Simon is a UK barrister with extensive litigation experience across a range of IPRs including trade marks, designs, copyright, IT/computer software, media/entertainment, confidential information and patents. He also handles commercial cases with an intellectual property element.

He appears regularly before all the relevant tribunals including the High Court, Court of Appeal, Patents Court, IPEC (formerly Patents County Court), and UK Intellectual Property Office.

He has particularly extensive experience of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and General Court (GC) in Luxembourg, having acted in more than 20 references involving trade marks, designs, copyright, SPCs and the Biotech Directive.

He practises at leading IP chambers, 3 New Square, in London.