(1967–1968). He was articled at Herbert Oppenheimer, Nathan & Vandyk in the City of London (1968–1970) and became a practicing solicitor in 1970 with Branson Bramley of Sheffield until 1986, and then a non-executive board member of DLA (now DLA Piper) until 1995. He was also the law clerk and a guardian of the Sheffield Assay Office and a member of the British Hallmarking Council and of Sheffield University Council.
. He was also a member of the Science & Technology and the Information Select Committees and was vice-chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Space Committee,
In 1997, he was appointed as an immigration adjudicator for the
