Experienced Counsel who enjoys building a good rapport with his professional and lay clients alike. An extremely effective advocate and advisor who is equally at home working as sole Counsel, or as part of a larger team with solicitors, fellow barristers and leading Counsel. Expertise in a number of practice areas leaves him particularly well-placed to deal with cases that are multi-faceted and at the inter-play between his fields of expertise. Has appeared at all level of Court up to and including the Court of Appeal. A member of the Attorney General’s Regional Panel, is instructed by Central Government Departments and Agencies with great frequency. A fluent Spanish speaker, he is happy to deploy his language skills in appropriate cases.
Employment
Heavyweight statutory employment claims with an emphasis on discrimination, whistleblowing, and transfer of undertakings – regularly briefed in complex, high value and/or multi-week hearings
Discrimination in goods and services
Restrictive covenants, confidentiality, database rights, fiduciary duties – expertise in overlap between Commercial and Employment law
Instructed by private employers, central government department and agencies, local authorities, individual employees ranging from shop-floor workers to directors, trade unions
Commercial
Breach of contract, sales of goods and services, economic torts
Claims for breach of trust, unjust enrichment, monies had and received
Injunctive relief
Overlap between commercial and employment law
Professional Negligence
Experienced professional negligence practitioner including in claims against solicitors and barristers, accountants, lenders, finance professionals, surveyors, estate agents
‘mis-selling’ claims
Acts for claimants and defendants
Insolvency
Directors’ disqualification and public interest winding up
Liquidator claims
Corporate and personal insolvency
Claims against IPs
Public law
Judicial Review – regularly instructed by Government Legal Department as member of Attorney General’s Regional Panel
Claims for and against the police in particular malicious prosecution and unlawful arrest
Human Rights Act claims and Data Protection Act claims
Inquests
Experienced in complex and lengthy inquests of up to four weeks’ duration
Frequently instructed by Government Legal Department as member of Attorney General’s Panel
Acts for public and private organisations, healthcare professionals, prison officers, Families
Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence
Experienced in a range of personal injury, industrial disease and clinical negligence disputes up to and including cases of catastrophic injuries
Experienced trial advocate and negotiator at JSM
Particularly well-placed to deal with cases at interplay between Employment Law and Personal Injury