Alan Parker

Career background

Called to the Bar in 1995 following many years practice as a solicitor, principally in Birmingham.

In brief :

• admitted as a solicitor in 1978 following articles at Messrs. Wragge & Co., Birmingham
• employed as an assistant solicitor at Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council, specialising in the presentation of local authority prosecutions and public family law proceedings
• became a Senior Prosecuting Solicitor at the Birmingham office of the West Midlands Chief Prosecuting Solicitor
• criminal and child care practice as an assistant solicitor, and then as a partner, at Messrs. Eagle & Boyars, Birmingham
• in 1998, together with Kevin Grego, founded 'Parker & Grego', solicitors, which became one of the busiest criminal and child care practices in the West Midlands
• was a member of the Law Society's Specialist Child Care Panel from the commencement of that panel  

Practice details

Specialist criminal practitioner, instructed in the full range of serious criminal cases, by the defence and prosecution  -  homicide and death by dangerous driving, non-fatal violence and public disorder, drugs offences, rape and sexual assault, large scale dishonesty.  Grade 4 CPS prosecutor.
Recommended in the 'Legal 500' as  ' a sound choice for heavy crime defence instructions'  (2006) and an 'experienced serious crime defence barrister' (2008).

Appointments

Recorder, also authorised to deal with serious sexual offences when sitting in the Crown Court, and in the County Court with public and private family law matters in addition to the civil jurisdiction.

Fee Paid Legal Member of the Restricted Patients Panel [First Tier Tribunal Health Education & Social Care Chamber, Mental Health].