Practice Areas
Mark Jones is a barrister with a broad commercial practice, encompassing general commercial work, fraud, banking, insurance, shipping, commodities and trade.
He acts in cases before the English Courts and in arbitration, and has wide-raging experience of international arbitrations conducted under various institutional rules both in London and abroad.
He is particularly well known for his expertise in matters of shipping, commodities and international trade. His trade practice covers both the sale and carriage of goods, and the related financial and insurance transactions. His shipping expertise extends to all corners of the shipping and offshore industries, from charterparties to salvage, from cargo claims to collisions, from ship finance to performance guarantees, and from marine insurance to general average. He has a particular specialism in shipbuilding disputes and cases about the sale of second-hand tonnage.
He also acts in significant commercial arbitrations covering a diverse range of subject matter, from the construction of hospitals in the UAE, through the sale of rare vintage motor cars, to the operation of railway infrastructure, and has extensive experience of the remedies available under the Arbitration Acts 1996 and 2025.
In addition, he provides expert evidence on English maritime and commercial law for use in foreign proceedings and arbitrations. Before moving to the Bar, Mark trained as a litigation solicitor at Ince & Co focusing on shipping and insurance matters.
Mark sits as a Recorder (a deputy Circuit Judge) in the County Court (civil) and in the Crown Court (crime), and accepts appointments as arbitrator.
Career
Winchester College (Scholar); St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (BA Hons – Jurisprudence); formerly Solicitor (Ince & Co); Called to the Bar in 2000, Lincoln’s Inn (Kennedy Scholar); Recorder (Civil); Recorder (Crime)
