Background
He was born in Ilford and attended Ilford County High School and Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford.
He was born in Ilford and attended Ilford County High School and Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford.
After gaining a double first from Oxford University, he was a lecturer at London School of Economics, 1978-1985 and a tutor at Saint Edmund Hall, 1978-1980. He was called to the Bar in 1980 and appointed a Queen"s Counsel in 1997. Chambers and Partners Directory rate him as a star individual for traditional chancery and for pensions work, and Band 1 for Offshore work.