Chris graduated from Cardiff University in 1980 and qualified as a solicitor in 1983 at Nowell, Meller & Nowell in Stafford. He then spent the first five years of his career acting for claimants, most notably for the majority of claimants in respect of the outbreak of Legionnaires Disease at Stafford District General Hospital in 1985.

Chris then spent five years as a Partner in a firm in Cardiff acting exclusively for insurance companies. He defended claims against Local Authorities ranging from routine claims of tripping and slipping to those that were novel and unprecedented, including some of the first claims against Social Services Departments of Local Authorities by victims of sexual abuse.

He was also involved in claims against large industrial and engineering concerns such as British Steel in South Wales.

Prior to joining Bevan Ashford in 1998, Chris was a solicitor in the Welsh Office Legal Services department and, on behalf of the NHS in Wales, defended a substantial caseload of personal injury and medical negligence claims. Personal injury claims included employers' liability and public liability, covering all manner of claims from lifting, repetitive strain injury, industrial diseases and occupational stress.

In clinical negligence matters, he has acted for nearly every NHS Trust in Wales at some stage during his career. Many of the claims involved catastrophic brain damage and other high profile cases.

In employment matters, Chris has advised on many complex and unprecedented issues and is a regular advocate before the Employment Tribunal and in the Coroner's Courts.

Chris is a member of the Professional Negligence Lawyers' Association and part-time Legal Panel Member of the Appeals Service.

Living in Cardiff, Chris is married with two sons, and his recreational interests include sailing and photography.