Called to the Bar 2003/Gray's Inn

Education

• BA(Hons) History, University of Manchester.
• Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies. University of Birmingham.
• BVC, Nottingham Law School.
• Karmel Entrance Award and Shakespeare Memorial Award.

Areas of Practice

Criminal Law

Criminal prosecution and defence in the Crown and Magistrates' Court with a particular interest in Road Traffic cases.

Attended training in prosecuting serious sexual offences and in the use of intermediaries to assist vulnerable witnesses.

Level 3 prosecutor

Reported Cases

DPP v Dukolli [2009] EWHC 3097 (Admin) (30 October 2009) ("Hip flask defence" only available without scientific evidence only in the comparatively rare case where a layman can reliably and confidently say that the alcohol taken after the driving must explain the excess.)

Professional Membership

• North Eastern Circuit