He acts for claimants and defendants in a range of complex matters, including disease cases and catastrophic and psychiatric injury claims. He regularly advises on insurance coverage disputes (particularly those relating to employers’ and public liability claims especially long tail disease claims). He has acted in a number of test or group actions including contaminated blood products, the Camelford water pollution cases, CJD from human growth hormone, asbestos-related pleural plaques, industrial deafness in Midlands clothing industries , dermatitis from contact with chemicals in furniture (the Linkwise/Eurosofa litigation), claims by veterans of UK atom bomb tests in 1950s; historic child abuse cases; claims by some 18,000 claimants alleging injury from factory fire (Sonae Group Litigation); historic physical and sexual abuse at children’s home.
Called 1975; Middle Temple; QC 1996. Recorder; Deputy High Court Judge (Queen’s Bench Division and Administrative Court); has been a GMC legal assessor; Bencher of Middle Temple; Chairman of the London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association 2011-2013. Current directorships: Crown Office Chambers Ltd. Publication of note: ‘Widening the Scope of Judicial Review for Error of Fact’ Judicial Review 1999.
Administrative Law Bar Association; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; TECBAR; London Court of International Arbitration.
Nautical College, Pangbourne; Sussex University (1973 BA Hons).
Sailing and gardening.