Russell-Cooke LLP

Regulation/sport/crime/intellectual property

Consultant. Retained by the Architects Registration Board, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, the Federation Against Copyright Theft and TM Eye. An experienced litigator who has added to his reputation with involvement in complex regulatory matters; professional regulatory work both on behalf of the professional bodies themselves and individual members of the professions, experienced Sports Law practitioner, considerable experience in contentious Intellectual Property Rights matters both civil and criminal, retained by Premier League Football Clubs in relation to sports law issues relating to the clubs and individual players.

An experienced criminal litigator now largely involved in privately funded cases.

Trained Russell-Cooke Potter & Chapman; qualified 1976; partner 1977; member of Premier League Disciplinary Panel; Chairman of Greyhound Board of Great Britain Appeal Tribunal;  Chair of the Investigation Committee of the Nursing & Midwifery Council; Chair of the Investigation Committee of the Institute of Financial Accountants; Chair of the Disciplinary Panel of the Taxation Disciplinary Board; Member of the Asset Based Finance Association; Legal Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct hearings for Avon & Somerset Police, Wiltshire Police & Gloucestershire Police; Deputy Chair of the Appeal Committee of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; Honorary legal advisor of British Fencing Association

French

Association of Regulatory Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL)

Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton; King’s College, London (LLB).