Jack is a member of the Bar of England and Wales and joined Chambers upon successful completion of pupillage in July 2022. He has a mixed domestic and international practice and accepts instructions in most of Chambers’ practice areas.

Domestically, Jack regularly brings claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 and Equality Act 2010, often in the context of individuals within the prison estate. He is also experienced in judicial review proceedings, actions against the police, criminal appeals work, and claims under the Data Protection Act 2018.

Internationally, Jack accepts instructions principally in Public/Private International law, International Human Rights Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law, and issues relating to Transitional Justice. In addition to contemporaneously advising on legal issues arising in live armed conflicts, he has dealt with matters before several international courts and tribunals, including, inter alia, the European Court of Human Rights, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the International Criminal Court, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, and the UN Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals. Jack has supported several individuals in respect of their appeals against INTERPOL Red Notices and is an experienced practitioner in the area of business and human rights.

Jack is Qualified to accept Public Access instructions.

Prior to commencing pupillage with G37, Jack spent 3-months interning with Guernica 37’s Academy Internship Programme, as part of which he assisted with a variety of domestic and international work.

From 2020-2021, Jack was involved in the delivery of a number of business and human rights-related projects on behalf of Global Rights Compliance LLP. During this time, he also assisted in the delivery of a capacity building project to Prosecutors in The Gambia, as part of which he was the principal contributor to a best practice manual designed to guide practitioners in bringing charges for crimes against humanity committed under the Jammeh regime.

Alongside this, Jack was part of a team responsible for the delivery of similar projects to both Afghani legal practitioners and members of the Gambian Judiciary on behalf of Ottawa based NGO, CANADEM and the UN Development Programme, respectively.

From November 2019 – May 2020, Jack spent 6-months interning with the Chambers division of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

In August 2019, Jack graduated magna cum laude from his Master of Laws (LLM) in Public International Law from Leiden University, where his thesis focussed on accountability options for corporate human rights abuses. He was also a finalist in the Telders International Law Moot Court Competition, where, having pled in the International Court of Justice, he was awarded Best Oral Applicant Argument and, alongside his teammates, the Max Huber Award for Highest Overall Score and the Carnegie Award for Best Respondent Memorial.

In 2018, Jack obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) First Class (Hons), from Durham University, receiving the highest mark in his cohort for international criminal law.

Jack was awarded the Goldie Award from The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, and the Excellence and Career Commitment Scholarship from BPP University for the BTC.​

The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn

Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers

LLM, Public International Law, Leiden University, Magna Cum Laude

LLB, Law, Durham University, 1st Class

BPP University, Bar Professional Training Course, Merit