Christopher has been a tenant of 4KBW since October 2011, following successful completion of pupillage with the set. 

His practice focuses on civil, public and employment law though he also accepts instructions in criminal proceedings in both the Magistrates’ (including Youth) and Crown Courts.

Areas of Practice

Civil

Christopher accepts instructions in all areas of civil law, both drafting pleadings and appearing before the County Courts and High Court. His practice encompasses commercial, property (including landlord and tenant) and personal injury litigation. 

Whilst on the Bar Vocational Course, he acted for a client before the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in a dispute concerning service charges.

Public

Christopher has a burgeoning practice in mental health law, acting for applicants before the Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers’ hearings, including for restricted patients.

Prior to commencing pupillage, Christopher worked at a busy solicitors’ firm in South London, specialising in family law. The work included representing clients at directions and ex parte hearings.

Christopher also accepts work in immigration and housing cases. 

Employment

Christopher accepts instructions for both employers and employees in Employment Tribunals at all stages of proceedings, from the drafting of pleadings, to case management discussions and final hearings. 

Prior to coming to the Bar, he undertook a number of employment (as well as social security) cases for the Free Representation Unit (FRU).

Crime

Christopher both defends and prosecutes, receiving instructions from defence solicitors, the CPS, the Probation Service and G4S. He appears in both the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts, including the Youth Court, for all manner of offences.


Before joining the Bar, Christopher worked as a paralegal to a silk at the Baha Mousa Public Inquiry, as a paralegal in the family practice of a solicitors firm, and as a legal assistant at the Wandsworth and Merton Law Centre.