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John has a broad practice across several areas of chambers’ expertise. He deals with a wide range of criminal, disciplinary and regulatory cases; he also accepts instructions in standard track cases in the first tier tax tribunal.
Crime: John represents defendants charged with serious offences including fraud, blackmail, rape, historic sex offences and violent crime. He has represented companies and individuals facing prosecution by regulatory and local authorities in the criminal courts.  John has prosecuted cases for the CPS, HMRC, the Insolvency Service, and the Security Industry Authority; he has recently been instructed as junior counsel for the Crown in a number of complex fraud cases and has experience of confiscation and cash forfeiture proceedings.
Licensing and disciplinary: John acts for professionals and companies in licensing and disciplinary cases. He is one of a small number of barristers with recent experience of architects’ disciplinary proceedings, and is familiar with the regulations applicable to hearings before the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
First Tier tax tribunal : John accepts instructions in the first tier tax tribunal and has acted for individuals trying to negotiate settlements with HMRC. He recently represented solicitors said to have deliberately avoided paying a substantial amount of tax.

Called 2012; Middle Temple; Reconnaissance Officer British Army’s Household Cavalry Regiment; senior manager NGO sector.

French, Arabic.

Queen’s College, Oxford (MA); School of Oriental and African Studies (MSc); Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; GDL.