Civil

Common Law

Chancery

Employment

Market Law

Bolton School

Oxford University, Lady Margaret Hall, BA

Jurisprudence 2.1, President College Law Society, 1st XI Football

Commercial Litigation

Personal Injury

Market Rights

Discrimination

Inheritance Act Claims

Trusts of Land Act Claims

Real Property

Contentious Probate

GLO's (Group Litigiation Orders)

Called to the Bar October 1993, Lincoln's Inn

Employment Lawyers Association

Highly Recommended in Legal 500 2010, Employment Law

Deputy District Judge 2010

Logical Computer Supplies v Euro Car Parks [2001] All ER (D) 197 (Jun) (Jackson & Powell 17-126) - Leading case on contribution in failure to back-up computer data

Thomas v Rotherham MBC - Employment Tribunal, Practice and Procedure, Unreasonable conduct of a representative in the Tribunal, Strike out

Kirklees MBC v Farrell (2000 ICR 1335) - Employment Tribunal, Practice and Procedure, Estoppel

Hanlon v Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council & Others [2004] All ER (D) 154 (Sep) - Employment tribunal, Practice and Procedure, Refusal to consent to Disclosure of Medical Records, Strike out

Jones v Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council & Others [2004] All ER (D) 196 (Sep), [2005], A11 ER (D) 74 Jan - Employment Tribunal, Practice and Procedure, Costs, Unreasonable behaviour

Wakefield MDC v Helliwell - Disturbance of Market franchise

Kirklees MBC v Batley Football Club Ltd - Disturbance of market franchise, sham buyers and sellers club

Hobson & Others v Ashton Morton Slack & Others [2006] All ER (D) 298 (May) - Application for a Group Litigation Order

Gamak Motors UK Ltd v Godfrey, QBD [2004] C.L.Y. 1302 - Unfair dismissal; compensation; duty not to make misleading partial disclosure

R v Silvester [2009] EWCA Crim 2182 - Appeal against sentence - Confiscation order quashed as the victim of the relevant offences had obtained a civil judgment against the offender