Kings Chambers

All aspects of chancery and commercial litigation especially as trial advocate; corporate and personal insolvency; commercial contracts including joint ventures, distribution and agency contracts and share and asset sale warranty claims; company law especially shareholder disputes;, directors’ duties and breach of trust/fiduciary duty claims; directors’ disqualification and directors’ and employee duties (including restrictive covenants and confidential information); partnership; banking (especially secured lending and guarantees); commercial property and landlord and tenant; professional negligence (especially solicitors, accountants, surveyors and financial advisers); sale of goods; fraud; commercial torts and insurance. Regularly instructed on behalf of the Government.

Lecturer in Law - University of Manchester 1984-89; Training Manager Norton Rose M5 Group 1989-91; Called to the Bar 1989; CEDR Accredited Mediator 2000; Year of Silk 2006; Recorder 2006; Authorised to sit as Deputy Judge of the High Court Chancery Division 2008; Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple 2011. Member of Hardwicke in London from 2011.

Chancery Bar Association (Committee Member); Northern Chancery Bar Association; Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association; member of the Northern and North Eastern Circuit.

LLB – University of Manchester (1984)

CEDR Accredited Mediator (2000)