Philip Jones KC


Year of Call: 1985 Year of Silk: 2006

“He is a superstar”

”... an amazing breadth of knowledge”

“Wonderful; he’s a team player and a great advocate”

Chambers & Partners
Portrait of Philip Jones KC

Practice Overview

Philip Jones KC has now retired from advocacy. He continues to provide advice in his specialist areas, and acts as a mediator and arbitrator. He also acts as an expert witness in foreign jurisdictions.

In Chambers & Partners 2023 he was named as one of its 21 Stars at the Bar. He was frequently named by Chambers & Partners as one of the Stars at the Bar during the prior 18 years.

In 2023 he was ranked in 9 different practice areas (there are 5 tier levels in each area): Chancery Commercial (Tier 1), Company (Tier 1), Partnership (Tier 1), Offshore (Tier 1), Commercial Dispute Resolution (Tier 2), Civil Fraud (Tier 2), Restructuring and Insolvency (Tier 2), Tax (Tier 2), Professional Negligence (Tier 3).

In Legal 500 2023 Philip was ranked in 8 different practice areas: Company (Tier 1), Partnership (Tier 1), Offshore (Tier 1), Private Client: trusts and probate (Tier 1), Insolvency (Tier 2), Civil Fraud (Tier 2), Professional Negligence (Tier 3), Commercial Litigation (Tier 3).

Philip has not made any submissions to the directories since 2023, but getting out of the directories has proved far more difficult than expected!

He has a broad commercial and chancery practice but having been Junior Counsel to the Crown from 1994 to 2006 he also has considerable experience of advising on all aspects of public law, human rights and judicial review.

He has frequently advised on the commercial, company, trusts and insolvency laws of Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and various Caribbean jurisdictions. He was called to the BVI Bar in 2002 and has frequently appeared in the BVI High Court and the Court of Appeal. 

News & Events

  • News

    Serle Court Excels in Chambers Global Guide 2025

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-band recognition in the Chambers & Partners Global Guide 2025. We are... Read More

    News

    Serle Court Achieves Top Tier Ranking in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-tier recognition in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore, with... Read More

  • Events

    Troubled Times: Lincoln’s Inn and its Lawyers in the Civil War Period

    Location: Lecture Theatre, Ashworth Centre, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn
    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

  • "Highly experienced, responsive and able to deliver exceptional advice. He demonstrates a clear grasp of the legal issues and is also accessible to the client."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Philip Jones is exceptional. He is a highly intelligent man who strives relentlessly to get the right solution, and is unafraid to give unpalatable advice."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Charming, sensible, very knowledgeable and a man who makes the right points."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025
  • "Philip has supreme intellect. He is very understated but brilliant."

    Chambers & Partners, 2025

Education & Qualifications

MA, BCL, Oxford Univeristy: LLM, Dalhousie University, Canada

Appointments

Queen’s Counsel: 2006
Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel): 1994 – 2006
Chairman, Disciplinary Appeal Panel of LIFFE 2002-2007
Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn: 2013

VAT Number

440570963

Other

Appointed on numerous occasions by the Attorney General to act as Amicus Curiae
Previously acted as Counsel to the former Financial Services Tribunal
CEDR Accredited Mediator

Note

Philip Jones KC does not accept Direct Public Access instructions

News & Events

  • News

    Serle Court Excels in Chambers Global Guide 2025

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-band recognition in the Chambers & Partners Global Guide 2025. We are... Read More

    News

    Serle Court Achieves Top Tier Ranking in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore

    Serle Court is delighted to have once again achieved top-tier recognition in The Legal 500 Caribbean 2025: The English Bar Offshore, with... Read More

  • Events

    Troubled Times: Lincoln’s Inn and its Lawyers in the Civil War Period

    Location: Lecture Theatre, Ashworth Centre, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn 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