I was called to the Bar in 1997 and after completing my training I have been consistently in practice since then. Like all barristers I am self-employed but practice from offices known as “chambers”. “Chambers” comprise a team of barristers all of whom work closely together, marketing their services as one and providing a comprehensive service across a range of legal areas. My chambers are at One Essex Court in the Temple, you can find out more about us at www.1EC.co.uk

In 2001 I published a book called “Blackstone’s Sale & Supply of Goods and Services”, now published by Oxford University Press (see http://astore.amazon.co.uk/law-books-21/detail/1841741205) and this is one of my specialist areas: sale of goods, supply of services, consumer regulation law, consumer credit and related areas. One of the key types of disputes I deal with arising from this area of law is in relation to motor vehicles, whether they be defective, stolen or there are credit disputes. I also lecture and train solicitors in these areas of law on a part-time basis for BPP Professional Development.

I don’t just deal with sale of goods, I work across the general field of civil, commercial and contract law: general contractual matters, business to business disputes, franchising disputes, computer related disputes, consumer law, consumer credit, factoring & guarantees, finance agreements, asset leasing / purchase, asset recovery, directors disputes, accounting matters, insurance law, fraud, negligence, personal injury and employment law. I don’t deal with crime, family law, insolvency, intellectual property / copyright, licensing, construction or property related disputes.

My philosophy is to provide the client with robust advice at the outset of the case, allowing them to take an informed decision as to whether to proceed with full knowledge of the risks and potential benefits involved in doing so. If the client chooses to proceed then I pursue the case with the utmost vigour. I strongly disapprove of any practice whereby the client is allowed to believe that their case has greater prospects than it does – only to come a cropper after a substantial legal bill has been incurred. Whilst I like to think I don’t take myself too seriously, I do take my work seriously – I like to take much of the stuffiness and pomposity out of the provision of legal services, providing the client with a professional yet friendly service.