[1] Jones was commissioned as an officer of the Royal Air Force in 1968, and later qualified as a pilot.
He served as standing counsel to the Scottish Department of Trade and as an Advocate Depute.
From 2008 he was Senior Partner for the law firm Simpson & Marwick and head of its Dispute Resolution Department and its Advocacy Unit.
On 1 June 2012, it was announced he had been appointed a Senator of the College of Justice,[3] and he took up the post on 11 July 2012.
[4] Jones was the Honorary President of the mooting society at the University of Dundee School of Law.