Following this he worked for the Political Affairs Department of the United Nations in Malawi during the 1994 elections after the end of the Hastings Banda government, seconded as Secretary to the Constitution Committee.
Alongside his teaching he took part in various external projects for the European Commission, The World Bank as well as the University of Nottingham advising on primary care within prison education.
He served as a strategic advisor for the Police Federation of England and Wales and as an independent scrutineer for the Crown Prosecution Service, and consulted to various security and intelligence agencies such as Border Force.
In this he worked on the training and accreditation of the Police in Malaysia, Qatar and Dubai and gave lectures in Bangladesh and undertook partnership visits to India.
Internationally he served as an advisor to the judiciary of Nigeria and visited Switzerland and New York for conferences surrounding the development and implementation of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.