Gary Rycroft is a legal expert, television personality and author. He read Law at the University of Manchester and qualified as a solicitor in 1998. He continues to work as a solicitor in practice in Lancaster, as well as being a trusted voice on television, radio and in print.
Gary has been an integral part of the BBC1 consumer affairs programme Rip Off Britain since it started in 2009 and is the resident legal expert on the programme. He also makes regular appearances on the flagship BBC show Morning Live both as an expert guest live in the studio and has also presented pre-recorded films for the show.
As the ‘go to’ person for legal comment, Gary has appeared across numerous BBC broadcasts, including BBC Breakfast, Watchdog, Money Box, Money Box Live, You & Yours, One to One and PM on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, BBC Five Live, BBC Radio Wales and numerous regional radio stations. Outside of the BBC, Gary has also leant his legal expertise to ITV’s This Morning and Good Morning Britain, Talk TV, GB News and LBC.
Gary is the author of ‘Ask a Lawyer’ a weekly legal ‘Agony Uncle’ column in The Daily Telegraph answering legal queries from readers. He is regularly quoted in other national newspapers and magazines.
Closer to home, Gary has served as a trustee of a number of national and local charities including The Dukes Theatre in Lancaster, Lakeland Arts in Cumbria, The National Council for Palliative Care & Dying Matters (now part of Hospice UK), The Silver Line (founded by Dame Esther Rantzen and now part of Age UK) and various committees on The Law Society of England and Wales.
He is a self-taught gardener, who has learnt by trial and error over the years’.
