The Legal 500

Position

Barrister specialising in: professional disciplinary and regulatory law, judicial review/public law (particularly central government, health, police and environment), human rights (in domestic courts and Strasbourg), immigration and nationality, local government, European Union and mediation. Recent reported cases include: Smartsource v Information Commissioner; J v Government of Spain; R (Transport for London) v PPF; Motta v Trafigura; GMC v Zia; Jean Charles de Menezes/Stockwell Tube IPCC reports 1 and 2; Network Rail v Information Commission; Cheatle v GMC; R (A v MA) v GMC; Haywood v NMC; T v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Van Gaalen v Network Rail; Liang v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Martin and Christian Union v Exeter University and Students’ Union; R (Merseyside PTA/PTE) v Secretary of State for Transport; Varma v GMC; General Social Care Counsel v DH; Arthurworrey v General Social Care Council; R (Green) v Police Complaints Authority and Secretary of State for the Home Department; Royal Mail v Information Commissioner; KK v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Haw v Metropolitan Police Authority; R (McNicholas) v GMC; R (Haward and Green) v GMC; CRHP v (1) GMC and (2) Southall; CRHP v (1) GMC and (2) Basiouny; R (David) v GMC; Microsulis v NICE; R (Toth) v GMC; R (Aziz) v GMC; R (Henshall) v GMC; Thompson and Venables v Newsgroup Newspapers Ltd; T and V v UK; R (Bulger) v Lord Chief Justice and Secretary of State for the Home Department; R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Myra Hindley; R (Prolife Alliance) v BBC.

Career

Qualified 1987; Inner Temple; QC 2002; Solicitor’s Department of Bournemouth Borough Council 1984-87; ‘stage’ at European Parliament in Luxembourg, Strasbourg and Brussels (specifically human rights work) 1986; Pegasus Scholarship with large Melbourne solicitors 1991; co-author Halsbury’s Laws of England, ‘Immigration and Nationality’ 1992; co-author ‘The Primary Purpose Rule: A Rule with No Purpose’ 1993; contributor to ‘Human Rights Law and Practice’ (ed Lester and Pannick) 2000; current member of advisory board of ‘JR’; Junior Counsel to the Crown (common law), (‘A’ Panel) 1995-2002; member of the Attorney General’s panel of counsel appointed to act as special advocates for appellants and for the government before the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (dealing with national security immigration cases), the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (dealing with bans on alleged terrorist groups) and the High Court (dealing with control orders) from 1998 to date; qualified mediator (CEDR) 2008.

Languages

Italian.

Member

Administrative Law Bar Association; Association of Disciplinary and Regulatory Lawyers (committee member); CEDR exchange; In Place of Strife (the mediation chambers); MATA; Civil Mediation Council.

Education

St Peter’s School, Bournemouth; University College, Durham (1984 BA); Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (1985 LLM).

Leisure

Golf (honorary secretary of the Bar Golfing Society 1999-2003), running, scuba diving, wine, travel (Italy); Athenaeum Club.

Practice Areas

Administrative and public law; Mediation; Professional disciplinary and regulatory law (including police law)