Malcolm is a junior barrister with a litigation practice specialising in all aspects of public, administrative, EU and commercial dispute resolution. Malcolm’s recent public and administrative work includes acting for the claimant in R (Holmcroft Properties Ltd) v KPMG LLP [2016] EWHC 323 (Admin) (one of “The Lawyer’s” top 20 cases of 2016) and for the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs before the Supreme Court in R (Sandiford) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] 1 WLR 2697. Highlights of Malcolm’s recent commercial work include appearing unled before the Court of Appeal in British Gas Trading Ltd v Oak Cash and Carry Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 153, and acting as sole junior counsel for the Claimants (led by Jonathan Hirst QC) in a Hong Kong seated international arbitration relating to a dispute arising under a Directors’ and Officers’ liability insurance policy. Malcolm also regularly appears before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, most recently in R v Pora [2015] UKPC 9, Times, April 20, 2015, Bimini Blue Coalition Ltd v Prime Minister of The Bahamas & Ors [2014] UKPC 23, Taylor v R [2013] 1 WLR 1144 and R v Lundy [2013] UKPC 28; (2013) Times, December 10.

University of Oxford (2007 BCL (Distinction); 2008 MPhil (Law); 2012 DPhil (Law). Victoria University of Wellington (2003 BA Political Science, LLB (1st))