The Legal 500

Work Department

Professional regulation/disciplinary tribunals/sports law/criminal litigation/contentious intellectual property.

Position

Partner and head of department; retained by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Architects Registration Board, Media Protection Services Ltd, Institute of Legal Executives and the Federation Against Copyright Theft; an experienced litigator who has added to his reputation with involvement in complex regulatory matters; heavy workload before the Court of Appeal both as instructing solicitor and advocate; professional regulatory work both on behalf of the professional bodies themselves and individual members of the professions, experienced Sports Law practitioner, considerable experience in contentious Intellectual Property Rights matters; cases include Pybus v Law Society [2004]; Burrowes v Law Society [2004]; Singleton v Law Society [2005]; Kio v Law Society [2005]; Kravinskis v Law Society [2005]; Baxendale-Walker v Law Society [2006]; Obi v Law Society; Okoye v Law Society; Izegbu and Okoronkwo v Law Society [2007]; Murphy v Media Protection Service [2007], SRA v Beresfords LLP [2009]; Kaur v Institute of ?Legal Executives [2010]; retained by Newcastle United Football ?Club in relation to sports law issues relating to the club and individual players; retained by Sports Direct plc in relation to regulatory issues.

Career

Trained Russell-Cooke Potter & Chapman; qualified 1976; partner 1977; member of Premier League Disciplinary Panel; CIPFA Chair of Investigating Committee; Chairman of Greyhound Board of Great Britain Appeal Tribunal; Lay member of Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants Regulatory Board (ACCA); Honorary legal advisor of British Fencing Association.

Languages

French.

Member

London Criminal Solicitors Association; Association of Regulatory Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL); FSLA.

Education

Ermysted’s Grammar School, Skipton; King’s College, London (LLB).

Leisure

Member of Yorkshire County Cricket Club and Wharfedale FC. Many years ago played rugby for Wharfedale, Rosslyn Park, Westminster Hospital (and acted as on-field legal advisor) and the Law Society (acting as medical advisor).

Practice Areas

Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law); Sport; Fraud