Jonathan Jones

New guidance on the Rwanda scheme may be of limited comfort to civil servants
19 Jan Justice & Home Affairs
New guidance on the Rwanda scheme may be of limited comfort to civil servants
The message of the latest guidance to civil servants seems to be that they don’t need to worry about international law. It is pretty extraordinary that such guidance is thought necessary in the first place, writes former top government lawyer Sir Jonathan Jones
‘His decency and integrity shone through in everything he did’: Government Legal Department's Stephen Amos remembered by Sir Jonathan Jones
03 Jul 2020 Legal
‘His decency and integrity shone through in everything he did’: Government Legal Department's Stephen Amos remembered by Sir Jonathan Jones
GLD perm sec pays tribute to "a brilliant lawyer and the most diligent of public servants"
Jonathan Jones: “2018 has been a challenging year for all of us, not least in GLD”
31 Dec 2018 Government Tax Profession
Jonathan Jones: “2018 has been a challenging year for all of us, not least in GLD”

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who they’d choose to turn on their town’s Christmas lights. 
Jonathan Jones: why I was delighted to champion the first Health and Wellbeing Civil Service Award
18 May 2018
Jonathan Jones: why I was delighted to champion the first Health and Wellbeing Civil Service Award

With nominations open for the Civil Service Award 2018, the Treasury solicitor looks back on last year’s submissions on wellbeing
Opinion: Bringing in the changes
03 Mar 2015 Legal
Opinion: Bringing in the changes

Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones reflects on a year in the job, as he aims to make the Government's in-house legal arm 'consistently excellent'