate of Birmingham University Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV).
Richard Dix - (solicitor) a former District Council chief executive and experienced local government lawyer.
Alan Tasker - (non solicitor) Clerk of a Town Council. and a former local government monitoring officer.

Jonathan Goolden Solicitors works with local authorities, police authorities and individual councilors throughout England and Wales.