Skip to content
UK Bar Guide 2023

Ranked in 9 Practice Areas
1
Chancery: Commercial
23 Years Ranked
1
Company
20 Years Ranked
1
Offshore
6 Years Ranked
1
Partnership
16 Years Ranked
2
Fraud: Civil
16 Years Ranked
2
2
Tax
16 Years Ranked
3
Ranked in Guides

About

Provided by Philip Jones KC

UK Bar

Career

Called to the Bar, 1985; from 1994 until 2006, Junior Counsel to the Crown (A Panel); King's Counsel, 2006; Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn, 2013.

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR.

Practice Areas

Company and partnership law; insolvency; commercial fraud; commercial litigation generally; trusts and property litigation; professional negligence; tax litigation.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)
1
Band 1

Philip Jones KC


Company - London (Bar)
1
Band 1

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC is a respected and highly sought-after silk with a fantastic reputation in company disputes. He maintains a thriving offshore practice and continues to undertake significant work on behalf of the government. Particular praise is reserved for his expertise in directors' disqualification.


Offshore - London (Bar)
1
Band 1

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC advises on the whole range of offshore matters, including investment fund litigation, trust disputes, fraud and tax avoidance. His clients include high net worth families and company directors. He has been called to the Bar of the BVI, the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Man.


Partnership - London (Bar)
1
Band 1

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC stands out for his clarity of thought, straightforwardness of exposition and high level of user-friendliness, founded upon many years' experience of handling partnership disputes. He is also prominent in the representation of solicitors' firms and property partnerships.


Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Philip Jones KC


Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC provides carefully crafted advice in difficult fraud disputes and is adept at addressing jurisdiction issues. His cases originate all over the world including the Caribbean, Europe and Asia.


Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC is a well-known advocate who is highly praised by market commentators for the breadth of his expertise, encompassing insolvency, fraud and financial services. He remains a particularly popular choice in complex offshore insolvency cases and counts government departments among his diverse clientele. His additional expertise in company law encompasses cases concerning directors' disqualification proceedings and winding-up petitions.


Tax - London (Bar)
2
Band 2

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC is a talented commercial practitioner who regularly appears for HMRC in tax disputes, but also handles cases on the taxpayer side. He further advises on professional negligence matters relating to tax advice.


Professional Negligence - London (Bar)
3
Band 3

Philip Jones KC
Philip Jones KC is regularly instructed in professional negligence cases relating to a broad range of business professionals, including accountants, lawyers, company administrators and tax advisers. His practice benefits from his comprehensive understanding of commercial chancery law.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Discover other Barristers at
Serle Court

Provided by Chambers
Filter by
Band

Silks (KC)

All Circuits

Court of Protection: Property & Affairs

Constance McDonnell KC
2
Constance McDonnell KC
2
Band 2
Group Litigation

2
David Blayney KC
2
Band 2
Mediators

Elizabeth Jones KC
4
Elizabeth Jones KC
4
Band 4

London (Bar)

Banking & Finance

4
Zoe O'Sullivan KC
4
Band 4
Chancery: Commercial

Elizabeth Jones KC
1
Elizabeth Jones KC
1
Band 1
Philip Jones KC
1
Philip Jones KC
1
Band 1
1
Philip Marshall KC
1
Band 1
Daniel Lightman KC
2
Daniel Lightman KC
2
Band 2
Hugh Norbury KC
2
Hugh Norbury KC
2
Band 2
2
John Machell KC
2
Band 2
2
Jonathan Adkin KC
2
Band 2
2
Rupert Reed KC
2
Band 2
3
Dakis Hagen KC
3
Band 3
3
David Blayney KC
3
Band 3
3
Dominic Dowley KC
3
Band 3
3
Lance Ashworth KC
3
Band 3
Justin Higgo KC
4
Justin Higgo KC
4
Band 4
Timothy Collingwood KC
4
Timothy Collingwood KC
4
Band 4
Giles Richardson KC
Giles Richardson KC
New Silks
Chancery: Traditional

1
Dakis Hagen KC
1
Band 1
20 of 136 results