Nigel Pascoe QC is a specialist practitioner in UK criminal jury advocacy, undertaking Courts Martial, and some civil work including serious abuse and baby shaking cases, and defamation. He's been one of the UK's top jury advocates since taking Silk in 1988. He has considerable experience in mental health issues, notably in murder cases. He is also a a prolific playwright and actor, and has performed his play, Merely Players: An advocate's tribute to Shakespeare, in Auckland this week, where he is also a keynote speaker at the New Zealand Criminal Bar Association conference.