Barrister Profile

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Coroners or Inquests
Immigration
Personal Injury

Biography

Dan was called to the Bar in September 2023. His practice is primarily composed of Judicial Review challenges, civil proceedings before the County Court and High Court, including legacy, personal injury and clinical negligence issues, housing matters, inquests and appeals to the First-tier and Upper Tier Tribunals of the Immigration and Asylum Chambers.

Dan also has experience in other areas of law, and has appeared in the Magistrates Court in criminal and family matters.

Dan is also a Tutor at Queen’s University, Belfast of Criminal Evidence for second and third year students.

Qualifications

2023: Degree of Barrister-At-Law

2023: Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies, Institute of Professional Legal Studies (Distinction)

JBP Maxwell Scholarship (4th Placed Bar Trainee)

2019: Undergraduate Degree of LLB Law at Queen’s University, Belfast

Experience

2023: Advocate at The International Criminal Court (ICC) Moot in The Hague

2023: Advocate at the IPLS Supreme Court Moot Final in London

2023: One of two winning Advocates in the Eoin Higgins Memorial Moot

Publications

Inquest touching upon the death of Jason Weir - Dan acted on behalf of the next of kin in this Article 2-compliant jury inquest. The jury found that errors and omission of the Trust, in particular around its administration and management of Mr. Weir’s medication, as well as the communication between healthcare teams in his medication management, contributed to his death.

In the matter of an application by Eter Ketiladze for Judicial Review [2025] NIKB - Dan acted on behalf of the Applicant, whose asylum protection claim was certified as ‘clearly unfounded’ by the Secretary of State for the Home Office. Leave was granted by the High Court challenging this decision and the Secretary of State conceded the substantive challenge

NI Housing Executive v Shannon McGreevy [2025] NI County Court - Dan successfully acted on behalf of the Defendant in proceedings initiated by the NIHE seeking her eviction, on the basis that succession cannot take place twice under Article 26 of the Housing (NI) Order 1983. The Defendant raised defences under Article 8 ECHR and the public law duty of reasonable inquiry imposed upon decision-makers such as the NIHE. The Order for eviction was subsequently refused by the Court on the grounds the NIHE had failed to comply with this duty.