Leadership and culture, principles and professionalism, simplicity and safety—lessons from the Nimrod Review

The King’s School, Canterbury

Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA, law)

Called to the Bar at Gray’s Inn (1978)

Called to the Hong Kong Bar (1980)

Practiced at the Commercial Bar (1980–2011)

Appointed Queen’s Counsel (1999)

Appointed Bencher of Gray’s Inn (2004)

Appeared in major aviation and marine disaster cases such as Manchester Air Disaster, Herald of Free Enterprise, Braer Disaster, Kegworth Aircrash, Knight Air Crash, BP Trent and Marchioness Disaster

Appointed by Secretary of State for Defence to conduct The Nimrod Review into loss of RAF Nimrod MR2 aircraft XV230 in Afghanistan (2007–2009)

Lectured to MOD, Defence Academy (ACSC/ HCSC), Boscome Down, RUSI, Academy of Engineers, International Atomic Energy Agency and Nuclear Directorate, UK Flight Safety Committee, Royal Aeronautical Society, International Society for Military Law & the Law of War, West Point Military Academy in USA, Oil & Gas UK and Institution of Civil Engineers

Past Chairman of RAeS Air Law Group (Fellow, 2011)

Past Chairman of Advocacy Training Council of the Bar (Fellow, 2011)

Trustee of Access to Justice Foundation (2012–)

Master of Education at Gray’s Inn (2013–)

Chairman of International Committee of the Judicial College (2013–)

Appointed a Justice of the High Court (assigned to Queen’s Bench Division) (2011)

Appointed a Presiding Judge on the Midland Circuit (2014–)