Information

Professional & Academic Qualifications

1977 Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent BA (Hons) Law
1978 Hull University M.A. (Criminology)
1982 Admitted Advocate in Isle of Man
1996 Admitted Solicitor – England and Wales
2000 Admitted Solicitor – Northern Ireland
2000 Admitted Solicitor – Republic of Ireland
2002 Fellow International Centre for Legal Studies
2006 Accredited Mediator ADR Group UK Friary Law Group Republic of Ireland

Current Employment

Self Employed Legal Consultant. Also sitting as; Chair Social Security Tribunal, locum Chair Employment Tribunal, Chair IOM Rent and Rating Appeal Commissioners. Director Marin Insurance Limited.

Employment History

January 2005 Self Employed Legal Consultant
May 2002 Partner, Gough & Co
July 1996 Partner, Wright & Co
November 1987 Partner, Simcocks
1984 Partner, Kneale & Co,
1979 Trainee/Associate T W Cain & Sons

Publications and Seminars

1978 Judicial Corporal Punishment: The Manx Experience
(University of Hull - Masters Degree Thesis)
1990 Chapter on Attestation in Isle of Man “Brookes Notary” 8th Edition.
1996 Chapter on Enforcement of Judgements in Isle of Man in Kaye(ed) “Methods of Execution of Orders and Judgements in Europe” Wiley”
2002 Seminar – Defending Trust Litigation Conference, Isle of Man
2002 Chapter on Isle of Man in International Execution of Judgements – European Centre for Legal Studies
2006 Boundary Committee report to Tynwald
2007 Report to Tynwald on the 2006 Electoral Register