Position

Practices in clinical negligence, personal injury, civil police work, some judicial review and ancillary relief. Cases include: Smith v West Lancashire Heath Authority [1995] PIQR P51; Wagstaff v Wagstaff [1992] 1 WLR 320; Wilding v Chief Constable of Lancashire (CA, unreported) [1995]; Hammond v West Lancashire Health Authority [1998] Lloyd’s Rep Med 146; Stoke on Trent City Council v Walley [2006] EWCA Civ 1137; Marsh v Chief Constable of Lancashire [2003] EWCA Civ 284; McGrath v Chief Constable of Lancashire (unreported, use that may be made by a defendant in criminal proceedings of unused material served upon him, believed to be the first case of its type); Strickson v Preston County Court and Chief Constable of Lancashire and Blackburn and Darwen Borough Council and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs [2006] EWHC 3300; and Hyland v Chief Constable of Lancashire (Times 7.2.96).

Education

Glyn Grammar School, Surrey; Wilmslow Grammar School, Cheshire; Clare College, Cambridge University (1975 2(1)); College of Law (Bar Exams).