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Samantha Jones
Position
Samantha has a broad civil litigation and public law practice, with particular expertise in inquests and inquiries, court of protection, clinical negligence and personal injury, professional discipline and regulatory law.
She is currently instructed as Junior Counsel to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
Samantha is a strong and experienced Court and tribunal advocate having appeared in tribunals, county courts, the crown court, the coroner’s court and in the High Court on her own. She has a keen focus on client care, negotiation, and costs. She regularly drafts advices and pleadings and holds conferences with clients and experts.
Samantha undertakes pro bono work with an interest in special educational needs and disability law. Samantha is regularly instructed on a direct access basis and happy to consider instructions on this basis.
Before joining the Bar, Samantha most notably undertook a Judicial Assistantship at the Constitutional Court of South Africa.
Career
Called 2012; Gray’s Inn. Judicial assistant in the Constitutional Comi of South Africa (2010-2011); Case Presenter and Investigations Case Manager, HCPC (2012-2013)
Memberships
PIBA, AVMA, Gray’s Inn Barristers’ Committee
Education
St George’s School for Girls, Edinburgh; BPP, London- BPTC; McGill University-LLM; School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London-LLB.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Clinical negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Samantha Jones – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Samantha is very organised and her mastery of the facts is superb. Her leadership and strategic decision making is exceptional and far beyond her call.’
London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud
(Personal injury - Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Samantha Jones –39 Essex Chambers ‘Samantha is an excellent advocate, meticulously well prepared and quick to grasp the essential issues in the case.’
London Bar > Inquests and inquiries
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Samantha Jones – 39 Essex Chambers ‘Samantha is very organised and her mastery of the facts is superb. Her leadership and strategic decision making is exceptional and far beyond her call, and her witness handling is strong and impeccably prepared.’
39 Essex Chambers is very well known for acting in high-profile public inquiries. For example, Kate Grange KC is currently acting as one of three leading counsel in the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry, while Eleanor Grey KC is currently acting as lead senior counsel for the Department of Health and Social Care in the Infected Blood Inquiry. Among the juniors, Rachel Sullivan is acting as junior counsel to the Department of Education in the COVID-19 Inquiry; Emily Wilsdon is continuing to represent the Home Office in the Brook House Inquiry; and Samantha Jones focuses on high-profile and complex cases of deaths in which medical negligence is alleged.