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Miss Jennifer Jones KC KC
Position
Jennifer practices both domestically and internationally, with a particular expertise in multi-party TCC litigation and in international arbitrations in the fields of large construction projects and energy disputes. She is typically instructed as sole counsel in multi-million-pound disputes for a range of different types of entity and her clients praise both her intellectual ability and her emphasis on client care.
Clients remark in particular that she is “very impressive and a clear thinker”, “an excellent barrister who is very responsive and commercial”, “enthusiastic and a very capable team player”, “calm, collected and unflappable” and that she has “absolutely first-rate legal knowledge”.
Jennifer’s main areas of specialisation are construction and engineering, professional negligence and energy, and she also has valuable experience in disputes concerning the construction and enforcement of guarantees/ bonds and of jurisdictional and conflicts issues, which regularly arise as incidental to other matters. It is in the nature of construction disputes that they give rise to particularly complex strategic and factual scenarios, either because of the number of different parties and contracts, or because disputes are being fought out in different fora. Jennifer particularly enjoys the tactical challenges inherent in managing these complicated disputes and in doing everything possible to obtain the best result for her clients.
Career
Called to Lincoln’s Inn in 2003; MA(Oxon) Law with Law Studies in Europe.
Languages
Jennifer has a good working knowledge of French and some conversational German.
Memberships
Jennifer is an accredited TECBAR adjudicator and a lead advocacy tutor for Lincoln’s Inn.
She is a member of TECBAR, COMBAR and the SCL.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Professional negligence
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jennifer Jones KC –Atkin Chambers ‘She is very personable with clients. She is thorough in drafting with a good understanding of strategy and the wider picture.’
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jennifer Jones –Atkin Chambers ‘Jennifer is clearly a very talented barrister. She is intelligent, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.’
Atkin Chambers continues to be a go-to set for professional negligence within the construction sector. Members of chambers have extensive experience advising and representing clients in cases alleging professional negligence against architects, building contractors, and surveyors. Katie Powell and Max Twivy are involved in the high-profile construction case Shepherd Construction v Kingspan and Others, in which they are instructed on behalf of one of the defendants, Leach Rhodes Walker LLP – the case concerns the cladding installed on a mixed-use development in Colindale – Dominique Rawley KC and Peter Land are are among many other members who have also been involved in cases concerning cladding. Camille Slow KC and Jennifer Jones KC took silk in March 2024. Slow KC is experienced with navigating complex claims involving multiple parties, while Jones KC is ‘a very talented barrister’ who regularly handles fire protection cases.
London Bar > Construction
(2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier (2024 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Jennifer Jones KC– Atkin Chambers ‘Excellent advice and drafting skills.’
With ‘unrivalled experience in construction and engineering matters’, Atkin Chambers boasts ‘deep bench strength’, and continues to handle major international projects and domestic infrastructure and fire safety matters. In the international arena, Christopher Lewis KC and Manus McMullan KC continue to represent the Panama Canal Authority in disputes arising from the Third Set of Locks project. In addition to the set’s experience in international arbitration, Andrew Fenn is currently acting for the claimant in Carillion plc v KPMG LLP & Anor, a large audit negligence case concerning the collapse of the construction contractor. On the domestic side, Dominique Rawley KC, Simon Lofthouse KC, and Jennifer Jones KC are instructed on a high-value structural defects claim in the healthcare sector, while Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC is leading on Sheffield Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust v Hadfield Healthcare Partnership Limited, a multimillion PFI dispute relating to fire safety in a hospital. Stephanie Barwise KC and Dalton Hale continued to represent a group of core participants in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry. Camille Slow KC took silk in March 2024.