4PB

Private Children Law; Public Children Law; Direct Access

John has been a care practitioner since he was called to the Bar in 1991. He is routinely instructed in the most complex cases, including fact-finding hearings, final hearings and appeals. Those cases include expert medical evidence at the most complex end of the range and John is well known as an expert cross-examiner of such experts. His client care skills and ability to work as part of a team are also well known.

John is also experienced in media management and the legal framework involved.

Those skills translate to John’s Private Law practice which includes intractable disputes, client management, the interplay between private disputes and all of the fact-finding issues and allegations that can arise in such proceedings.

John has experience in Judicial Review proceedings that include issues of family law.

Year of Call: 1991 Year of Silk: 2015

Family Law Bar Association Midland Circuit Inner Temple

Campbell College, Belfast Liverpool University, LLB (Hons) 1990 LLB (Hons)

Sport (mainly from the arm chair), good food and company, gardening, cycling, reading, films.