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Jennifer practises 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.
She is recommended in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 in the fields of construction and professional negligence, and also in Chambers Global for construction.
Jennifer’s main areas of specialisation are construction and engineering, infrastructure, 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.
Jennifer has acted for the full range of parties in disputes arising from the design and construction of a wide range of building and civil engineering projects, including those procured by PFI. She has expertise in issues relating to loss and expense, delay and disruption, defects, design, delay, diminution in value, contractual termination and quantum meruit claim, and the disputes on which she now acts regularly concern issues around the remedies created by the Building Safety Act 2022. She also accepts appointments as an adjudicator. Her recent experience includes:
Jennifer regularly acts and advises on a wide range of infrastructure projects. Her experience includes:
Jennifer has experience of dealing with a variety of professional negligence claims involving a wide range of professionals and consultants in the construction and engineering sector, including architects, engineers, surveyors and contractors. Her experience includes substantial recent experience of cladding disputes, including in relation to concerns about the safety of cladding. Given the involvement of insurers in professional negligence disputes they are often multi-party and Jennifer has particular expertise in, and experience of, managing the strategic implications of a dispute involving a number of participants, from the perspective both of the Claimant and the Defendants. Her experience includes:
Jennifer has been involved in a number of cases for purchasers, contractors, designers and operators arising out of issues with energy installations. When she first started working in this field she prioritised power stations and offshore installations utilising traditional energy sources. Whilst she continues to work those areas she is also instructed on an increasing number of cases concerning renewables. Cases include:
Jennifer is familiar with the issues concerning the proper construction of bonds and guarantees, and regularly advises on the nature and meaning of these documents, together with acting in the following notable examples:
Jennifer has both advised clients on the availability of injunctive relief and appeared in Court to obtain the same, in both with and without notice cases. Her experience includes:
Jennifer has also acted in a range of general commercial disputes including:
Estate Management and Business Development Company Ltd v Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd (Trinidad and Tobago) [2024] UKPC 33
BDW Trading Ltd v Lantoom Ltd [2023] EWHC 183 (TCC)
Thomas Barnes & Sons v Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council [2022] EWHC 2598 (TCC)
Mallino Development v Essex Demolition Contractors [2022] EWHC 1418 (TCC)
Northumbria Healthcare v (1)(2) Lendlease, (3)(4) Balfour Beatty & others [2022] EWHC 1266 (TCC)
Motacus Constructions Ltd v Paolo Castelli SpA [2021] EWHC 356 (TCC)
Empyreal Energy Ltd v Daylighting Power Ltd [2020] EWHC 1971 (TCC) (22 July 2020)
Specialty Magnetics Ltd v Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd [2020] 6 WLUK 398
Gosvenor London v Aygun Aluminium [2019] EWHC 3619 (TCC)
Babcock Marine (Clyde) Ltd v HS Barrier Coatings Ltd [2019] EWHC 1659 (TCC)
Russell v Stone (trading as PSP Consultants) [2017] EWHC 1555 (TCC), 173 ConLR 96.
Towsey v Highgrove [2013] BLR 45
Platform v Anderson [2012] EWHC 1853
Vossloh Aktiengesellschaft v Alpha Trains (UK) Ltd [2010] All ER (D) 86; [2010] EWHC 2443
Rust Consulting Ltd v PB Ltd [2010] EWHC 3243 (TCC)
Allen Wilson Joinery Ltd v Privetgrange Construction Ltd [2008] EWHC 2802
J Murphy & Sons Ltd v Johnston Precast Ltd (formerly Johnston Pipes Ltd) [2008] All ER (D) 114; [2008] EWHC 3024 (TCC)
Jennifer has a good working knowledge of French and some conversational German.
Jennifer is a member of TECBAR, COMBAR, the SCL and the Adjudication Society.
“Jennifer Jones is a tenacious advocate with a down-to-earth approach with clients. She provides clear-eyed, commercial advice.”
“Jennifer is very detailed and quick.”
“She provides good, sensible advice and is a team player.”
Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2025
“Jennifer is clearly a very talented barrister. She is intelligent, knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.”
“She is very personable with clients. She is thorough in drafting with a good understanding of strategy and the wider picture.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2025
“Excellent advice and drafting skills.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2025
“Jennifer is very approachable and down to earth and it is a pleasure to work with her. Her advice, both written and verbal, is clear and well-constructed.”
“Jennifer is very good. She’s adaptable, good on the law and incredibly hard to rattle.”
“Jennifer is superb with clients, very responsive, great on her feet and handles complex legal issues.”
Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2024
“A very good barrister.”
“Jennifer Jones is responsive, insightful and user-friendly.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2024
“Jennifer is a superb construction barrister. She is a true leader in her field. Her advocacy stills are among the very best and she is able to manage very large cases with ease.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2024
“Good attention to deal, very hard working, gets on well with clients and with instructing solicitors. Advocacy is calm and effective.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2024
“She provides excellent, commercially focused advice.”
“She’s very good at client service, she’s proactive and willing to be part of a team.”
Construction, Chambers UK Bar 2023
“Jennifer is fantastic to work with – responsive, available, and capable of turning around high-quality work in complex matters at very short notice.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers UK Bar 2023
“Jennifer is confident and direct whilst being very commercial and outcome focused. She understands the commerciality of the matters involved.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2023
“A clear thinker and very client-friendly.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2023
“She has a very good advocacy style – calm but calculated.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2022
“She really delivers: she works hard, gives good advice and is user-friendly.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2022
”Jennifer is one of the team and rolls up her sleeves up and gets on with the work. Her advice is always clear and straightforward, and she is extremely engaging with clients. She is a true trusted advisor.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2022
“Jennifer is responsive, approachable and client-focused, as well as exceptionally technically able. Her advice is always clear and straightforward, and she is extremely engaging with clients.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2022
“An excellent junior barrister who is happy to take on the difficult arguments and win.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2021
“She came across as being in control and very authoritative; she commanded respect and did very well.”
Professional Negligence, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2021
“Clear advice. Highly responsive and experienced.”
Professional Negligence, The Legal 500 2021
“Commercially minded with the legal ability to deliver. Strong and clear written and verbal advice. Also a very able advocate on her feet in court.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2021
“Jennifer Jones is smart, effective and thorough. She presents her legal advice in a manner which clients can easily grasp. She is an impressive junior.” “An excellent barrister, she is very responsive and commercial.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2020
“She is exceptionally bright but also down to earth and a pleasure to work with.” “She’s very impressive and can hold her own without a silk.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2020
Jennifer is an accredited TECBAR adjudicator and a lead advocacy tutor for Lincoln’s Inn.
Jennifer Jones KC and Ryan Turner will present at the Society of Construction Law’s Leeds…
A number of members of Chambers are instructed in one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases…
Jennifer Jones, Mathias Cheung and Caroline Greenfield will present on EU litigation after Brexit to…
In Motacus Constructions Ltd v Paolo Castelli SpA [2021] EWHC 356 (TCC), His Honour Judge…
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