Christopher Jones
Call 2004 (Gray’s Inn, Beddingfield Scholar)
Qualifications University of Bristol, LLB (Hons); Univerisity of the West of England, Bar Vocational Course
Professional Memberships Chancery Bar Association, Commercial Bar Association, Agricultural Law Association.
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Areas of Practice
Christopher joined St John’s Chambers on 1st August 2006. His specialist areas are real property, landlord and tenant, equity and trusts, wills and probate, intellectual property, insolvency, contract and professional negligence.
Real Property
Christopher has a broad expertise in a variety of property related areas including:
- Easements: rights of way, rights to light and water rights
- Boundaries
- Mobile homes
- Restrictive covenants
- Mortgages
- Sale of land: disputed title, misrepresentation, conditional contracts
- Torts relating to land
Recent cases have included disputed ownership of an area of woodland, misrepresentation in the sale of property, appearances before the Adjudicator to H.M. Land Registry and the interference of an easement by untethered rotteweilers.
Landlord & Tenant
- Business & Residential tenancies
- Agricultural tenancies
- Housing, including possession proceedings and disrepair claims
- Lease construction
- 1954 Act renewals
- Rent reviews
- Dilapidations claims
- Breaches of covenant, particularly covenants against assignment
- Service charge disputes: Christopher advises on and appears in matters before the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal.
Equity, Trusts, Probate and Inheritance
Christopher regularly advises in cases involving the division of assets between cohabitees, disputed wills and the administration of estates. In addition his practice includes disputes involving:
- Co-ownership and trusts of land
- Claims under Trusts of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
- Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
- Validity of wills
- Construction of wills
- Contentious probate
- Administration of estates and trusts
Intellectual Property
Christopher regularly advises in cases involving copyright, trade marks, passing-off and design rights.
Insolvency (Corporate and Personal)
Christopher acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors and insolvent companies/debtors in insolvency matters
Commercial
- Contract
- Construction
- Consumer Credit
Professional Negligence
Christopher advises in all those areas of professional negligence ancillary to his above areas of expertise, in particular:
- Solicitors: property and conveyancing
- Surveyors and accountants
