Education

B.A. Hons, M.A. (Witwatersrand)

LL.B. Hons (Lond)

Ph.D. (Cantab) 

Affiliations

Professional Negligence Bar Association (PNBA)

British German Jurists’ Association (BGJA)

South Eastern Circuit 

Previous Positions

Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge

Public Access

Accepts instructions direct from businesses and individuals via the Public Access scheme 

Publications

15 books published to date, including:

A Handbook of Human Rights Law  (Kogan Page, 2004)

Principles of the Common Law  (Duckworth, 2004)

The U.S. Constitution for Dummies (Wiley, 2009)

Languages

German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Areas of Practice

Contentious Probate & Trusts - acting for beneficiaries challenging a will, or for executors.   

Family Law -  Ancillary Relief, FDRs, Final Hearings; Drafting of Pre-Nuptial Agreements

Commercial Law - contentious and non-contentious: drafting franchising, publishing and other agreements; acting for Claimants and Defendants in breach of contract actions, including sale of goods, construction contracts, publishing contracts. 

Professional Negligence - solicitors, surveyors, architects, medical, accountants, auditors (all including disciplinary hearings).

Property Law - Mortgages, including sale of properties by a mortgagee in possession; Landlord & Tenant – residential and commercial; Nuisance; HM Land Registry errors; neighbour disputes; covenants & easements

Employment Law - acting for employers and employees in Employment Tribunals and appeals; unfair dismissal; discrimination; whistleblowers (Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998).

Company law & insolvency  – advising, drafting & litigation; negligent auditors, accountants, insolvency practitioners, trustees in bankruptcy

Human Rights Law - Privacy, religious freedom, right to a fair trial; discrimination

Immigration Law - Tribunals and Judicial Review

Mediation - registered mediator; sits as court-appointed mediator and also undertakes private mediations in regard to any of the areas of speciality listed above.  Also represents Claimants and Defendants as an advocate in mediations in all the areas listed above
and Defendants as an advocate in mediations in all the areas listed above.