Jack did his legal training at the universities of Manchester Metropolitan and Liverpool John Moores before completing his pupillage with Manchester CPS.
Prior to becoming a barrister Mr Roberts spent twenty years as a legal advisor in the Voluntary and Local and Central Government sectors. Specialising in social security and employment tribunal work for Mersey Citizen Advice Bureau, the former Clwyd County Council Welfare Rights Unit and the Specialist Support Unit of NACAB, he was called to the Bar in 1998 and has worked from chambers in Liverpool and Warrington.