Littleton Chambers

Employment, commercial, and sports law

James is a specialist practitioner in employment, sports and commercial law. He has particular expertise in discrimination law, business protection disputes and investigations.

Prior to undertaking pupillage at Littleton, James spent a year working at the Court of Appeal as a judicial assistant to the former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, working on cases such as R(Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union and R v Alexander Blackman.

Before becoming a barrister, James lived in Japan for two years as a Daiwa scholar, funded by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, where he studied Japanese and worked as a journalist.

Japanese

2015: Bar Professional Training Course, Very Competent

2014: Graduate Diploma in Law, Distinction

2010: MSt in American History

2009: BA in Historical Studies, First Class