B. A. (Hons) (Manchester)
PGCE (Huddersfield)
Call: 2000

Middle Temple

Practice

Specialises in criminal work
Member of Attorney General’s unified list of prosecuting counsel
Expertise in dealing with young and vulnerable defendants
Experience in computer related crime, including offences committed on the internet
Has a detailed knowledge of police procedures in relation to disclosure, intelligence, and surveillance

Other Information

Formerly a police officer with the West Yorkshire Police

Was a trainer at the Force Training School specialising in drugs investigations and law

Visiting lecturer to the West Yorkshire Police Training School on the Drugs Expert Witness and Surveillance Witness Courses

Notable Cases

R v Hanson and others [2005] EWCA Crim 824
Guidance on 'bad character' directions under the Criminal Justice Act 2003