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I have practised for thirteen years as a barrister at 3PB and was the MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole from 2015 to 2024.

Legal Expertise

My practise encompasses the broad range of property and land work carried out in Chambers; including rights of way; boundary disputes; covenants; and breaches of planning.

I believe that there are many property and land disputes that are ripe for mediation and as a qualified mediator I can undertake work as a mediator for property disputes as well as wider commercial and civil matters.

My practice encompasses the broad range of commercial and chancery work carried out in chambers including:

  • Advising in company, partnerships, insolvency and fraud cases
  • Acting over disputes over performance of contracts
  • Resisting applications for indemnity costs
  • Acting for the seller or buyers of high value equipment in disputes
  • Advising on the merits of resisting a claim since misrepresentation and estoppel
  • Appearing in a range of interlocutory hearings, including strike out and summary judgment applications, set aside applications, relief from sanctions applications, applications to join parties to proceedings and case management conferences
  • Advising on jurisdiction challenges and sovereign state immunity and ‘forum non conveniens’
  • Advising on arbitrations in the UK and internationally

I have advised on public law and regulatory issues for twenty years and was first appointed onto the Attorney-General’s Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional Panel) in 2007.

Given my experience in Parliament; in Government as a Law Officer (HM Solicitor General); and in the Cabinet, I am uniquely qualified to advise on all matters relating to the legal political sphere and the interpretation of legislation.

I was His Majesty’s first Solicitor General and as the Attorney General (AG)’s deputy, was enabled by Statute to perform any of her functions. My main duty was as senior legal adviser to the UK Government. Together with the AG, I superintended the Crown Prosecution Service and the Serious Fraud Office.

I believe that there are many disputes that are ripe for mediation and as a qualified mediator he can undertake work as a mediator for a broad range of property, commercial and civil matters. He has also appeared as an advocate at mediation.

I was trained by and am a Member of the Society of Mediators and a Civil Mediation Council Registered Mediator.

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