Stephen has a wealth of expertise in defending and prosecuting Business & Fraud Crime, Sexual Offences, Organised Crime, Serious Violence, and Road Traffic Offences resulting in death and serious injury. He has acted as leading junior for both prosecution and defence.

A natural jury advocate, Stephen has a practical, hands-on approach and establishes excellent working relationships with his instructing solicitors and lay clients.

Stephen is also highly experienced in Inquiry work. He was instructed by the Treasury Solicitor in the Bloody Sunday Inquiry and since 2019 has been engaged in specialist work for the Dame Linda Dobbs Review into matters relating to the HBOS Reading Fraud.

Year of call: 1997

Inn: Inner Temple

CPS Panel Advocate (General Crime) (Level 3)

CPS Specialist Panel Advocate (Fraud, Serious Crime, POCA) (Level 3)

Publications:

‘Importation/Exportation, Production, Supply and Possession of Controlled Drugs’, LexisNexis Practice Notes, 2012, lead author

‘The Serious and Organised Crime and Police Act 2005’, Red Lion Chambers Seminar, 2005, seminar author and presenter

French (conversational), Spanish (basic)

South Eastern Circuit

Inner Temple

LLB (Hons), London School of Economics: First class