joined Chambers in 1987, having been a full-time lecturer in law at London University from 1979 until then. He has maintained some links with academia, and is now Visiting Professorial Fellow in International Taxation at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London.

He specialises primarily in international aspects of taxation, which covers both corporate and private client matters. He also has a particular interest in taxation and the European Convention on Human Rights, on which he has been involved in training the General and Special Commissioners and members of VAT Tribunals.

He is a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, of the Committee of the UK Branch of the International Fiscal Association, and the International Tax Sub-Committee of the Law Society.

He is married with twin sons and a younger daughter. One of his ambitions is to get home in time each day to tell bedtime stories.

In 1997 he was awarded an OBE for work with Chinese political refugees in the UK.