Stephen Jones has a general civil practice,  with particular emphasis on property related work. He is currently the Head of the Pump Court Chambers specialist Property Team. He has appeared in a number of significant reported cases concerning commercial leases, including Capital and City Holdings v Dean Warburg Ltd (1989), William Hill (Southern) Ltd v Waller & Russell (1991), Fox v Widley & Guram (1998) and Footwear Corp. v Amplight (1998). He is frequently instructed in cases concerning landlord and tenant (both business and residential), contracts for sale of land, boundary disputes, adverse possession, easements and restrictive covenants. Recent Court of Appeal cases in which he has been instructed on such matters include Shorto v Whitefield and Wheaton (2000) (adverse possession) and Merer v Fisher (2003) (right of pre-emption).

More general areas of his practice are exemplified by reported cases including Foalquest v Roberts (1990) (agency), National Westminster Bank Plc v Daniel & Ors (1993) (affidavit evidence at summary judgment hearings), Geraghty & Co (a firm) v Awwad and Gustavson (2000) (solicitors' fee agreements) and Jewson Ltd v Kelly (2002) sale of goods.

He is the editor of the Landlord and Tenant and Housing section of The Green Book and also of the Landlord and Tenant division of Butterworths Civil Court Precedents. He is a member of the Property Bar Association and, with other members of the Pump Court Chambers Property Team, regularly gives seminars on aspects of property law.

M.A. (Oxon)
Called to the Bar 1978 (Inner Temple)

Choudhury v Ahmed [2005] EWCA Civ 1102 (additional evidence - judge's discretion).

Merer v Fisher (2003), CA Lawtel (right of pre-emption - obligation of successor in title to land affected).
Jewson Ltd v Kelly (2002), QBD Lawtel (sale of goods - implied terms as to quality and description).
Geraghty & Co ( a firm) v Awwad and Gustavson [2000] 3 WLR 1041 CA (solicitors' fee agreements).
Fox v Widley and Guram [1998] 1 EGLR 91 QBD (Rent Review - effect of Arbitration Act 1996).
Footwear Corp. v Amplight [1998] 2 EGLR 38 ChD (Landlord's obligations under Landlord & Tenant Act 1988).
National Westminster Bank v Daniel [1993] 1WLR 1493 CA (Bank Guarantee - RSC Order 14 - credibility of affidavits).
William Hill (Southern) Ltd v Waller & Russell [1991] 1 EGLR 271 (Landlord and Tenant - liability of guarantors).
Foalquest Ltd v Roberts [1990] 1 EGLR 50. CA (Personal liability of agent).
Capital and City Holdings v Dean Warburg Ltd [1989] 1EGLR 90 (Landlord and Tenant - liability of guarantors - mode of forfeiture).

The Civil Court Practice (Green Book) Landlord and Tenant & Housing section.

Butterworths Civil Court Precedents: Landlord and Tenant division.