Profile
DoB 21st October 1945
1971 - Called to the Bar
Practiced at:
- Farrar's Building, Temple 1971 to 2000;
- Temple Garden Chambers, as Head Chambers for 2 years, from 2001
to date.
26 years of general common law work as a junior and as Queen's
Counsel.
1998 Recruited to International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia - ICTY - by Justice Louise Arbour (later UN HCHR) in
1998.
Prosecuted ICTY's then biggest case about a mid level politician
(Kordic), and ICTY's first case to reach a conclusion charging
genocide (Jelisic).
Returned to The Hague in November 2001 and led all Miloševic
team(s) from then until the end of the trial.
Prosecuting in the ICTY required leadership in all aspects of
investigations, trial related issues, advocacy in court and
developing 'International Humanitarian' and other relevant
international law.
On return to UK in 2006 have remained involved in advising and
acting for international organisations and governments together
with 'domestic' practice in civil litigation and government
work.
Have appeared for the Sudan Trade Union SWTUF (together with NGO
SIDG) in applications to, and attendances at, the ICC for Darfur
situation cases. Together with Rodney Dixon have found ways
into the ICC system by use of the ICC's own laws and rules
permitting representations to be made on behalf of citizens of a
state that has not been prepared to cooperate with the
Court.