Peter Jones

Peter is a solicitor member of the Tribunal. He was appointed in October 2015.  Peter was a former partner in a commercial firm where he was the Head of Public Inquiries, and Head of Commercial Litigation for three of the firm’s branch offices.  Peter has practised in the field of public inquiries for over 30 years and has led teams acting for major public inquiries. These include the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, the Shipman Inquiry, the Jersey Child Abuse inquiry and the Mid Staffs NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry. He has acted for clients on the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; the Infected Blood Inquiry; the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry; the Leveson Inquiry; IICSA (child abuse inquiry), and others. Peter is co-author of “the Practical Guide to Public inquiries” and is a regular speaker and commentator in the press on public law, and public inquiries.