Andrew Jones

Practice overview

Andrew is currently in his second-six of pupillage and accepts instructions across Chambers’ areas of practice. He has a particular interest in insolvency, company, and construction matters.

Andrew brings a strong financial and commercial understanding to his work, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Prior to coming to the Bar, he worked as a Corporate Auditor at BDO, assisting with audits for a range of commercial clients across the real estate, construction and financial services sectors. During his training, Andrew was a joint winner of the Accounting Examination Prize.

Andrew’s experiences during pupillage have included:

• Representing a director in the High Court (Insolvency and Companies Court) for leave to continue to use the trading name of a liquidated company.
• Representing numerous companies on charge rectification claims under the Companies Act 2006.
• Representing petitioning creditors in bankruptcy petitions for commercial debts.
• Representing insolvency practitioners for the transfer of proceedings to the High Court for the purposes of enforcement.
• Acting as counsel for landlords in possession proceedings and advising on quantum for disrepair claims.
• Assisted a member of Chambers with advising a homeowner on insurance claims for subsidence involving issues of insurance limitation and assigning insurance policies.
• Assisted Sarah Clarke in the case of Nawaz-Khan v UAP Limited [2026] EWHC 641 (Comm) on a dispute over the purchase of a business and the price payable under a Share Purchase Agreement involving allegations of breaches of warranty, misrepresentation, and rectification.

Andrew joined Chambers as a pupil in October 2025 and is currently supervised by Lauren Godfrey. Prior to this, Andrew was supervised by Sarah Clarke and Phillip Patterson.

Andrew obtained a First-Class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (with Economics Major) at the University of Warwick, before completing an MPhil in International Development at the University of Cambridge.

Andrew obtained a Distinction in his Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, winning prizes in his Civil Litigation and Conference examinations. He was awarded an Inner Temple Exhibition and the Clothier Scholarship. He previously won the BPP Advocate of the Year competition in March 2022.