Further info
Year of call: 1999 Middle Temple
Specialist areas: Professional Negligence, Medical Negligence
Education: B.A. History: First Class Honours – University of Durham, Hatfield College; Diploma in Law: Commendation – York College of Law; Postgraduate Diploma in Law: Very Competent – ICSL; Diplock Scholarship, Middle Temple (1998)
Committees: Member of PNBA and LCLCBA
Recent cases
- Young (by her litigation friend) v North East Strategic Health Authority, Newcastle District Registry, July 2010. Martin Spencer QC leading. Substantial claim for brain injury suffered at birth in 1987. Settled first day of week-long liability only trial
- Joyce v Bowman Law Ltd [2010] EWHC 251 Ch.
4-day trial before Mr Justice Vos. Defended licensed conveyancers where negligence for losing a developer the option to acquire additional land admitted. Of the claim for £620,000 only £38,000 awarded. - GMAC-RFC v Watson & Brown, 2009. Instructed with Spike Charlwood, Paul Mitchell and Mark Simpson QC defending solicitors in numerous claims arising from ‘sub prime' buy-to-let mortgage lending. Settled.
Publications and lectures
- ‘Criminal Defendant's Costs Orders and the Jackson Report' - July 2010 article for the Civil Costs newsletter
- ‘Part 36 Update' - August 2010 talk
- ‘Securitisation and lender claims' - March 2009 seminar