Chris Jones 1967-2017

The death of Chris Jones at the absurdly young age of 50 has come as a tremendous shock to all of his friends and colleagues. Chris had a long association with this magazine as a contributor as its publisher and as the compere of the annual Taxation awards.

Many readers will have heard Chris lecture – either as part of their student training or through the many CPD programmes at which he spoke. He was always in great demand and rightly so: his sheer enthusiasm for the subject shone through every time he spoke and many people can thank Chris for having helped them achieve their professional qualification. But Chris was more than a lecturer. He had a shrewd business brain which enabled him to build up his own training company and then take on a wider role within LexisNexis when it bought out his business. He was an...