PROFILE
Greg is a commercial and chancery practice practitioner.
His recent work includes motor finance secret commission and unfair relationship claims; consumer and commercial disputes; boundary disputes; and advising on draft government legislation proposing changes to pharmacy and medicines law.
Greg is instructed for trials, applications, costs and case management hearings, conferences, mediation and general training. His paper-based practice spans the full range of civil work – providing advice/opinions, and drafting statements of case, applications and contracts.
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.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Consumer finance and general consumer law
- Contract law
- Data protection and privacy / information
- Company law
- Wills and probate
- Property law
- Pharmacy and medicines law
NOTABLE CASES
Wrench v FirstRand Bank [2024] (Court of Appeal; awaiting decision). A secret commission / unfair relationship claim.
ARTICLES
Appointments
International Association for Pharmacy Safety and Environmental Standards (Reviewer)
Scholarships and Prizes
James Crouch Scholarship (Gray’s Inn)
Advocacy Scholar (University of Law)
Various awards from pharmaceutical companies (e.g. Student of the Year; Best Overall Student)
Associations
Northern Circuit (Easter 2023 election)
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn (Member)
British Chartered Institute for IT (Member)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society (Member and Faculty Fellow)
Education
LLM Master of Laws (Distinction), University of Law
Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), University of Law
MPharm Master of Pharmacy (First Class Hons)
Data Protection Practitioner
Freedom of Information Practitioner
CIPP/E Certified Information Privacy Professional (Europe)
CIPM Certified Information Privacy Manager
Prescribed Information
Greg Lawton is a practising barrister, who is regulated by the Bar Standards Board. Details of information held by the BSB about Greg can be found here.
Greg's clerks will happily provide no obligation quotations for all legal services that he provides. Their contact details can be found here. It is most common for Greg to undertake Court and Tribunal work for either a fixed fee or brief fee plus additional refresher days. For advisory work, paperwork and conferences it is most commonly charged at an hourly rate, although fixed fees may be available depending on the circumstances. Greg will typically return paperwork within 10-14 days, however professional commitments, complexity and volume of documentation can affect these approximate timescales. Shorter timescales can be accommodated, please notify Greg’s clerk at the time of instructing if this is required.
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