Barrister Profile

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Commercial Law
Company Law
Insolvency

Biography

I receive instructions in the County Court and the High Court. I am particularly interested in commercial, chancery and judicial review work.

Qualifications

B.A. (Hons) Law, St John’s College, Oxford, First Class

B.C.L, St John’s College, Oxford, Distinction

Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast, Distinction

Law Faculty Prize for highest mark in the Comparative Public Law exam in the B.C.L.

Sir Roy Goode Prize for best performance in the B.C.L. by a St John’s College student.

College Prize for highest mark in Finals by a St John’s College student.

Tughans Prize in Conveyancing for highest average mark in the three Conveyancing exams at the IPLS.

Experience

Solicitor (2016 - 2023): I practised in the commercial litigation department of a leading Belfast firm before working as a parliamentary counsel, where I drafted primary legislation for the NI Assembly & Parliament and secondary legislation for NI Departments and UK Government.

I completed pupillage with a leading commercial and chancery practitioner.