Education
• Brasenose College Oxford (1995 MA, First Class Hons. Chemistry);
• City University (1996, Diploma in Law, Distinction);
• Inns of Court School of Law (1997, top of year, graded Outstanding and Scarman scholar).

Career
• Called to the Bar in 1997, Middle Temple;
• Contributor to 15th and 16th Editions of ‘Terrell on Patents’.

Reported cases
Cases before the UK Courts:
• Generics UK v Daiichi [2008] EWHC 2413 (pat) (patent, ofloxacin, levofloxacon, enantiomers)
• Actavis v Merck [2008] RPC 26 (finasteride, male pattern baldness, second medical use claims, when Courrt of Appeal can depart from previosu decisions)
• Generics UK, Teva & Arrow v Lundbeck [2008] RPC 19 (patent, citalopram, escitalopram, enantiomers)
• Qualcomm v Nokia [2008] EWHC 329 (pat) (Mobile telephones, patents, infringement, validity, essentiality)
• Research in Motion UK Limited v Visto [2008] EWHC 355 (pat) (BlackBerry computers, patent, obviousness, computer software patents)
• Teva v Merrell & Sepracor [2007] EWHC 2276 (ch)
• GSK v Sanofi (patent, pneumoccal vaccines, stay of proceedings)
• Triumph v Vickers [2007] EWHC 1376 (Pat) (Patents Court, hydraulic pump/motor units for use in aircraft, infringement, validity and amendment, proper comparison when conisdering allegations of added matter by amendment of a granted patent [amended claim to application as filed])
• Research in Motion UK Limited v Visto [2007] EWHC 900 (Ch) (BlackBerry computers, abuse of process by commencemnt of proceedings in Italy, dismissal under Art. 28 Brussels Regulation)
• Aerotel Limited v Telco (Patents Court, summary revocation of a Patent, method of doing business, patentability)
• Research in Motion UK Limited v Inpro Licensing SARL [2007] EWCA Civ 51 & [2006] RPC 20 (Court of Appeal & Patents Court, BlackBerry handheld computers)
• Conor Medsystems v Angiotech Pharmaceuticals [2007] RPC 20 & [2006] RPC 28 (Court of Appeal & Patents Court, approach to obviousness, drug eluting cardiovascular stents)
• Mayne Pharma v Debiopharm [2006] FSR 37 (Patents Court, waiver of privilege by service of Notice of Experiments, oxaliplatin)
• Jerome Canady v Erbe Electromedezin GmbH [2005] EWHC (Pat) 2946 (Patents Court, infringement, argon plasma coagulation endoscopy probes; [2006] FSR 10 (split trial of infringement and validity)
• Abbott v Generics [UK] (Patents Court, clarithromycin, interim injunction, action struck out on interim injunction application)
• Badge Sales v PMS International Group PLC [2006] FSR 1 (High Court, design right, secondary infringement, whether innocent acquisition a bar to interim injunction)
• Stanelco v BioProgress (No.1) & (No.2) [2005] RPC 15 & 16 (Patents Court, RF welding, patent entitlement and breach of confidence, application to adduce further evidence after judgment)
• Merck & Co., Inc v Generics [UK] [2004] RPC 31 (Patents Court, alendronate, patent infringement, variants of claimed process)
• Coflexip v Stolt Comex (No.2) [2004] FSR 7 & 34 (Patents Court & Court of Appeal, sub-sea piplaying, patent infringement, inquiry as to damages, estoppel as to validity, CPC Art. 33)
• Merck & Co., Inc’s Patents [2004] FSR 16 & [2003] FSR 24 (Patents Court, Court of Appeal, patent, validity, alendronate, bone resorption agents)
• Dendron v University of California [2004] FSR 23 (Patents Court, aneurysm coils, amendment of Grounds of Invalidity, insufficient particularity)
• SmithKline Beecham v Generics [UK] [2004] FSR 8 (Court of Appeal, paroxetine, use of documents)
• Fulton v Totes [2004] RPC 301 & [2003] RPC 499 (Patents County Court & Court of Appeal, umbrella cases, design right and registered designs, construction of the statutory definition of a design)
• Kirin-Amgen v HMR/TKT [2003] RPC 31 (Patents Court, recombinant erythropoietin, amendment of a patent, good faith and reasonable skill & knowledge)
• Coflexip v Stolt Comex [2003] FSR 41 (Court of Appeal, patent infringement, inquiry as to damages, loss of profit, causation)
• Instance v Denny [2002] RPC 321 (Court of Appeal, sticky labels, patent infringement & validity, correct test for Court of Appeal in patent appeals)
• Pharmacia/Monsanto v Merck [2002] RPC 775 & [2000] RPC 709 (Patents Court & Court of Appeal, patent infringement and validity – Cox II inhibitors, tautomers)
• Coflexip v Stolt Comex [2001] RPC 182 (Court of Appeal, patent, subsea pipelaying, infringement, validity, scope of final injunctions)
• Euromarket Designs v Peters [2001] FSR 288 (trade marks, use of trade marks on websites, revocation for non-use)
• Scandecor v Scandecor [1999] FSR 26 (passing off/trade marks, ownership of goodwill)
• Round v Redfearn (November 1998) High Court, design right, beer bottles)

Cases before the European Patent Office
• T812/00 (Thiophenes/Searle et al)

Personal
Regular competitor in triathlons – has represented Great Britain at both World Short and Long Course Triathlon Championship and has been a bronze medallist in his age group at the European Triathlon Championships.

Professional membership
Intellectual Property Bar Association; Chancery Bar Association.