| Year of birth | 1935 |
| Year of call | 1959 |
| Inn | Inner Temple |
| Circuit | South Eastern |
| Recorder | 1979-1987 |
| QC | 1987 |
| Full CV |
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One of the foremost criminal advocates of his generation.
As Treasury Counsel he conducted some of the most serious trials of the day at the Central Criminal Court for some ten years before being appointed DPP; in this role he instructed counsel for the Crown in the appeals of the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six.
Since 1991 he has continued to prosecute in major cases and also appears for the defence. Between 2000 and 2004 he was involved in the hearings of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
Notable Cases
| Case name | Bloody Sunday Inquiry | Case name | R v Yasir Mushtaq |
| Appearance | Representing 10 former soldiers | Appearance | Defence |
| Category | Public Inquiry | Category | Murder |
| Detail | Fatal shooting of civilians in Londonderry in 1972 | Detail | Gangland murder |
| Case name | R v Sugandtham Nadarajah | ||
| Appearance | Prosecution | ||
| Category | Murder | ||