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London-born and a graduate of Bristol University, Simon enjoyed a brief career in the oil industry before studying law, again in Bristol. He joined a Bristol firm and was admitted as a solicitor on April Fool's Day 1980 with distinctions in commercial and accountancy law. He came to Reading in 1979 and set up a new branch office, before going into partnership with a Reading solicitor in 1981, forming the firm which is now known as Barrett & Co.
Simon spent his early years as a solicitor specialising in property law but in more recent years has increasingly concentrated on commercial law. His main areas of interest are in company/partnership formations, shareholder agreements, business acquisitions and sales, commercial property, commercial and construction contracts and disputes.
Married to a hospital consultant, he lives in South Oxfordshire with three children. He is the present chairman of the Reading and District Hospitals Charity, a major independent charity supporting Reading's hospitals. He is the chairman of a property development company and of six Business Expansion Scheme investment companies. A keen skier in his spare time, president of his local cricket club and trying manfully to get to grips with the frustrations of golf.
