AREAS OF PRACTICE: CIVIL LITIGATION Largest part of civil practice concerned with personal injury litigation representing both Claimants & Defendants. Encompassing both advocacy & advisory work from straightforward fast-turnaround to complex fully contested trials. Practice includes: - Road Traffic Accidents inc. low velocity impact; - Highway Trips inc. credibility issues & statutory defence; - Workplace Accidents; - Occupier's Liability. Willing to undertake appropriate matters on CFA basis. Gained extensive exposure to higher value PI work, inc. industrial disease, during pupillage with Yaqub Rahman. Long held interest in medical law (inc. clinical negligence) as demonstrated by masters degree in the subject & keen to develop practice in this area. CRIME, QUASI-CRIME & REGULATORY LITIGATION Appointed to Attorney-General's Unified List of Prosecuting Advocates. Responsible for prosecuting on behalf of Revenue & Customs, Department of Work & Pensions, Department of Health, DEFRA, Health & Safety Executive and Environment Agency. Equally at ease defending in such matters & appeared for Defence before magistrates & Crown Court on number of occasions. Experience prosecuting & defending matters concerning ASBOs & Injunctions. COMMERCIAL LITIGATION General commercial & contractual work including: - Consumer Credit - Consumer Law - Costs & Assessments - Contractual Disputes - Debt Recovery - Excise Duties - Fraud (Civil) - General Commercial & Contract - Insurance - Sale & supply of goods & services EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION Normal mix of work on behalf of employers, unions & employees in the Tribunal. ADR Undertaken training as Mediator with Academy of Experts, London & so able to act as mediator or advisor at mediations. OTHER INFORMATION Member, Bar in Community & Bar Pro Bono Group. Associate Fellow, Society for Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
