GENERAL :

Born: 1981

Staffordshire University Bachelor of Law LL.B (Hons) 2003
Staffordshire University Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice 2004
Isle of Man Advocate 2007
Commissioner for Oaths 2007

MEMBERSHIPS :

Isle of Man Law Society
Isle of Man Young Lawyers Association – Vice-Chairman 2007
Treasurer of Manx Variety Club

Isle of Man Law Society - Education Committee

DIRECTORY MENTIONS :

ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS :

Employment and Labour - International Law Office
Can an employment tribunal insert a term into an employment contract?
The Importance of Making a Will - Local Press
Foreign Probate in the Isle of Man - International Law Office

SIGNIFICANT CASES :

Unreported: Arts Interactive v MP Publishing Limited, 18 January 2012, detailed costs assessment.

Hugh Logan Architects v Bent Ham Ltd and Roy Tilleard, Ordinary Procedure, Judgment date 10 August 2011, strike out, summary judgment.

Arts Interactive Ltd v MP Publishing Limited, Summary Procedure, Judgment date 12 April 2011, costs, costs against third party.

In the matter of ISIS Investments Limited, Chancery Procedure, Judgment date 2 February 2011, winding up, compromise of litigation, directions from court to liquidator.

Pearson v Treasury, Ordinary Procedure, Judgment date 6 January 2011, costs against legally aided party, applicability of test in SVS, costs.

Henwood v Moroneys, Superior Business, Judgment date 12 November 2010, costs, indemnity costs.

Arts Interactive Limited v MP Publishing Limited, Summary Procedure, Judgment date 10 August 2010, settlement agreement, performance of terms and payments.

Peel v Johnson, Ordinary Business, Judgment date 15 April 2010, boundary dispute, costs.

Pearson and OTR v Simpson, Ordinary Procedure, Judgment date 19 March 2010, cross appeal against Employment Tribunal decision, powers of Employment Tribunal.

Unreported: Joint Stock Company VTB Bank v Gradison Consultants Inc, Ordinary Procedure, 2010, winding up, cross jurisdiction dispute, Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcements) (Isle of Man) Act 1986.

In the matter of Section 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and Benno Paul Hafner, Deputy High Bailiff's Court 2007-2010, mutual assistance proceedings.

Pearson v OTR Simpson, Ordinary Procedure, Judgment date 8 October 2009, appeal against Employment Tribunal decision, contractual terms, evidence.

Diamond Club Calypso v Gates, Summary Business, Judgment date 28 May 2009, strike out of claim form, service out of jurisdiction, correct defendant.

Unreported: Chancery Division, 2009, opposition to registration of Enduring Power of Attorney, mediation and costs.

Petition of Wisdom, Chancery Division, 2009, proceedings on behalf of Sir Norman Wisdom OBE.

Unreported: In the Petition of Colin Shoveller committee chairman of Club Vista Serena, Chancery Division, 2009, specific discovery, trusts, coroner's recovery under execution, corporate veil.

Unreported: In Re Sara Hackman, Chancery Division, 2009, peitition of doleance, limitation, delay.

Unreported: Kaupthing Bank Hf v Isis Investments Limited, Chancery Procedure, 2009, appointment of a provisional liquidator provisionally, winding up.

In re Brampton International, Chancery Division, Judgment date 5 January 2009, petition of doleance, access to information.

Hawthorne v Jones, Superior Business, Judgment date 8 April 2008, personal injury, definition of expert, damages.

Unreported: KPMG v British Ensign Estates Limited, Summary Business, 2008, specific disclosure, stay pending appeal.

In the Appeal of Hafner, Staff of Government Division, Judgment date 31 August 2007, Appeal from decision of Deputy High Bailiff, correct route of appeal, petition of doleance.

In Re Hafner, Chancery Division, Judgment date 4 December 2007, petition of doleance, making confidential submissions, notice.

R v Johnson et al, Court of General Gaol Delivery, Judgment date 27 June 2007, prosecution withdrawing charges, costs against prosecution.

 

LANGUAGES :

English