Honorary Lecturer

John is the Group Director, Legal of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a solicitor and a recognised expert on human rights and equality. He has acted for clients in most of the courts and tribunals in this country, including in the Court of Appeal and House of Lords but he specialised in cases before the European Commission and Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

He is the co-author of the Blackstone's Guide to the Human Rights Act, Blackstone's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act and Blackstone's Guide to the Identity Cards Act. John was also a member of the Government's Human Rights Act Task Force. Before moving to the EHRC John spent four years as the full time Deputy Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

John was previously the Director of Liberty (the human rights organisation) where he lobbied for a body like the EHRC for many years.  John has a first degree from the London School of Economics and a MSc. from the University of Surrey.