Ben Jones
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 6 : Employment
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About
Provided by Ben Jones
Practice Areas
Ben Jones is an employment specialist who is regularly instructed in complex and high value litigation before the Employment Tribunal and the Civil Courts. He also enjoys a thriving investigatory practice and regularly acts as an independent decision maker in various forms of internal process.
Ben receives instructions from employers spanning the range of private, public, and third sectors. He has particular expertise in the healthcare sector and acts for numerous trusts, senior practitioners, and other healthcare professionals. He is regularly instructed at all stages of such disputes – in MHPS processes, High Court injunctive relief applications, post-dismissal Tribunal claims, and in the handling of related referrals to professional regulators and/or the DBS.
Ben also advises and appears for other professionals (including lawyers), executives, and claimants.
Ben has a regular appellate practice and has had reported cases at both the EAT and Court of Appeal levels.
Career
Called 2015, Gray’s Inn (Lord Uthwatt Scholar)
Formerly Lecturer in Law at Pembroke College, Oxford and Constitutional Law Tutor at St Hugh’s College, Oxford
Professional Memberships
ELA (Management Committee Member 2020-2022), ELBA, and SE Circuit
Publications
Numerous articles and chapters including contributions to ILO and EU Commission funded projects
Personal
MA and MPhil, University of Cambridge
DPhil, University of Oxford (Freshfields scholar)
Avid cyclist, climber, and photographer
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ben Jones is an able employment law barrister with a particular strength in matters involving NHS trusts. His experience also extends to other sectors and encompasses a broad range of claims, from disability discrimination and whistle-blowing to worker status.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
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