An article exploring some aspects of the law in respect of claims against motor finance companies who paid commissions to...
Related news
Overview
Greg has experience across a range of Chambers’ core commercial and chancery practice areas.
His recent work has focused on consumer finance and general consumer law, in particular motor finance secret commission and unfair relationship claims. He has also provided advice on draft government legislation proposing changes to pharmacy and medicines law.
Prior to the Bar, Greg worked for a multinational retail business, up to senior management level. He is a pharmacist, and has developed national and international policy in pharmacy, with particular expertise in staffing, patient safety, healthcare policy and organisational campaigns. His experience also extends to the public sector, working in the senior legal team for a national regulator as Head of Data Protection and Information Governance, and Data Protection Officer. His work has involved contributing to the development of statute, initiating and conducted litigation, and drafting detailed legal advice and documents for internal and external use.
Chancery and Commercial
Greg is instructed for trials, applications, costs and case management hearings, and conferences. His paper-based practice spans the full range of civil work – providing advice/opinions, and drafting statements of case, applications and contracts. He is regularly sought after for work by the solicitors who instruct him.
Greg’s practice extends to the following areas, for both claimants and defendants:
- Consumer finance and general consumer law
- Contract law
- Data protection and privacy / information law
- Company law
- Wills and probate
- Property law
- Insolvency
- Tax
- Intellectual property
- Pharmacy and medicines law
Appointments
International Association for Pharmacy Safety and Environmental Standards (Reviewer)
Associations
British Chartered Institute for IT (Member)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Member and Faculty Fellow)
Education
LLM Master of Laws, University of Law
Graduate Diploma in Law, University of Law
MPharm Master of Pharmacy
Data Protection Practitioner
Freedom of Information Practitioner
CIPP/E Certified Information Privacy Professional (Europe)
CIPM Certified Information Privacy Manager
Awards
James Crouch Scholarship, Gray’s Inn
Advocacy Scholar, University of Law
Prescribed Information
Greg Lawton is a practising barrister, regulated by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). The information held by the BSB about him can be found here.
Greg’s clerks will provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. It is most common for Greg to undertake Court and Tribunal work for a brief fee plus refresher days, although fixed fees are available. For paperwork, Greg most commonly charges at an hourly rate, although fixed fees are available. Greg will typically return paperwork within 10-14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales.
Greg also undertakes Direct Access work. This work is undertaken on a contractual basis agreed between the client and Greg’s clerks. This is on fixed fee basis for a specific events such as a conference, advisory work, a hearing with additional hearing days (refreshers) or the drafting of specific documents. All work agreed to be undertaken by Greg with the fixed fee cost will be clearly outlined in the direct access contract signed by the client and will be payable in full prior to the commencement of the work.
