Barrister Profile

Main Areas of Practice

Administrative Law or Judicial Review
Criminal Law
Human Rights
Personal Injury

Biography

Peter regularly appears as a criminal defence practitioner in applications and contested hearings in both the Magistrates’ Court and the County Court. In addition to criminal defence work, Peter has represented Plaintiffs and Defendants in County Court civil litigation and has been instructed in Extradition matters.

Peter is currently a member of the Young Bar Association Committee.

Qualifications

2018; Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies (Distinction), Queen’s University, Belfast

2017; LL.B. Law (Hons) Newcastle University, II.I

Scholarships and Awards

2018; John P.B. Maxwell Scholarship (joint 3rd placed Bar Trainee)

2018; Eoin Higgins Moot Prize for Best Advocate

2018; Judge Corinne Philpott QC Memorial Prize (highest result in Criminal Litigation)