A typical day would see me advising an advertising agency on the legal and regulatory risks involved in a new comparative advertising campaign and how to minimise them, preparing for a court application to stop unauthorised use of a brand owner’s logo, then discussing how best to deal with a defamation complaint that has just come in to a magazine publisher client.

I was the author of the textbook “Advertising Law and Regulation” (Butterworths, 2000) and co-author of the second edition of the book published by Bloomsbury in January 2011.

I'm a member of the Advertising Lawyers’ Group, the Administrative Law Bar Association, the British Brands Group Lawyers’ Group and am on the Committee of the Branded Content Marketing Association.

I'm regularly asked to speak on advertising, brand, media and IP matters. I’m recommended as a leading lawyer in intellectual property, advertising/marketing and defamation/privacy by the legal directories and listed as a ‘leading practitioner’ in the 2011 edition of the World Trademark Review 1000. 

I regularly write and am quoted in articles for industry journals and the national press, covering topics such as transparency in media agency contracts, the regulation of television and radio advertising, comparative advertising and the protection of intellectual property.

- acting for ICI, makers of Dulux paint, in relation to a comparative advertising dispute with PPG, makers of Johnstone’s paint

- acting for a product design agency in relation to a naming dispute in the High Court with another product design agency

- acting for Whirlpool, the manufacturer of the iconic KitchenAid kitchen stand mixer in a High Court and Court of Appeal trade mark infringement claim against Kenwood in relation to a 3-D shape mark

- acting for ‘3’, the mobile telephone company in defence of a trade mark infringement and passing off action brought by O2 arising from a comparative advertising campaign which progressed through the High Court and Court of Appeal up to the European Court of Justice and is now one of the leading European cases on comparative advertising

- representing multinational and luxury car companies in relation to their IP and brand protection work

Additionally I regularly advise clients on disputes with advertising and media industry regulators, including judicial review and human rights’ issues.

Hutchison 3G UK, Nissan Motor GB, Whirlpool, TBWA UK Group, one of the largest advertising and marketing groups in the country.

MA Cambridge, LLM London (Merit). 

I spent 5 years as a Barrister at leading defamation and media set One Brick Court.  During my time there I was involved in many high profile actions, including acting for Bruce Grobbelaar in his libel action against The Sun newspaper (represented by George Carman QC). I then became Head of Legal and Business Affairs for the TBWA UK Group. I joined Lewis Silkin in December 2001, re-qualified as a Solicitor, and became a Partner in April 2003, before becoming head of the Media, Brands and Technology department in 2008.

I have higher court rights of audience and am an accredited CEDR mediator.

I live in Ealing with my wife Nicki and our three children. I cycle into work and do the occasional triathlon. I like to travel whenever possible and go to the theatre and cinema when the demands of looking after three young children allow!