Barrister specialising in patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright, design rights, breach of confidence, restrictive covenants and all other aspects of intellectual property law, including EU law relating to intellectual property.

Called 1976, Middle Temple; QC 1995; bencher 2007; Head of Chambers 2012 - 2018; chairman Intellectual Property Bar Association 2005-2011; co-chairman European Committee of the Bar Council 2009-2011; member General Council of the Bar 2006-11; member Ethics Committee of the Bar Council 2008 to present; member patents sub-group of the Council of the Bars and Laws Societies of Europe (CCBE) 2008 to present; observer UK Council of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) 2006 to present. Publications: co-editor, ‘Terrell on the Law of Patents’, 14th edition (1982), 15th edition (2000), 16th edition (2006) and 17th edition (2011).

Intellectual Property Bar Association; Bar European Group; International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI); American Bar Association.

Charterhouse; University of Sussex (1974 BSc Chemical Physics); College of Law (1976).