| Year of birth | 1959 |
| Year of call | 1984 |
| Inn | Inner Temple |
| Circuit | South Eastern |
| Recorder | 2001 |
| QC | 2006 |
| Full CV |
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A criminal specialist, having conducted the full range of criminal work including murder trials; specialist fields such as police corruption; major fraud (including SFO work); criminal misconduct in medical professions; drug trafficking and Flying Squad work.
He is considered a tenacious opponent, with a detailed focus on legal argument and disclosure issues. His experience both defending and prosecuting gives him an informed view of the other side’s likely problems in a case.
Other work specialisms include third party witness summons work and the VAT appeal tribunal work.
Since taking silk in 2005, 75% of practice has been conducting murder cases at the Old Bailey. His third party witness summons practice is principally related to representing charities holding confidential information who are drawn into the criminal process by either the defence or prosecution.
Notable Cases
| Case name | R v Southcott and others | Case name | R v Abo Orff |
| Appearance | Leading for defence | Appearance | Leading for prosecution |
| Category | Serious fraud case: conspiracy to defraud | Category | Asylum seeker fraud / anti-terrorism |
| Detail | Four month serious fraud representing company chairman alleged to have been involved in defrauding MOD with regard to defence contracts: first on indictment. | Detail | Case brought by anti-terrorist squad regarding obtaining funds provided to assist and support asylum seekers, with proceeds being sent abroad to others in Saudi Arabia. |
| Case name | R v Sawhney, Karagozlu and others | Case name | R v Clark and others |
| Appearance | Leading prosecution junior in ‘three counsel’ case | Appearance | Leading prosecution junior in ‘three counsel’ case. |
| Category | Police corruption | Category | Police corruption |
| Detail | Six month case involving corrupt customs officer and target criminals. | Detail | Three month case relating to systematic corruption, theft and drug dealing within South East Regional Crime Squad. |