Barrister Profile

Main Areas of Practice

Commercial Law
Company Law
Insolvency
Land Law

Biography

I principally practice in the areas of Commercial Law and Chancery with emphasis on insolvency but also have public law experience both in judicial review and in public inquiries

Qualifications

LL.B Queen’s University, Belfast

LL.M Leicester University

1983 - 1990; Solicitor in Northern Ireland

1990; Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland

1993; Called to the Bar of Ireland

1993; Called to the Bar of England and Wales

I have practiced in all jurisdictions.

Experience

Stewart v Moore [1997] NI 218 (Court of Appeal)

R v Lord Saville of Newdigate [1999] EWCA Civ 3012; [2000] 1 WLR 1855; [1999] 4 All ER 860 (Court of Appeal)

R v Lord Saville of Newdigate No 2 [2001] EWHC Admin 888, [2001] All ER (D) 232 (Nov)

McAteer, Paul & another v Lismore, Walter 2010 NIFam 43; [2000] NI 471

McAteer, Paul & another v Lismore, Walter (No 2) [2000] NICh 53; [2000] NI 477

Official Receiver for Northern Ireland v McAnulty, Patrick Joseph [2010] NICA 38; [2011] NIJB 184