Pump Court Tax Chambers

John Avery Jones has sat as a judge in the Tax Tribunals for over 20 years – the latter ten years on a full-time basis. Over that time he has encountered and decided every conceivable tax dispute from small personal tax cases to the largest corporate tax disputes. He is available to act as mediator or arbitrator (sole or joint) and has chaired arbitration panels under the EU Arbitration Convention and under Tax Treaties.

Admitted as solicitor 1966; partner Bircham & Co 1970-85; senior partner Speechley Bircham, Solicitors 1985 – 2001; deputy special commissioner of Income Tax 1991-2001; chairman VAT and Duties Tribunals 2002-09; special commissioner of Income Tax 2002-09; judge of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) 2009-11. ADR Member.

Steering committee of the UK Tax Law Rewrite; editorial advisory panel of the British Tax Review.