Oliver Jones


Year of Call: 2014

“Ollie is a star – he is able to absorb complex concepts and fact patterns extremely quickly and produce written work of the highest order, often with an extremely tight turnaround time. As an advocate he is calm, thorough and highly persuasive. Definitely one to watch."

"Fantastically user-friendly and impressively bright."

Legal 500, 2023 Guide; Chambers UK Bar, 2023 Guide
Portrait of Oliver  Jones

Practice Overview

Ollie practises across Chambers' core areas of commercial chancery work, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud and trust and probate disputes. He is recognised as a leading junior in these areas by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500.

In addition to acting as sole counsel, Ollie has substantial experience of working as part of a team on large-scale commercial litigation (e.g. as part of a team of six members of Serle Court, led by Liz Jones KC, in the long-running 'Spartan' fraud litigation; and as part of a team of five barristers, led by Philip Marshall KC, in one of the largest disputes before the BVI Commercial Court, Renova Industries Ltd & ors v Emmerson International Corporation & ors).

In 2019, Ollie was admitted to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands.

Before coming to the Bar, Ollie spent four years working as a management consultant in the financial services, energy, and public sectors.

News & Events

  • News

    Chambers Global Guide 2024

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that chambers has been ranked as a set in the following practice areas... Read More

    News

    Chambers UK Bar 2024 - “exceptional across the board”

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that chambers has been ranked in 11 practice areas in this year's Chambers UK... Read More

  • Events

    Serle Court 5th International Trusts and Commercial Litigation Conference 2022

    Location: Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York.
    Read More

    Virtual Conference Session

    Managing large scale and group litigation

    Location:
    Read More

  • "Excellent to work with; his ability to absorb information and produce written submissions of the highest quality in record time is hugely impressive. Seemingly never flustered, he is also fantastic on his feet." 

    Chambers UK Bar, 2024 Guide
  • A really excellent junior. Brilliant with clients. Completely on top of the detail. Very strong on the law and a huge asset to any team."

    Legal 500, 2022 Guide
  • "Ollie is a real rising star. He projects an air of calm authority and has the legal knowledge to match. His interpersonal skills are absolutely first-rate and he is a great team player. You can throw any job his way and be absolutely confident that he will handle it extremely well." 

    Chambers UK Bar, 2023 Guide
  • "Ollie is fantastic to work with. He is extremely bright, hard-working and commercially switched on. He is able to get on top of detailed and complex matters quickly and efficiently, and produces work of a very high quality. He is an effective, calm and thorough advocate." 

    Chambers High Net Worth 2023

Education & Qualifications

Kaplan Law School: BPTC (Outstanding; first in the year).

Kaplan Law School: Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction; third in the year).

University of Leeds: BA (Hons), International History and Politics (First Class; first in the year).

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys.

Appointments

​Admitted to Bar in the British Virgin Islands in 2019

Scholarships and Prizes

Hubert Greenland Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Lord Brougham Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
Hardwicke Entrance Award, Lincoln’s Inn
Buchanan Prize, Lincoln’s Inn  
Best Student Prize, Kaplan Law School

In the Press

Media Co. Tries To Rope Execs Into £18M Forex Bribery Suit, Law 360, 12 November 2020

Media Giant Expands £18m Forex Bribery Suit, Law 360, 2 March 2020

Media Giant Wins £18m Freezing Order in Forex Case, Law 360, 25 October 2019

Sir Owen Glenn KNZM ONZM and Kea Investments Limited v Eric Watson, Novatrust Limited and others [2018] EWHC 2016 (Ch), The Barrister, 5 October 2018

Glenn v Watson Trust Dispute, STEP Journal, 2nd August 2018 

Property Investor Gets OK To Drop £129m Deal in Fraud Case, Law 360, 1st August 2018

 

News & Events

  • News

    Chambers Global Guide 2024

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that chambers has been ranked as a set in the following practice areas... Read More

    News

    Chambers UK Bar 2024 - “exceptional across the board”

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that chambers has been ranked in 11 practice areas in this year's Chambers UK... Read More

  • Events

    Serle Court 5th International Trusts and Commercial Litigation Conference 2022

    Location: Rainbow Room, Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. Read More

    Virtual Conference Session

    Managing large scale and group litigation

    Location: Read More