The pen is mightier than the sword — but only if you choose to use it.

About Me

I’ve always had a strong sense of justice — but what I saw was a system where justice too often came second to process and profit.

My own background is in law. I trained and worked in the industry, but quickly became disillusioned with how it operated. Clients became case files, fees mattered more than outcomes, and instead of challenging injustice, too many professionals simply kept the wheels of a broken system turning.

For a long time, I stepped away. But over the last couple of years, people began coming to me with legal queries — friends, contacts, and those who didn’t know where else to turn. I helped on an ad hoc basis, and the results spoke for themselves. Cases moved forward, people felt empowered, and outcomes were achieved that many had been told were impossible.

What became clear was this: justice doesn’t have to look like the traditional industry. It doesn’t need to cost thousands, and it doesn’t need to treat people as numbers.

That’s why I started The Invisible Advocate.

I work as a McKenzie Friend, supporting people who represent themselves in civil and family matters. I help prepare cases, draft letters, and provide the kind of guidance and perspective that gives you confidence in a system designed to overwhelm you.

And beyond individual cases, I’m passionate about legal activism — holding councils and institutions to account, not by shouting from the sidelines, but by using their own laws and duties to demand transparency and accountability.

I care about outcomes, not fees. I care about people, not processes. And I care about justice, not just “the way it is.”

If that resonates with you, you’re in the right place.

I qualified as a barrister in 2005 and worked in the industry for several years. But disillusionment came quickly. I saw how solicitors’ firms operated as businesses first, justice second. Clients became numbers on a billing sheet. The Carter Report slashed legal aid funding, and instead of inspiring creativity or courage, it made many lawyers apathetic. More and more, I heard the words:

“That’s just the way it is.”
“You’re dealing with a broken system.”

The problem? Too many professionals stopped challenging that system — they began merely administering it.

I stepped away because I could no longer be part of a machine that treated people as revenue streams while shrugging off injustice. Years later, I came back in a different way: to do what so many won’t — stand shoulder to shoulder with ordinary people who refuse to accept unlawful practices as inevitable.

Through legal and advocacy services, I help clients challenge councils, energy companies, water suppliers, banks, and enforcement agents — institutions that too often rely on fear, intimidation, and silence. Where a full case isn’t needed, I also offer letter-writing services, built on the same principle: precision, law, and empowerment.

This is not about handing your case over to an expensive lawyer who sees you as a meal ticket. It’s about ensuring you can face the system with clarity, strength, and confidence.

Because justice only survives if ordinary people insist on it.