Tristan Jones

Tristan is regularly engaged in EU and competition matters, both commercial and regulatory.  He has advised on the application of competition law in commercial, employment and sports contexts.

• National Grid v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority [2010] EWCA Civ 114
  Tristan acted for the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (with Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Brian Kennelly) in the first contested competition infringement decision by a sectoral regulator in the UK.  This is now the leading domestic case on the application of Article 82 EC to long-term exclusivity agreements.
• British Telecommunications Plc v Office of Communications (2010 ongoing)
  Acting for the interveners (with Dinah Rose QC) in this appeal to the CAT against a determination regarding BT’s charges for partial private circuits.
• WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc v Office of Fair Trading (2010 ongoing)
  Acting for Morrisons (with Pushpinder Saini QC and Meredith Pickford) in this appeal to the CAT against a Chapter I infringement decision relating to the sale of tobacco products.
• Ofcom v Floe Telecom Limited and T-Mobile v Floe Telecom Limited [2009] EWCA Civ 47
  Tristan was junior counsel for Floe in these appeals in the Court of Appeal from the Competition Appeal Tribunal, raising the compatibility of the domestic telecommunications licensing regime with European law (with Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Brian Kennelly).

Tristan regularly advises on the powers of public bodies. He has advised, among other matters, on complaints frameworks and the management of individual complaints, conflicts of interest policies, the duties of regulators in the conduct of litigation, discrimination law, and the lawfulness of particular decisions.

In 2007, Tristan spent three months on secondment to the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem). 

• R (Remedy UK Ltd) v General Medical Council [2010] EWHC 1245
  Junior counsel for the Claimant (with Tom de la Mare) in a challenge to a decision of the General Medical Council not to investigate allegations of managerial or policy failings.
• Barbara Nan Ratcliffe v Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 39
  Appeared for the Claimant (with Monica Carss-Frisk QC) in a Court of Appeal case concerning the reach of the European Convention on Human Rights and the entitlement to state benefits.
• R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2008] EWHC 2048
  Appeared for the Claimant (with Dinah Rose QC and Ben Jaffey) in an application for information relating to the treatment of Mr Binyam Mohamed, then a Guantanamo Bay detainee.
• R (Teesside Power Limited) v Gas and Electricity Markets Authority [2008] EWHC 1415
  Appeared for the Defendant (with Dinah Rose QC) in a judicial review challenging the powers of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.

Tristan has advised and appeared in a range of commercial matters, in both the county courts and the High Court.  He has advised on and drafted particulars for claims involving breach of contract claims, partnership disputes and claims involving allegations of breach of rules under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.  Tristan has also advised on the application of A1P1 of the European Convention on Human Rights in a commercial law context.

• Tristan has appeared in numerous county court proceedings, including trials, applications to strike out or for summary judgment and wasted costs applications. He has appeared in county court trials ranging from small claims hearings to multi-track trials lasting several days. He has also appeared in interim applications in the High Court.
• Safeway Stores Ltd and others v Twigger and others [2010] EWHC 11 (Comm)
  Acting for Safeway (led by Robert Anderson QC) in this action to recover damages from former directors and employees for actions which led Safeway to incur a penalty imposed by the OFT.
• Phaestos Ltd and Mindimaxnox LLP v Ho (2010 ongoing)
  Tristan is acting (with Pushpinder Saini QC) for the Claimants in this High Court action against a former employee in relation to the operation of a hedge fund.

Tristan acts for Claimants and Respondents in employment disputes.  He has represented clients in employment cases including unfair and constructive dismissal, discrimination, TUPE and protected disclosures.  He also appears in disciplinary proceedings of professional regulatory bodies. 

• Inspector Claire Clark v Metropolitan Police Authority (2010 ongoing)
  Tristan is acting for the Claimant (led by Dinah Rose QC) in this test case on the lawfulness of the arrangements regarding part-time police inspectors’ pay.
• Chudasama v Moss Bros Ltd
  Representing the Respondent in race discrimination claim.
• Fox v Bosch Thermotechnology Ltd
  Representing the Respondent in unfair dismissal claim concerning misconduct.
• Preuss v Oxfam
  Representing the Respondent in a three day claim for unfair dismissal (redundancy).

Tristan advises and acts for parties in disciplinary proceedings in a variety of tribunals. His recent experience in this field includes:

• R (Duncan) v General Teaching Council for England [2010] EWHC 429
  Tristan acted for the teacher in this appeal to the High Court against a decision of the GTC.
• McNicholls v Judicial and Legal Service Commission [2010] UKPC 6
  Acted for the appellant (with Michael Beloff QC) in this appeal to the Privy Council over a decision of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Brine v General Teaching Council
  Representing the registrant in professional disciplinary proceedings concerning allegations of unacceptable professional conduct.

Tristan is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University, where he has taught an intensive Legal Negotiation Seminar.  As a graduate student, he was a Teaching Assistant on Harvard Law School’s flagship negotiation course, and he has taught and consulted on negotiations for organisations including the Norwegian Bar Association, CocaCola, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Merrill Lynch.

In 2006, Tristan was named Young ADR Professional of the Year by the ADR Group.

Tristan’s two-year graduate degree at Harvard University focused on Economics and Human Rights. Tristan has taught human rights policy as assistant to Professor Michael Ignatieff, and whilst training for the Bar he wrote for the European Human Rights Reports. He has a strong grounding in micro and macroeconomic principles, and is the winner of an international prize for an essay on WTO law. He has attended, by invitation, the Summer Course on WTO Dispute Settlement at the World Trade Institute in Berne.

Before training as a barrister Tristan worked as a financial journalist for an international news agency. Prior to that, he was President of Cambridge University Students’ Union.

Scholarships and Prizes:

• SJ Berwin Junior Counsel Essay Prize (2008)
• James Hunt Advocacy Trophy (Gray’s Inn, 2007)
• Atkin Scholarship (Gray’s Inn, 2006)
• Young ADR Professional of the Year (ADR Group, 2006)
• Stephen Rayner Legal Essay Prize (Interleges solicitors’ network, 2006)
• Winner, International WTO Moot (European Law Students’ Association, 2005)
• Beddingfield Scholarship (Gray’s Inn, 2005)
• David Karmel Entrance Award (Gray’s Inn, 2004)
• Kennedy Scholarship (Memorial to JFK for study at Harvard, 2001 and 2002)
• William Vaughan Lewis Prize (for undergraduate dissertation, Emmanuel College, 2001)
• Senior Scholarship (Emmanuel College, 1998-2001)