“Andrew is an intelligent and thoughtful barrister who always gets to grips with a case swiftly and has a charming manner.”

Chambers UK 2025

“He can be relied on to forensically analyse the evidence and provide comprehensive advice.”

Chambers UK 2025

“He is thorough and detailed.”

Chambers UK 2025

“Andrew’s strengths are attention to detail and technical knowledge.”

Chambers UK 2025

"He provides excellent analytical skills. He is flexible and works well as part of a team. Instructions are dealt with always before the deadline set."

Legal 500 2025

“Andrew is always thoroughly prepared and excellent with clients and experts alike.”

Chambers UK 2024

“Andrew deals with clients with the utmost empathy and respect.”

Chambers UK 2024

“Andrew takes a forensic approach to evidence and is clear and well-reasoned in his advice.”

Legal 500 2023

“He is very technically proficient and also a good tactician. He has a good eye on the overview of cases.”

Legal 500 2023

“Andrew is an exceptional advocate with an excellent manner in dealings with clients.”

Chambers UK 2023

“Andrew is a top-class individual who is good to work with and acts as part of the team. He has a commercial mind.”

Chambers UK 2022

“He has an excellent eye for detail and a great handle on the law. He is a real craftsman who is technically excellent, precise and persuasive.”

Chambers UK 2022

“Focussed attention to detail, able to deal with complex financial arrangements when assessing the value of a claim.”

Legal 500 2022

“He takes a forensic approach and thinks about the detail very carefully.”

Chambers UK 2021

“He is really bright and his attention to detail is second to none. He’s also very approachable and responsive.”

Chambers UK 2021

A case concerning the overlay of a traumatic brain injury upon a rare pre-existing constitutional neuro-developmental condition in the case of a young child. The claim was settled at a JSM and the settlement approved by HHJ Richardson sitting as a judge of the High Court.

ASM v (1) MAM (2) AVIVA INSURANCE LTD

Two infants in a buggy being pushed across an A-road by their mother were struck at speed by a defendant motorcyclist. The sister suffered a very severe head injury leading to profound neuro-cognitive impairment, quadriparesis and a visual impairment. A compromise of the issue of liability was approved by HHJ Sephton KC sitting as a Judge of the High Court. Andrew acted for the claimants.

(1) AQ1 (A Child) (2) BQ1 (A Child) v DR1

A young gardener suffered a very severe brain injury as the result of an RTA in which the defendant driver was sadly killed. The claim was pleaded at £7.6m. The matter was settled at a JSM and the settlement approved by HHJ Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court. Andrew acted for Churchill Insurance.

AXB (A Protected Party) v (1) The Estate of S (2) Churchill Insurance as agent for the MIB

A haulage driver employed by P Ltd suffered catastrophic injury in the course of delivering a pallet to the premises of customer Q Ltd. The unloading was being carried out personally by R, the director of Q Ltd. R negligently controlled his forklift truck so as to cause the pallet to fall into N who was crushed by it. N was rendered tetraplegic. The 4 parties agreed terms at a roundtable meeting. N’s capacity was borderline and so the settlement was approved by Master Cook. Andrew acted for N.

N v (1) P Ltd (2) Q Ltd (3) R

A high velocity RTA in which the defendant driver was sadly killed. C suffered extensive injuries comprising brain injury, audio-vestibular, ophthalmic and urological symptoms and spinal fractures. C made a reasonable recovery and had retained capacity but contended that he had lost a burgeoning career as an elite physiotherapist. Claim pleaded at £1.5m. Andrew acted for the MIB.

C v (1) The Estate of D (2) MIB

A young man had been inadequately trained before being put in charge of a dumper truck in the course of excavation works. The dumper truck overturned on a ramp and the Claimant suffered a traumatic amputation of one leg and neuropathic damage to the other. Andrew acted for the Claimant. The claim included the costs of bespoke prothetics to restore a good level of function including two Genium micro-processor controlled knees, a sports prosthesis, a running prosthesis and a skiing prosthesis. The claim settled in the gross sum of just under £5m.

J v C

Andrew was representing the Defendant insurer in respect of this claim arising out of an RTA in which the Claimant suffered a catastrophic spinal cord injury resulting in incomplete tetraplegia. The incomplete nature of the lesion made the long-term prognosis difficult to predict. The claim, pleaded at £7m, included a substantial claim for lost earnings as a cryptocurrency trader, and a claim for the increased capital cost of wheelchair accessible accommodation. The claim settled at a JSM for £3m.

W v N

A fatal accident in which the Claimant was a senior barrister and part-time judge who was run down by the Defendant, driving a Porsche, who failed to stop. A claim was brought by the family including a dependency claim relating to the Claimant’s projected career earnings which utilised the expert evidence of a forensic accountant. Andrew represented the Defendant insurer.

B (Deceased) v S

The Deceased was a member of the travelling community. She was being driven by her partner in the early hours of the morning. He was under the influence of alcohol and cocaine. He left the road and both were killed. The family brought a claim which included a number of novel dependency claims including (a) the loss of income from state benefits that the Deceased received (b) the rental value of the mobile home in which she lived with her children. Andrew was representing the Defendant insurer.

E (Deceased) v J (Deceased) & another

Andrew was acting for the Claimant who signed up to a military-style fitness boot camp. He was encouraged by the instructor to throw a car tyre repeatedly over his head as often as he could. Shortly after the class he suffered a massive stroke. It was thought that the Claimant must have had a latent weakness in his carotid artery of which he was previously unaware. A trial on the issues of liability and causation was part-heard in Manchester before Recorder Jones. Judgment was subsequently entered for the Claimant with damages to be assessed.

S v T

Acting for the Defendant insurer in respect of a fatal accident in which the mother of a young girl was killed. The dependency claim was controversial as it included claims based upon state benefits received by the deceased and also the value of the council flat which the girl vacated following the accident. A settlement was approved by HHJ McKenna sitting as a High Court Judge.

Robson and Drake (Personal Representatives & Administrators of Miss Tamika Malo) v (1) Shofolahan (2) International Insurance Company of Hannover

An £18m claim approved on a PPO basis by HHJ Gargan. Andrew, led by Bill Braithwaite QC, represented the Claimant in a hypoxic birth injury case resulting in cerebral palsy and significant brain damage, requiring extensive care and adapted accommodation.

XKR (A Protected Party) v Barts Health NHS Trust

A bus driver fell whilst playing 5-a-side football and suffered catastrophic damage resulting in incomplete tetraplegia. Spinal decompression was successfully carried out in hospital but only after many hours of delay. The claim was brought against the occupiers of the 5-a-side court and also the hospitals responsible for his subsequent treatment. Complex issues of medical causation. Andrew acted for the claimant and the case was settled at the JSM .

Minton v (1) LMS (Holdings) Ltd (2) 1 Life Management Solutions Ltd (3) Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (4) St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2018)