Chancery / commercial Barrister experience in independent practice since 1997, covering a wide variety of areas of work within that field, also with experience working in-house for large companies or firms. Practises primarily in Manchester and the North West but also a member of chambers in London.Specialties: chancery and commercial law: contract drafting and disputes; professional negligence; property and conveyancing disputes; equity and trusts; wills and succession; commercial disputes; banking; construction; insurance; ecommerce and IT; landlord and tenant and some housing areas; arbitration and ADR; plus expertise on the Human Rights Act 1998Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, so qualified to act as a commercial arbitrator, and CEDR-accredited mediator.Legal author on the Human Rights Act 1998 (co-author (with John Rowe QC) 'Human Rights in the UK: An Introduction to the Human Rights Act 1998' (4th ed, 2012) and 'The Impact of the UK Human Rights Act on Private Law' (editor, 2011).