Awarded Crime and Extradition Junior of the Year in the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2022.

Michael is a leading specialist criminal defence advocate and adviser with 23 years’ experience of representing defendants in high-level serious and complex crime, with particular experience in homicide, complex fraud and large-scale drug supply cases. He appears in some of the largest and most serious cases in the UK.

Michael is known to represent those in the public eye, particularly those in the field of sports, media and the Arts and many of these cases attract a high level of media interest. He is well versed in the reputational management of all of his clients.

Called 1999.

Criminal Bar Association Association of Regulatory & Disciplinary Lawyers The Fraud Lawyers Association British Association of Sports Lawyers

Liverpool (LJMU) (Bachelor of Laws, with Honours, 1995-1998) Nottingham Law School (Bar Vocational Course, 1999).