Practice Profile
Andrew is a civil and commercial practitioner. Andrew's practice encompasses all aspects of civil and commercial litigation accepting instructions from both claimants and defendants, individuals and corporate clients, with an emphasis on advisory work and pleadings.
Andrew also accepts instructions under the direct access scheme and is also training for accreditation as a civil and commercial mediator.
Following the completion of his Masters degree in Medical Law, Andrew has in addition to his established civil practice, undertaken work involving children and mental health.
Andrew also sits as a recorder in the County Court.
Civil Law
- Probate
- Landlord & Tenant
- Real Property
- Contract
- Tort (including Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence)
Qualifications and Achievements
- BSc Econ Hons (Politics & Law) UCW Aberystwyth 1996
- Awarded the Calcutt Pryce Prize for Land Law 1996
- Called to the Bar: Inner Temple 1997
- Tenant at Chambers in Birmingham until 2001
- Seconded Crown Prosecutor 2002
- Joined 27 New Walk, Leicester July 2002
- Pupil Supervisor 2006
- Appointed Recorder dealing with Civil matters on the Midland Circuit; May 2009
- LLM (Medical Law) Northumbria University 2010.
Family Law
Andrew has a wide range of experience in Children Act and Family Law Act work. He has a particular interest in injunctions and mental health.
Andrew is also a member of the FLBA.
Recent cases include:
Re T (A Child: murdered parent) [2011] EWHC B4 (Fam)
Recent articles include:
‘Re T (A Child; murdered parent) and Injunctions in the Family Courts’, The Family Law Week 16/6/2011.
Recent Publications Include:
“What the electrician heard”- The Solicitors Journal 1/8/2011. Which considers the standard of proof and evidential matters involved in proving a lost will to probate following the case of Ferneley v Napier and others [2010] EWHC 3345 (Ch).
“Under Contract”- The New Law Journal 5/8/2011. Which considers the development of the law of restitution in contract from Butterworth v Kingsway Motors [1954] 2 All ER 694, [1954] 1 WLR 1286, to the more recent case of Giedo Van Der Garde BV and another v Force India Formula One Team Ltd [2010] EWHC 2373 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 122 (Sep).
Personal Interests
- Skiing, Victoriana and Reading
Contact
Please telephone 01752 221551 or email our clerking team
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