Further info
Year of call: 1985 (Lincoln’s)
Specialist areas: professional indemnity
Education: LLb (Hons) V.U.Manc; LLM (Computer and Communications Law) London QMWC; Admitted to the New York State Bar after examination, in 1995
Memberships:
Significant cases
- Bristol and West Building Society-v-Mothew [1998] Ch., 1 (Court of Appeal) Leading case on liability for breach of trust and/or fiduciary duty by lawyers
- Re Stratford deceased; Cattermole-v-Prisk [2006] 1 FLR., 693 (Chancery Division) Probate. Knowledge and approval. Presumptions. Testamentary undue influence. Lifetime gifts undue influence
- Miller-v-Garton Shires [2007] PNLR 273 (Court of Appeal) Professional negligence. Lawyers. Loss of claim for damages for personal injury. Summary judgment on disputed facts
- Attorney General-v-Krivec (AG's Ref No.8 of 2007); (Court of Appeal Criminal Division) [2008] Crim App Rep (S) 1; the correct approach to the application of "guideline cases"; emphasis of the importance of judicial discretion exercised on a case by case basis