Christopher is very personable, approachable, very easy to deal with and good on his feet.”

Legal 500 2022, Chancery, Probate & Tax

Christopher is a wills & trusts barrister, regularly advising in cases involving the division of assets between cohabitees, disputed wills and the administration of trusts and estates. In addition his practice includes disputes involving:

  • Advising on trustees’ powers and duties
  • Construction and rectification of trusts
  • Administration of estates and trusts
  • Applications to court for directions
  • Applications to remove executors and trustees
  • Post-death variations, disclaimers and appointments out of trusts
  • Applications under the Variation of Trusts Act 1958
  • Rectification and trustee mistake claims
  • Beddoe Applications
  • Advising on trusts of personal injuries damages
  • Trusts issues in matrimonial proceedings
  • Trusts in the commercial context
  • Co-ownership and trusts of land
  • Claims under Trusts of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996
  • Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
  • Validity of wills
  • Construction and rectification of wills
  • Construction and rectification of deeds of variation
  • Contentious probate
  • IHT and CGT
  • Court of Protection
  • Charities
  • Reverter of Sites Act 1987
  • Proprietary estoppel
  • Equitable claims
  • Professional negligence in all matters related to trusts and estates

Christopher is a qualified mediator and can be instructed to mediate private client disputes.

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  • Qualifications:

    • University of Bristol, LLB (Hons)
    • University of the West of England, Bar Vocational Course
    • Beddingfield Scholar at Gray’s Inn

  • Professional memberships:

    • Chancery Bar Association
    • The Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners (STEP)
    • Association of Contentious Trust And Probate Specialists (ACTAPS)
    • Agricultural Law Association
    • Property Bar Association

  • Additional information:

    Christopher has delivered the following seminars:

    • Agricultural Law
    • Break clauses in commercial leases
    • Removing trustees and PRs
    • Statutory will applications in light of Re JC; D v JC [2012] WTLR 1211
    • Donatio mortis causa
    • Good faith in property contracts
    • Overage: a practical guide
    • Statutory Wills
    • Removing personal representatives
    • Kernott v Jones
    • Lack of knowledge and approval post RSPCA v Gill
    • Testamentary capacity
    • Property co-ownership: life, death and insolvency
    • Contentious issues arising in the administration of estates: beddoe applications
    • Land adjudication proceedings
    • Contentious issues arising in the administration of estates
    • Enforcing guarantees in commercial leases
    • Insolvency and commercial tenants
    • Contentious trusts and probate
    • Claims under the inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975

  • Christopher Jones is regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) and holds a current practising certificate. If you are not satisfied with the service provided, please read here.