Dermot is instructed as leading or junior counsel specialising in serious, complex and sensitive cases. He has extensive experience of e-disclosure. He is currently appointed as counsel to the Grenfell Fire Public Inquiry- the largest public inquiry in UK history. He leads a team of lawyers examining the aftermath of the fire against the regulatory framework including the Civil Contingencies Act and Regulations.

Recent major financial crime cases include: Operation Amazon (2009 -2017), Operation Incubus (2018), Operation Aquamarine (2018), and Operation Dojo (2019).

Dermot also has expertise in dealing with trading standards cases and was leading counsel for the principal defendant in ‘Operation Angel’, which is reputed as the largest national trading standard prosecution in which his client was acquitted of fraud after a six-month trial.

Called 1997. Senior Chair of The Health Service Products (Pricing, Cost Control and Information) Appeals Tribunal (2020) First Tier Tribunal Judge (Social Entitlement Chamber) (2013-present) Chair of the Fitness to Practice Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2013-present) Legal Advisor, General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC) (2018-present)

Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers Criminal Bar Association

Brunel University (LLB Hons).