Qualifications: Law MA(Cantab) 1989

                        Russian BA(Hons) 2:1 New University of Ulster 1982

Resident in Russia/USSR 1981 and 1982 in Moscow, Minsk and St. Petersburg.

Defence School of Languages Russian interpreter course 1985 - 1987. Second class civil service interpretership (Navy). Member of the Institute of Linguists (Russian).

Part time teacher of Russian 1987 - 2003 mainly to Armed Froces.

Various interpreter assignments for visiting Russian jurists, judges and advocates in UK.

Growing number of criminal cases with Russian or Russian speaking Eastern European clients ie fraud, illegal immigration matters.