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In addition to his practice at the Bar, in 2008 he was tasked by the Law Society of Northern Ireland and Ulster University to create a new institution in Northern Ireland for the training of Solicitors, which became known as the Graduate School for Professional Legal Education. Whilst maintaining his full-time practice at the Bar, he was a lecturer in legal practice for litigation and advocacy for the Graduate School, until being asked to become its Director in 2015 to oversee the eventual closure of the course in July 2016.
Due to his practical experience at the Bar in conjunction with lecturing and the development of professional legal training courses, from 2015 he has provided regular CPD courses to local members of the profession through MBL (Seminars) Ltd, covering various aspects of civil procedure such as judicial review, procurement law and injunctive law.