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, STEP (student member), Association of Contentious Trust And Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), Association of Pension Lawyers and Financial Services Lawyers 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 trusts and probate, construction, 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.
Wills Trusts and Probate
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
- Construction of trusts
- Administration of estates and trusts
- Pensions: alteration of benefits, trustees and employers’ duties, complaints to the Pensions Ombudsman and claims against professionals in relation to pension advice
- Court of Protection
Construction
Christopher has experience in a variety of construction and engineering matters. He acts for both builders and property owners in disputes concerning either failure to pay or alleged defective work. Examples of his experience include:
- Commercial property and residential developments
- Defective works and other contractual disputes
- Surveyors negligence
- Defective design
- Defective construction
- Mundic Block and pre-fabricated concrete construction in residential buildings
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
Reported Cases
- Bray (t/a the Building Company) v Bishop & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 768 (19 June 2009) – a Court of Appeal case concerning the court’s approach where the parties have settled all issues save for costs
Direct Access
Christopher is qualified to undertake Direct Access work in appropriate cases, for further information, please visit our Direct Access page.
