Local government
& governance
Advising councils and public bodies on legal duties, governance, decision-making, standards and effective scrutiny.

Legal professional
Advocate
Governance & leadership
I bring legal knowledge, commercial awareness and real-world experience to complex issues.
Explore↓︎CLEAR THINKING
FOR COMPLEX QUESTIONS.
About
My work has always centred on difficult questions, competing interests and the need to make sound decisions.
My experience spans law enforcement and investigation, trade unions, local government, school governance and leadership, as well as legal education. These roles have shaped how I work: listening carefully, understanding what matters and explaining the options clearly.
I bring legal knowledge, commercial awareness and practical experience of making decisions, representing others and working through difficult situations.
What I do
I work with public bodies, organisations and individuals where law, governance and practical decision-making meet.
Advising councils and public bodies on legal duties, governance, decision-making, standards and effective scrutiny.
Helping people and organisations approach workplace issues, policy, representation and difficult conversations clearly.
Applying practical experience of investigations, enforcement, evidence and proportionate regulatory decision-making.
Supporting governance reviews, organisational challenges and decisions involving competing interests and public accountability.
Experience
Legal knowledge matters most when it can be applied with judgment, context and care.
Bar training, formal hearings, interviews under caution and practical workplace representation.
↗︎More than a decade working with communities through environmental and rural-crime enforcement.
↗︎Experience at the heart of local government and school governance through scrutiny and change.
↗︎A commercial foundation that keeps legal questions connected to strategy, risk and outcomes.
↗︎Selected foundations
Not a conventional path and stronger for it.
Distinction
Current
Completed
Completed
Completed
Statutory maternity pay
My current research asks whether the UK’s statutory maternity-pay framework delivers substantive equality or leaves legal protection formally present but practically inadequate.
Discuss the research ↗︎Occasional notes
Law · Governance · Leadership
Short notes on law, governance, working life and the questions behind my current research. No fixed schedule and no inbox clutter.
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