Call: 2024 (Gray’s Inn)
Education: BA (Hons) English and German Literature – First Class, MA – East Asian Studies – Distinction, pGDL – Distinction

Practice Areas: Civil – Family – Immigration

Scholarships

Gray’s Inn  – Mould – Senior Pupillage Scholarship (2025)
Gray’s Inn – Prince of Wales – Major Bar Course Scholarship (2023)
Gray’s Inn & IDRC Michael Mustill Arbitration Scholarship (2023)
Gray’s Inn – Tatjana Finkelstein pGDL Scholarship (2022)

Simon is one of only a few barristers to have been awarded the full complement of scholarships from Gray’s Inn covering all stages of his journey to the Bar, including one of the Inn’s most prestigious senior scholarships awarded each year to only four pupil barristers for excellence in advocacy.

Civil – Commercial & Chancery – Insolvency

Since joining chambers, Simon has been instructed across the full breadth of civil and commercial practice.

Simon has a thriving court practice. He is regularly instructed to appear in fast track trials, interim applications and allocation hearings, and Simon has been praised by judges for his conduct in Court as going beyond his year of call.

A forensic eye for detail, honed during his previous career as a journalist and editor, means Simon particularly enjoys taking on procedurally complex work, and that which involves allegations of fraud and fundamental dishonesty.

Simon also appeared as counsel in commercial mediations. In a recent mediation of a contractual dispute he achieved a cash settlement on behalf of his client in excess of £30,000.

Simon spent six months as a Judicial Assistant in the Court of Appeal assigned to Warby LJ, an invaluable experience which honed his legal writing and research skills. During this time he worked closely with Warby LJ on a number of high-profile appeals including Tickle & Ors v The BBC & Ors [2025] EWCA Civ 42 and Iqbal v Geo TV Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 1566.

Skills and Interests

Simon spent six years living and working in Guangzhou, China, and is fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Simon is also proficient in German, having studied it to degree level.

Outside of work, Simon is a passionate photographer who has exhibited his work, and enjoys playing guitar and piano. He also enjoys running and football.