Since taking silk in 2012, Sean Jones KC has quickly built a leading practice focused on complex and high profile cases. He acts for both claimants and defendants in claims covering a wide range of Employment, Commercial Employment and Sport-related disputes. Clients identify, variously, team-working, approachability, breadth and depth of specialist knowledge and effectiveness in cross-examination as the particular skills Sean has to offer.

Employment law is at the heart of Sean’s work. Widely regarded as one of the leading employment lawyers in the UK, his practice covers the entire range of employment-related matters from multiple equal pay, pension and employment status claims through to individual dismissals, whistleblowing claims, bonus and restrictive covenant disputes, and industrial action cases.

He is instructed by individuals, trade unions and every kind of employer including large private sector companies such as Amazon, Easyjet, Ford, Lloyds Bank, Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsburys; public sector bodies such as the BBC, the HMRC, the Metropolitan Police, and a number of local authorities and education sector employers such as the University of Oxford and Nottingham University.

Sean has advised and represented a number of football clubs in disputes with players, managers, and staff including Aston Villa, Everton, Newcastle United, and Nottingham Forest. He has also been instructed by the League Managers’ Association and acted for former managers in actions against Fulham, Leeds United, the Football Association of Wales, and for a former player against Tottenham Hotspur.

Away from football, he represented the RFU in its dispute with Bristol over the recruitment of a rugby forwards coach. He has sat as chair of the disciplinary panel for British Ski and Snowboarding and conducted a disciplinary investigation on behalf of the Olympic Park Legacy Corporation.