Damian was called to the Bar in 2001, and joined Enterprise Chambers in 2006. Damian has chosen to practise from our Newcastle branch of Enterprise Chambers. He will continue to be available to work wherever he is needed in pursuit and protection of his clients' interests.

Damian's practice covers the areas of work undertaken by chambers with a focus on all aspects of commercial litigation and insolvency. Damian brings to his practice, the drive, experience and customer-focused pragmatism which were essential in his pre-Bar career as a management consultant. Between 1993 and 1998, Damian worked for the global management consultancy firm, Accenture, where he divided his time between blue-chip clients in the spheres of investment banking, pharmaceuticals and government.

Areas of Emphasis

Commercial Litigation
Damian practises across the full spectrum of commercial and contractual disputes. Recent work includes:

• Freezing injunctions
• A summary judgment application centred on the requirement to serve a withholding notice under Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
• Representing a creditor with a charging order faced with ancillary relief proceedings where the husband sought a transfer of the wife's charged beneficial interest.

Insolvency
Damian’s practice includes all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency. Recent work includes:

• Advising in transaction avoidance and misfeasance.
• Applications for administration orders and to restrain advertisement of petitions
• Advising a husband's trustee in bankruptcy on the relevance of a consent order made in ancillary relief proceedings.

Fraud

Work includes obtaining a without notice Norwich Pharmacal disclosure order including a "gagging" provision against a major bank to assist a client who suspected fraudulent activities by one of it's own directors.

Chancery
Damian’s practice includes advising and appearing on behalf of clients in chancery matters.

Recent work includes:

• Obtaining an injunction to prevent a home owner from constructing a development in breach of covenant.
• Advice and representation in a dispute the responsibilities of a landlord for water ingress from outside of the demised premises.

Company

Damian's practice includes junior companies court work.  Work includes advising on the rights of minority shareholders and appearances in the Applications Court for the purposes of obtaining validation orders and discharging administrations.

Sports

Damian has advised and represented a Premier League football club and a County Championship cricket club.

Career & Associations

• MA Cantab – Christ’s College, English Literature
• Bar School: first prize for Civil Litigation
• Called to the Bar 2001
• Member of the Chancery Bar Association
• Member of the British Association for Sport and the Law