9 Park Place

Family

Michael began his career in chambers as a criminal law barrister. He became a Grade 4 prosecutor, a member of the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Panel and was regularly instructed by the CPS Complex Casework Unit to prosecute large, multi-handed frauds, drug conspiracies and murders (led).

Since 2018, Michael has specialised in family law and has a busy practice, focused mainly on children work, both public and private. He is regularly instructed by children’s guardians, parents and intervenors in complex cases involving allegations of non-accidental injury, alleged poisoning, serious sexual abuse and cases with an international dimension.

In addition, Michael regularly appears before the National DoLs Court and in the Court of Protection.

Given his background in criminal law and years of experience, Michael is adept at dealing with witnesses – lay, professional and expert – and has the ability to assimilate large volumes of material in order to identify the fundamental issues lying at the heart of any case in which he is instructed.

Michael has for a number of years held an appointment as a reviewer for Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit), which is role that he undertakes on top of his paid and pro bono practices.

University of Southampton (2000) - LLB Cardiff University (2001) - BVC