"I was educated locally in Bedford and have an Honours Degree in Law from London University. I trained as a Solicitor with a large and local firm of Solicitors and I have always worked in or around Bedford. I am involved in various aspects of community life having served a number of years as a Borough Councillor, in the past as a Governor of a junior and upper school and am presently a Governor of a junior Church school. I have served in the past as the Chairman and President of a local cricket club and I am currently Chairman of another. I am also the Vice Chairman of the Bedford committee of the Save the Children Fund.

I am head of both the Commercial and Residential Property Departments and in addition to dealing with and supervising all aspects of residential property matters, I also deal with commercial property, including company and partnership formations, business start ups, transfers and partnership dissolution plus other aspects of commercial work and all aspects of licensing law. My particular interest is in Hotels, Restaurants and the catering industry generally.

I am a past President of the Bedfordshire Law Society".