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Seán Jones KC KC
Position
Sean specialises in high-value employment and sports litigation. He is a trusted adviser for both claimants and respondents. His employment law expertise covers both public and private sectors and ranges from whistle-blowing and discrimination through to pensions. Recent private sector clients have included: Amazon, ICAP, Indesit, Legal and General, Lloyds Bank, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Nissan, RAC, Sainsburys, Tesco and Rolls Royce. He has advised and represented trade unions, local authorities, police authorities and health trusts. Recent sports law clients inclde Aston Villa, Everton and Newcastle United.
Career
Called 1991; Inner Temple; general editor of ‘Tolley’s Employment Handbook’.
Memberships
Employment Law Bar Association; Employment Lawyers Association; Discrimination Law Association.
Education
Colchester Royal GS; Worcester College, Oxford (1989 BA; 1990 BCL).
Leisure
A tragic obsession with Chelsea FC, technical and legal interest in IT.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Employment
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Sean Jones KC – 11KBW ‘Sean is a deliberate and considered advocate. He takes time to understand what the Judge will want to know, and delivers submissions in an erudite yet accessible manner. His ability to distill complex issues into simple concepts is his superpower.’
11KBW is ‘a leading set for employment work‘. The team has been kept busy handling large-scale equal pay claims, high-profile industrial relations cases, discrimination matters and whistleblowing claims, to name a few areas of instruction. The ‘authoritative‘ Sean Jones KC handles the full gamut of employment law matters, and Richard Leiper KC is ‘the Rolls Royce standard‘. Recent highlights include the ‘highly impressive‘ Daniel Stilitz KC leading Hannah Slarks for the Department for Business and Trade in Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer, a case heard by the Supreme Court concerning if employees who take part in industrial action can be subjected to disciplinary action short of dismissal; the case concerned a care home worker who was suspended (and therefore not receiving overtime pay), but not dismissed, by her employer. Among the juniors, the ‘exceptional‘ Sophie Belgrove has ‘a deep understanding of all aspects of employment law‘. Amy Rogers KC, Simon Forshaw KC and Judy Stone KC were all elevated to silk in March 2024.
London Bar > Sport
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sean Jones KC – 11KBW ‘Sean is exceptional at every level, whether it is in relation to drafting, advocacy or client interaction. His cross-examination is so good, that it is sometimes simply not possible to see where Sean is taking a point until he arrives at the destination. He is the complete package.’