I am a self-employed lawyer, specifically a barrister, with a mixed civil practice. The majority of my work now involves property or contract disputes.
I accept instructions from professional clients (solicitors) through:
- The Barrister Group, and;
- as a sole practitioner.
I am also authorised to accept instructions direct from the public (direct access) and
I have an extension to my practising certificate which permits me to conduct litigation (go on the Court record and deal directly with the other parties and the Court on a client’s behalf).
I was called to the Bar in 2011 having previously spent 16 years as a firefighter, initially with Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service and then with South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue. I left the fire service after starting a part-time law degree and then went on to qualify for the Bar.
After qualifying as a barrister and before starting in practice, I taught law at undergraduate and postgraduate level at Sheffield Hallam University (teaching Equity and Trusts, Land Law and Intellectual Property Law) before moving to London to take up a fixed-term position as a Judicial Assistant in the Court of Appeal to Lord Dyson, the then Master of the Rolls, in 2012/13.
I advise and represent both claimants and defendants in civil matters and disputes.
I am located in Worksop, North Nottinghamshire (between Sheffield, Lincoln, Nottingham and Chesterfield) but I am not restricted to my local area and I am able to travel further afield.