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Bob’s first degree is in English from St John’s College, Oxford. After being called to the Bar, he was a member of the Liverpool chambers of Lords Justices Levison and Edis, working in criminal law and common law for ten years. Bob then returned to his native North-East and qualified as a solicitor in 1999. Working in private practice in commercial, clinical negligence, and family public law, Bob became increasingly attracted to privacy and information law. He led in data protection and privacy law in national programmes both for NHS England and the Health Quality Improvement Partnership (https://www.hqip.org.uk/). Bob then worked for several local authorities – latterly Birmingham City Council, the largest public authority in Europe!
Bob has published an article on the demise of consent with Southampton University’s prestigious privacy and information law blog, Peep Beep!
Bob has written a training package featuring a data protection officer called Boring Bob, which, he hopes, demonstrates that data protection isn’t as boring as some might think.
Bob has just (about) mastered the first movement of Beethoven’s last piano sonata and is moving on to the second – an expectant world awaits!
Bob is fond of this feedback:
‘Thanks Bob for sharing – really well written, clear and helpful. I think I could now probably answer a question on sharing Test and Trace data – and I 100% would not have been able to 5 minutes ago!’ – Caldicott Guardian, Bracknell Forest Borough Council
‘Bob’s understanding was so impressive together with his challenging of external legal advice and internal governance. However, what was particularly significant was his commitment to maintaining the rights of vulnerable individuals.’ – Head of Safeguarding, NHS England
