Gatehouse Chambers

Commercial dispute resolution; costs; banking, finance and credit; civil fraud; employment; professional negligence.

PJ has enjoyed a long and successful career at the Bar having previously been a partner in a Holborn firm of solicitors. He took silk in 2013 – the only costs specialist to do so that year.

PJ’s practice covers costs litigation, commercial dispute resolution and professional negligence. Recommended by the legal directories for his "great knowledge in relation to complex,cross-border, multi-party-funded litigation", he is instructed by a wide range of solicitors from City firms to High Street practitioners. As well as cases in England & Wales PJ has appeared in the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal in relation to the legality of CFAs and in the DIFC in Dubai and much of his work has an international dimension.

PJ is recognised as an expert in the field of costs and is often instructed on appeals in relation to problems over retainers, CFAs etc. He is also often instructed to draft bespoke DBAs, CFAs or CCFAs for firms of solicitors.

PJ sits as a Deputy District Judge and is a Bar Council appointed High Court costs assessor. PJ is also an ADR group accredited mediator and is on the Costs ADR (CADR) panel of mediators.

Qualified 1989; solicitor Supreme Court 1983-89; deputy district judge; barrister assessor in costs appeals. Formerly a partner in a firm of Holborn solicitors.

Silk: 2013

Employment Law Bar Association Employment Lawyers Association Commercial Bar Association London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association Professional Negligence Bar Association London Court of International Arbitration British Insurance Law Association

L.B. (Hons) Former Solicitor Deputy District Judge Barrister Assessor on High Court Cost Appeals ADR Group Accredited Civil & Commercial Mediator Costs ADR (CADR) panel of mediators

Family, faith, football and food - although the order of importance tends to vary !