Ian obtained a degree from Hull University and after completing training in local government was Assistant County Solicitor for Berkshire County Council before starting Griffiths Robertson in 1988.

Ian is a member of and interviewer for the Law Society Children Panel and he has in the past been a member of the Law Society Children Committee and was the founder and first Chair of the association of Lawyers for Children.

Ian has Higher Rights of Audience and apears regularly in the High Court on behalf of children and parents. He has written and lectured widely on the subject of Children Law and is a part time Judge in the tribunal service. His particular field of expertise is in complex forensic child abuse cases. He has also undertaken numerous complicated adoption cases including many with an international element.