Specialist in information law, employment (including discrimination), and public law (including local government, data protection, freedom of information). Cases include: R (on the application of Evans) v Attorney General (Supreme Court 2014); T v Secretary of State (Supreme Court, [2014] UKSC 35); Stack v Ajar-Tec Ltd (Court of Appeal, [2015] EWHC Civ 46; APGER v Information Commissioner and FCO (Upper Tribunal, [2013] UKUT 560 (AAC); NUM v Scargill (High Court, [2012] EWHC 3750 (Ch); H and L v A City Council (Court of Appeal, [2011] EWCA Civ 403).

Called 1989; Inner Temple; appointed QC 2010; visiting professor in information law, University of Northumbria 2007-13; contributor Supperstone, Goudie and Walker ‘Judicial Review’ (5th ed, Butterworths 2014), co-author ‘Supperstone & Pitt-Payne on Freedom of Information Act 2000’ (Butterworths 2002).

French.

St Augustine’s College; Worcester College, Oxford (1985 BA; 1986 BCL).