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Position
Barrister specialising in Public & Administrative Law, Human Rights, Employment Law, Environmental Law, European Community Law. Recent cases include: RB & U (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10; R (Derwent Holdings Ltd) v Liverpool City Council and Secretary of State for Transport [2008] EWHC 3023 (Admin); Romantiek Transport BVBA v Vehicle and Operator Services Agency [2008] EWCA Civ 534; Bigia v SSHD [2009] EWCA Civ 79; KH (Article 15(c) Qualification Directive) Iraq CG v SSHD [2008] UKAIT 00023; BY v SSHD [2008] UKSIAC 65/07; R (S, H and Q) v SSHD [2009] EWCA Civ 334; HH (Criminal Record; deportation: “war zone”) Iraq [2008] UKAIT 00051; Parker v Secretary of State for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs [2009] EWHC 229 (Admin); Phillips v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2008] EWHC 3117 (Admin).
Career
President of the Oxford Union (1995); Awarded the Scarman Scholarship (1998), the Macaskie Award (1998), a Prince of Wales Scholarship (1997) and a Karmel Award (1996) by Gray’s Inn. Publications and lectures include: Community Care: NHS Continuing Care (2007); Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults (2006); School Admission Appeals and Disability Discrimination (2005); School Reorganisation (2004); Updates on Discrimination Law (2004, 2003); Mount Cook 2: An analysis [2004] Judicial Review 55; Halsbury’s Laws, Local Government (Contributor, 2003).
Languages
French (intermediate)
Member
Attorney General’s Junior Counsel to the Crown, B Panel (since 2007).
Education
First class honours degree at St. John’s College, Oxford in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (1996); Diploma in Law with commendation at City University (1997); first place in his year at Bar School, graded ‘Outstanding’ (1998).
Practice Areas
Administrative and public law; Employment; EU and competition
