Legal Learning Session: The social worker as a professional witness

Judge Bryer qualified from his law degree in London in 1984, doing articles in Uxbridge. He joined the court service as a magistrates legal adviser and served in adult and then juvenile courts.
 
Judge Bryer became deputy clerk to the Westminster bench in 1997 and later the city of London. In addition, Judge Bryer was secretary to the inner London advisory committee on the appointment of Magistrates from 1992.

In 2003, Judge Bryer became a fee paid judge in mental health.

In March 2009 Judge Bryer was appointed a full-time judge in mental health.

In 2014, Judge Bryer was ticketed to undertake cases involving restricted patients.

Judge Bryer has undertaken extensive work with the Judicial Appointment Commission and is now one of a pool of judges responsible for interviewing and assessing legal and non-legal (including social workers) candidates for judicial office.