I have been an active member of the Labour Party for over 20 years and have extensive experience of campaigning:

• Elected delegate to the GC and LGC in Camden.
• National Health Service –I worked for over 10 years as an operating department assistant, a role that involved paramedic responsibilities and detailed knowledge of anaesthetics and surgery.
• Union – As a NUPE shop steward in the NHS (Birmingham Accident Hospital) I represented numerous health care workers before disciplinary tribunals.  I also gave advice to members on a variety of work related issues. Currently a member of Amicus/Unite
• Former Chair of the University of Westminster Labour Students
• Founder and chair of the Inns of Court Labour Students
• Associate Editor of Labour Home website (labourhome.org).
• Parliamentary Candidate - Wantage 2005
• Former school governor, Aldersbrook Primary School
• Member of the Lincoln’s Inn Disciplinary Committee
• Palestinian human rights work – I project manage and deliver human rights training for Palestinian lawyers. This programme is funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
• University and the Bar - I did my A levels at the Working Men's College as a mature student, then went to university. I was called to the Bar at the age of 31 and am now a barrister specialising in criminal law and international human rights. I have been instructed on a number of fraud trials which include international money laundering and high level VAT fraud.
  
• Charity - I am a Director of Amicus, a charity, which assists in the representation of US inmates on death row.
• Innocence – Founding Director of the London Innocence Project, which provides pro bono support for victims of miscarriages of justice.
• Instructed by Amnesty International on International Human Rights cases
• Volunteer – Lincoln’s Inn Fields homeless support