Qualified in 2010
Michael is a barrister who specialises in the areas of commercial, land and property, trusts, wills, probate and inheritance and financial remedies in the family court (where that area overlaps with his core commercial and chancery practice). A former solicitor (admitted in 1998), Michael offers lay clients a reliably proactive, hands-on and user friendly service.
Michael, a former police officer, graduated in law at Manchester University in 1995 and qualified as a solicitor in 1998, becoming in 2008 a partner in a city centre commercial practice.
Michael was called to the Bar in July 2010 and after a successful pupillage became a tenant with Linenhall Chambers in January 2011.
Being a former solicitor, Michael is very aware of the pressures upon both solicitors and clients alike. In addition to his court work, Michael has a busy paper practice including the preparation of statements of case and applications and advices, his aim being to return paperwork as soon as possible.
Commercial / Chancery:
Reported cases:
HSBC Bank PLC V Brown (2015) EWHC 359 (Ch) – Michael successfully defeated Bank’s claim for repossession of land based upon its Charge.
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