Masters of the Bench

Education: Matthew Humberstone Comprehensive School, Cleethorpes; Lincoln College, Oxford; MA; BCL

Admission: 23 November 1976; Call 27 November 1979; In practice at the bar 1979-; Chairman, Employment Appeal Tribunal Users Group 1995-99; Mediator, Centre for Dispute Resolution 1998-; Chairman, Employment Tribunals 2001-02; Chairman, Employment Law, Bar Association 2001-03; Chairman, Bar Disciplinary Tribunal 2001-; Honorary Professor University of Hull 2001-; Member, Standards Board for England 2001-05; Recorder 2002-

Publications: Bowers on Employment Law, 2004; Atkin’s Court Forms Vol 38, 1986 & 2003 (joint); Modern Law of Strikes, 1987; Industrial Tribunal Procedure, 1987; Employment Tribunal Procedure, 1998; The Employment Act 1998, 1998 (joint); Termination of Employment, 1988 & 1995; Transfer of Undertakings, 1989 & 1996 (joint); Basic Procedure in Courts and Tribunals, 1990 (joint); Textbook on Employment Law, 1990 & 1998 (joint); Employment Law Update, 1991 (joint); Transfer of Undertakings Encyclopedia, 1998; Whistleblowing: the new law, 2000; Employment Law and Human Rights, 2000; Bullen and Leake on Pleadings (contrib)

Recreations: Football; Walking; Cycling