Sam is undertaking a civil pupillage with a focus on personal injury work, under the supervision of Henry Vanderpump.
Prior to being called to the Bar, Sam completed mini-pupillages with numerous chambers covering the full spectrum of civil practice, including personal injury and general commercial cases. These provided direct insights into the preparation and delivery of submissions, litigation strategy and communication with a wide variety of professional and lay clients.
In addition to the experience gained on mini pupillages, Sam also spent multiple placements abroad working for an international law firm in Gibraltar. During these placements Sam acted as senior counsel leading three juniors in a moot, researched topical points of law related to live cases and drafted various documents for solicitors including VASP applications for DLT/crypto-asset service providers, loan agreements and deeds of release.
Education
- BA (Hons), History, First Class (Trinity College, Cambridge)
- M.Phil., Classics (Trinity College, Cambridge)
- GDL (The University of Law)
- BPC (The University of Law)
Awards and prizes
- ITSA Essay Competition, 2nd Place (Inner Temple, 2024)
- COMBAR Mentee (Commercial Bar Association, 2024)
- Marion Simmons QC Memorial Prize, 2nd Place (ARDL, 2024)
- ITSA Essay Competition, Runner Up (Inner Temple, 2023)
- Littleton Chambers Sports Law Essay Competition Finalist (Littleton Chambers, 2023)
- Vice Chancellor Award for Exceptional Advocacy Performance (The University of Law, 2022)
- Major Scholarship (Inner Temple, 2022)
- Duke of Edinburgh Scholarship (Inner Temple, 2022)
Memberships
- Inner Temple
- Northern Circuit