Chris Harper

Joint Managing Partner and Head of Department

Chris is Joint Managing Partner with Jane Laidler. He has wide experience of the handling of civil disputes (private and commercial) arising in a variety of fields including contract, intellectual property, professional negligence, insolvency, estates and tax, and of administrative law claims (having been involved in Judicial Review proceedings both for and against regulators) and human rights issues.

His current practice is in both litigation and advisory work, including data protection and freedom of information. He is a specialist in gambling law.

Chris gained his degree at University College London and was articled at Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co. He became a partner in 1978 and has led the litigation team since 1984.

e: c.harper@grm.co.uk

John Sharpe

Partner

John is a Corporate and Commercial specialist and a member of the Employment Law team.

He is particularly experienced in matters of Constitutional, Employment and Property law. He advises directors and shareholders of many private companies and holds a number of non-executive directorships as well as being a key adviser to several nationally known organisations.

He was originally a partner in the London firm of Milners Curry & Gaskell which merged with the then firm of Gregory, Rowcliffe & Co in 1988 to become what is now GRM. He is a member of the Administrative Law Bar Association and the Employment Law Association.

e: j.sharpe@grm.co.uk