Exchange Chambers

Criminal

Chris is an established practitioner specialising in criminal advocacy and advisory work. His defence work is undertaken for a wide range of solicitors across Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire and Cumbria.  This work spans all aspects of serious crime and includes both VHCC and graduated fee cases. His prosecution work includes instructions from the CPS, HM Revenue and Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Environmental Agency. He is a Category 4 Prosecutor and is appointed to the Attorney General’s ‘A’ list of Prosecuting Advocates for the Northern Circuit.

His areas of expertise include large and complex fraud, POCA and asset recovery, excise, revenue and oil fraud, murder/manslaughter/homicide, serious violence, drugs offences (importation, production, supply) and serious sexual offences.

In addition, Chris has extensive experience of conducting police disciplinary work on behalf of the Police Federation at tribunal level and above.

Called 1990

Criminal Bar Association

B (Hons), Class 2:1 (Liverpool) Inns of Court Certificate of Honour (Bar Finals First) Gray’s Inn McKaskie Prize