Oliver studied law at the Universities of Leicester and Strasbourg and at the College of Law York. He has a broad range of commercial legal experience, having worked in private practice in international shipping finance & litigation and company & commercial law for a major law firm in London and Oslo, subsequently in more general UK corporate & commercial and commercial property work, and more recently working in-house with medical devices legislation. Oliver now owns a Nottingham based business concern in medical devices manufacturing & consultancy for healthcare professionals.