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Introduction I am a barrister specialising in offshore finance (based in the British Virgin Islands). I focus mostly on legal articles, but I also write or edit articles about British Virgin Islands history, British Virgin Islands politics, scuba diving and American football, as well as any other subject where I feel I can usefully contribute. I prefer to write semi-anonymously to try and draw a line between my professional legal opinions and my "academic" writing on Wikipedia. I have been editing Wikipedia off and on for 18 years, 190 days. I used to be quite prolific on Wikipedia, but like all things in life, kids and jobs have slowed the flood to a veritable trickle. My Contributions I have written a lot of articles, but I have never written a Featured Article (I have done a few "A class" articles though). Probably the best article that I think I have done is the local authorities swaps litigation article - that involved summarising complex concepts of law and finance in a way (I felt) reasonably understandable to the general public. In best Wikipedia fashion it was summarily assessed as a "C" class article, but what can you do? I am also quietly proud of History of the British Virgin Islands. I have also had a few Did you knows? over the years: Joost van Dyk (featured as a Did you know? on 1 November 2006) Arthur William Hodge (featured as a Did you know? on 18 January 2007) British Virgin Islands general election, 1967 (featured as a Did you know? on 6 April 2014) Penalties in English law (featured as a Did you know? on 30 September 2015) I have only ever been awarded three Barnstars. Read into that what you will. Credits: The design of this Userpage was shamelessly plagiarised from User:Deckiller.

Userboxes: This user comes from the British Virgin Islands. This user is a lawyer. 1stThis user has a First class honours degree in law. E This user believes The Economist is the voice of sanity. This editor is a Senior Editor and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star. This user has been awarded 3 Barnstars on Wikipedia. 20,000+This user has made more than 20,000 contributions to Wikipedia. This user is ranked 1505 on the list of Wikipedians by articles created. This user is one of the 5000 most active English Wikipedians of all time.