Barrister specialising in intellectual property, information technology and other disputes concerning technology. Fields of expertise include patents, designs, copyright, trademarks and passing off, domain names, confidential information, computer hardware, electronics and software disputes, and franchising and distribution matters with an intellectual property element. Patent cases include: Emson v Hozelock (CA – expandable hosepipes); Geofabrics v Fiberweb (railways); Pozzoli v BDMO (CA – obviousness); Swarovski v Leica (telescopic sights); Red Spider v Omega (oil well valves). Copyright cases include: Designers Guild v Russell Williams (fabric designs); SAS Institute v World Programming Ltd (computer software); Nova v Mazooma (CA –computer games); Blizzard v Bossland (cheats for computer games); Sprint Electric v Buyers Dream (ownership of source code) ; VLM v Ravensworth (licensing). Trade mark, passing off and advertising cases include: Jaguar Land Rover v Bombardier (Defender vehicle name); Phones4U Ltd v Phone4U (CA); Fine and Country v Spicerhaart (CA - estate agents); DataCard v Eagle (consumables for printers); Marks & Spencer v One in a Million (CA – domain names); Adobe v Netcom (community trademarks and estoppel); Inter Lotto v Camelot/National Lottery Commission (name of game); Niche v MacDermid (malicious falsehood oil industry products); Kingspan v Rockwool (comparative advertising). Designs cases include: Red Spider v Omega (oil well valves); Magmatic v PMS (Trunki suitcase); Shnuggle v Munchkin (baby baths).

Called 1976; Inner Temple.

Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association; Society for Computers and Law; AIPPI (UK).

Brighton College; Trinity College, Cambridge (degree in Natural Sciences).

Racing dinghies and other small boats.