Nationality: British

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA (Hons), St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge, 1961 – 1964
• Called to the Bar of England and Wales by Middle Temple, 1965
• Appointed Queen’s Counsel, 1981

BAR, JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE

• Appointed Recorder of the Crown Court for England & Wales, 1982;
• Appointed Deputy High Court Judge, 1989;
• Elected a Bencher of the Middle Temple, 1989;
• Treasurer, Middle Temple, 2009;
• Practised primarily in London but also in Bermuda, Brunei, Fiji, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore;
• Extensive experience in constitutional and commercial cases;
• Constitutional Adviser to the Governor General of Fiji (1987) and to the President of Fiji (1987 – 1990);
• Formerly a Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court;
• Formerly non-resident Judge of the Court of Appeal in the Bahamas;
• Appointed as Surveillance Commissioner for England and Wales in January 2010;
• Appointed Justice of the Court of Appeal, Cayman Islands, 2013