Daniel draws on extensive business experience to bring a pragmatic approach to commercial matters, together with an in-depth knowledge of company law from modules undertaken on his Bar Professional Training Course. Daniel regularly undertakes advice, both legal and pragmatic, for companies embroiled in disputes and procedural difficulties.

Before coming to the Bar, Daniel was responsible for managing all of his company disputes for circa 20 years, alongside consulting for global PLCs; for example, working with the PLC’s board of directors to recover £65 million of debt and resolving the issues in merging a large group of companies to resolve procedural and legal complexities.

Examples of Daniel’s areas of advice include international trade disputes with linked allegations of fraud, private prosecutions for offences under the Companies Act 2006, shareholder disputes and retrieval of company vehicles from ex-company-members.

I am very familiar with defamation matters and happy to entertain instructions on a wide range of issues. I am also authorised to instruct co-counsel where required.

Daniel has knowledge and experience in matters of child arrangement orders and custody disputes and divorce law. Drawing on his extensive business career, Daniel has in excess of 20 years’ experience in negotiating and resolving issues and conflicts to achieve a mutual and fair resolution to the most complex issues. These skills are essential to draw family conflicts and disputes to a swift conclusion and allow parties to move forward in a positive way and leave difficulties behind insofar as is possible.

Daniel achieved a distinction Master of Laws degree for Legal Practice for Barristers in which he undertook family matters such as child abduction, child contact, and divorce issues. Daniel achieved “Outstanding” grades for both the Conference module and the “Resolution of Disputes out of Court” module — both of which lend enormous weight to the practice of family law and resolving disputes with amicable and workable solutions. Daniel has an approachable and understanding manner as well as a keen attention to detail, where required.

Daniel has frequently appeared in court for child arrangement disputes and allegations of physical and emotional abuse. Notably, Daniel has advised on cases of international child abduction and emergency High Court applications

Daniel has handled numerous intellectual property disputes for his companies over 20 years’ of successful trading; including trademark filings, applications and disputes, domain name and related goodwill disputes, design rights and proprietary company information in relation to trade. Daniel undertook IP modules both in his BPTC, for which he achieved an “Outstanding” grade, and in his Master of Laws, for which he achieved a “Distinction” grade.

Recently, Daniel has advised on a multi-million-pound intellectual property dispute involving complex software and sui generis database rights. Daniel is able to advise on any IP or Data Protection matter with a clear and pragmatic approach, bringing in knowledge and experience of company law and practice.