Alun Jones

Alun Jones QC (Call 1972, Silk 1989) is one of the country's leading specialists in commercial crime, extradition, criminal law, mutual assistance, and asset confiscation. Based at 37 Great James Street Chambers, he has defended as leading counsel in eight major Serious Fraud Office prosecutions, conducted fourteen full House of Lords appeals in extradition cases (including Pinochet), and has conducted fourteen full House of Lords appeals in extradition cases. He co-authored Jones & Doobay on...See more

Alun Jones QC (Call 1972, Silk 1989) is one of the country's leading specialists in commercial crime, extradition, criminal law, mutual assistance, and asset confiscation. Based at 37 Great James Street Chambers, he has defended as leading counsel in eight major Serious Fraud Office prosecutions, conducted fourteen full House of Lords appeals in extradition cases (including Pinochet), and has conducted fourteen full House of Lords appeals in extradition cases. He co-authored Jones & Doobay on Extradition and Mutual Assistance (Sweet & Maxwell 2005; third edition), and is currently co-writing with James Lewis QC, Ben Brandon, and Dr Rob Cryer, The Prosecution of International Crimes in English Courts for OUP. Also based at 37 Great James Street Chambers, Rupert Bowers (Call 1995) is a criminal practitioner specialising in serious fraud, extradition, and the criminal aspects of immigration cases. He is currently instructed by Clyde and Co. and led by Alun Jones Q.C, in the ongoing and high profile extradition case of Dr. Irving who has been accused of breaching U.N. sanctions against Iraq under the humanitarian Oil-for-Food programme. See less