Abstract: An apparatus and a method. The apparatus comprises a resource access module arranged to: receive a request one of a plurality of clients for access to a resource in which the clients each include an associated priority; establish a resource access point to provide access to the resource and to associate the client priority with the resource access point; establish a resource manager to manage access to the resource; and pass the priority associated with the resource access point to the manager; wherein in the event of contention for a resource by two or more clients, the resource manager is further arranged to resolve the contention, based on the passed priorities, to enable the resource access point having the highest associated priority to access the resource.