Personal Profile

• I am a resident of the city of Dunedin having been born here in 1960.
  
  
• I attended Otago University and graduated with a BA (Hons) and LLB.
  
  
• I was admitted in December 1984.
  
  
• I worked as an employed solicitor with a varied and general civil litigation practice until 1 April 1996 when I commenced practice on my own account as a barrister sole.
  
  
• I practise from Chambers which I share with other barristers in Dunedin.
  
  
• I am a member of the Otago District Law Society and the New Zealand Bar Association.
  
  
• I practise strictly in accordance with the English practice of a barrister. By that I mean I accept instructions only via solicitors.
  
  
• I regard my role as being either to help clients avoid a problem or if the problem is unavoidable then to see the problem resolved as expeditiously and cost effectively as possible. To that end I do not focus solely on litigation as a solution to a clients difficulty but also try to explore with the client other options of solving the problem.